For the creation of an audio installation, following research on Indian classical music and geometrical principles. Borrowing on Michel Foucault’s theory of Heterotopology, the project aims to challenge the listening practices of Indian classical music based on performance and improvisation, by spatialising recorded and composed sounds. The outcome will be two installations, one live performance and one final presentation on the installations and the research. The Grantee's deliverables to IFA with the final report will be photo and video documentation, research materials along with detailed methodologies, the multi-channel audio files created for the installation pieces, exhibition design and other details about the installations. Grant funds will pay for professional fees, honorarium, material costs, travel costs, communication and outreach, space and equipment hire, and an accountant’s fee.
For a series of art-based experiential learning modules at the Kuvempu Centenary Government Higher Primary School, in Cheemangala village in Chikkaballapura district. With many in this region having histories of migration, students will document and analyse their own families’ journeys through interviews with community elders. They will also be encouraged to make geographical maps of these journeys to understand their impact on local history. The outcome will be a workbook comprising these stories and maps. The Grantee’s deliverables to IFA with the final report will be a copy of the workbook and photographs and the video documentation of the entire project. Grant funds will pay for printing costs, documentation costs, professional fees, honorarium, stationery and photocopying costs and an accountant’s fee.
For an engagement with eighth grade students of the High School section of the Government Pre-University College in Hanumasagara village in Koppala district, to explore and document the traditional systems of water management of the region, as well as similar practices in the larger world outside. Students will also attempt to learn the stories of Gullava, the goddess of rainwater, and the associated rainwater harvesting practices that are predominant across these regions of Hyderabad-Karnataka. The outcome will be a series of performances and a publication. The Grantee’s deliverables to IFA with the final report will be a copy of the publication, and photographs and the video documentation of the entire project. Grant funds will pay for printing costs, honorarium, stationery costs, travel costs, documentation costs, professional fees and an accountant’s fee.
For an engagement with the first to fifth grade students of the Government Lower Primary School, as well as the other children in Sannakere village in Chikkamagaluru district, to better equip themselves to read and write in Kannada. Through explorations of ideas generated from the community, the children will learn stories related to their environment in different languages, community food practices and recipes, and personal stories from people’s past experiences, cultures and backgrounds. The outcome will be a publication of the children’s writing. The Grantee’s deliverables to IFA with the final report will be a copy of the publication, and photographs and video documentation of the entire project. Grant funds will pay for professional fees, workshop costs, honorarium, printing costs, travel costs, documentation costs, and an accountant’s fee.
For a community project which brings together children from the residential complex of Good Earth Malhar in Kengeri, the nearby labour camp that houses construction workers, and the neighbouring villages, to create maps from their understandings of the neighbourhood. The project will explore ways in which children see their surrounding environment and forge connections with it. The outcome will be a book-reading mela and an exhibition of children’s maps of the neighbourhood. The Grantee’s deliverables to IFA with the final report will be audiovisual documentation of the activities. Grant funds will cover professional fees, materials and event costs, and refreshments.
For an engagement with eighth grade students of the Government Higher Primary School in Kalaburagi to study the paintings, architecture and administration of the Bahmani Sultanate in connection with their social science syllabus. Students will be involved in workshops on line drawing, Urdu calligraphy, and creative writing on the history of the Bahmani Sultanate. The outcome will be a compilation of artworks by students in the form of a book. The Grantee’s deliverables to IFA with the final reports will be still and video documentation of the entire project and an art book. Grant funds will pay for an honorarium, professional fees, material costs, performance costs, publication costs, exhibition costs, travel costs, and an accountant’s fee.
For a series of art-based experiential learning modules at the Government Higher Primary School, in Anagoda village in Uttara Kannada district. The project will enable students to trace and document the migration of a wide variety of birds in the Uttara Kannada region. Students will also engage in birdwatching and relate it to their environmental studies curriculum. The outcome will be a publication of short stories, poems and folk songs. The Grantee’s deliverables to IFA with the final reports will be still and video documentation of the entire project. Grant funds will pay for an honorarium, travel costs, printing costs, material costs, exhibition costs, documentation costs, professional fees, and an accountant’s fee.
