Why the jelly monster did not sit on a pancake?

I have not been posting anything for a few days. I didn’t even wish people a Happy New Year (except for those who were spammed by an email). This is a summary of what kept me busy in the last few months, between traveling to different cities, and some arduous paper work.

1. Upcoming- Pratibimb will be showcased at Format Photography Festival 2011 at the Deda Space in Derby, UK. (March/April 2011.)

There are more upcoming events. I will (hopefully) post another update in sometime.

2. Motherland (W+ K Magazine) features Pratibimb, as POP CULTURALISTA. With ‘Monkey from Ram’s Army’ on the cover. (Jan/ Feb 2011.)

I love what Annette has written about this work in her editorial note.

3. An interview with Peter Nagy, published in Art & Deal. (Feb 2011)

4. Photography Award for ‘Unvoiced‘, Toto Funds the Arts- TASVEER. Presentation and award ceremony at Alliance Françoise de Bangalore, January 2011.

In between - Lakshwadeep holiday.

5. Artist presentation at FICA-Reading Room during the launch of ‘Camerawork Delhi Issue 7′. New Delhi, December 2010.

In between - My mother and I are friend’s on Facebook.

6. Unvoiced at Blindboys Blowup- Angkor Photography Festival 2010, Siem Reap, Cambodia, November 2010.

7. ‘Freedom’ was the theme for last year’s Nigah Queer Fest- Visual Arts Exhibit curated by Sunil Gupta. The Pink Boys! were on the wall. Max Mueller Bhawan, New Delhi, November/ December 2010.

8. Untitled Square, video- installation and a public art project, Urban Typhoon, a KHOJ- URBZ collaboration. New Delhi, November 2010.

In between- Registered a domain name. Finally!

9. Presented Indian Christmas* and exhibited Unvoiced at Blindboys- Blow Up and Blow & Tell event held at The Greenhouse, New Delhi, October 2010.

*Indian Christmas, a part of ‘Cloud, Tree, Candy floss‘ is an enquiry on how visuals are de-contextualised because of change in culture.

10. ‘Spit Wide Open’ was a part of 36 EXP., book and exhibition, curated by Jack Howard, Musea and Visual Art Society, Manchester. October 2010.

I am sure there are many things I have missed out. However this gives a brief idea. Hoping for another eventful year, and wishing you a very Happy New Year!

Now playing- NCM

Four years of hard work. This is how it pays off…

Exhibition (Photograph Courtesy Rahul & Rohit Lal)

NON COMPOS MENTIS The Graduation show of the Fashion Communication Department of National Institute of Fashion Technology, New Delhi.

A book launch followed by an award ceremony held at DLF Emporio (Vasant Kunj), on 29th May 2010. The event also marked launch of   *APPENDICES ATTACHED.

Website http://noncomposmentis.in/ is a digital preview of our colloquium papers.

Video of the book followed by the event highlights and the after-math.

Awarded "The Most Innovative