For an engagement with eighth grade students of the Government High School near Hommaragalli in Mysuru district to explore the various vegetables and fruits of South America that have become part of Indian cuisine. The exploration will draw from Namma Hotteyalli Dakshina America, a book written by BGL Swami. Students will be involved in preparing a theatrical script based on short stories from this book, in relation to their science curriculum. The outcome will be a series of performances. The Grantee’s deliverables to IFA with the final reports will be still and video documentation of the entire project. Grant funds will pay for an honorarium, travel costs, professional fees, performance costs, documentation costs, workshop costs, refreshment costs, material costs and an accountant’s fee.
This Grant was amicably cancelled based on reasons mutually agreed upon by the Grantee and IFA due to unavoidable circumstances.
For sharing, through artistic practices, an arts-based therapy intervention by the children of the MGR colony in Banashankari. The adolescent residents and participants of the Creative Arts Expression programme of the Buguri Community Library will share their experiences in a year-long engagement with this intervention. The project seeks to take their learnings to members of the Buguri Library community in Bangalore and Mysuru. The outcome will be books, performances, talks, an exhibition, and cooking sessions. Grant funds will pay for stationery and props, travel and food, performances and book making.
For an artistic engagement with the community of weavers at Yelahanka. Drawing inspiration from the motifs, instruments of the loom, the culture of recycling and craft practices within the community, the project will explore the various dimensions of existing weaving traditions in the bylanes of the neighbourhood. The outcome will be a live art installation. The Grantee’s deliverables to IFA along with the final report will be photo documentation of the exhibition. Grant funds will pay for material costs, honorarium, professional fees and conveyance.
For an exploration of the history of Richmond Town. Involving a group of mothers and children, the engagement seeks to uncover the narratives around the names of five specific streets in the neighbourhood through research and interviews with residents. The outcome will be a guided walk and an exhibition of children’s artworks showcasing the history of each street. The Grantee’s deliverables to IFA along with the final report will be still and video documentation of the exhibition and digital copies of the artworks. Grant funds will pay for exhibition costs, professional fees, workshops and conveyance.
For a film on the experiences of women police officers from the batch inducted in 1976 from Delhi. The project focuses on questions around the power of the state, gender, body and empowerment, while presenting an intimate portrait of the undocumented history of labour and empathy within the police force during Emergency. The outcome will be a film. The Grantee's deliverables to IFA with the Final Report will be the film, production stills, audio interviews and their transcripts. Grant funds will pay for equipment hire, honorarium, travel, and an accountant’s fee.
For the building of a game that will engage diverse groups of Bangaloreans to explore multiple narratives of the city. Through engaging people in game-sessions, the project aims to question ‘standard’ narratives and understand how people’s personal stories shape larger tales of the city. The outcome will be six game sessions through the year at various public places in Bangalore and a persistent artefact that documents the multiple narratives. The Grantee's deliverables to IFA with the final report will be documentation of the project, photographs, video compilation of the game sessions and game schematics. Grant funds will pay for professional fees, materials, space and equipment hire, travel, communication and outreach.
For a series of curated artistic and cultural engagements in Bangalore to make subterranean and invisible labour in the city visible again in discourse and practice. Through Maraa, a media and arts collective, the projects aims to facilitate opportunities for labourers to engage with the arts and culture in the city. The outcome will be 8 to 10 engagements across the city that will include talks, walks, film screenings, musical performances, an art exhibition, games and two editions of a zine through the year. The Grantee's deliverables to IFA with the final report will be audio clips, video documentation, photographs, exhibition design, copies of the zines, and publicity materials produced for the engagements. Grant funds will pay for professional fees, travel, space and equipment hire, printing costs, materials, and an accountant's fee.
For the creation of a performance based on the life and times of ‘Begum’ who lived in a prime locality in Bangalore in the 1980s. Drawing on a collection of oral narratives and through a series of workshops, the play will theatrically imagine and reconstruct the character of Begum and her space which nurtured various working class communities. In the larger context, the play seeks to explore the hitherto undocumented and neglected history of transgender people in Bangalore. The Grantee’s deliverables to IFA with the final report will be the play script and still and video documentation of the workshops and performance. Grant funds will pay for workshop costs, space hire, documentation, stationery and an accountant’s fee.
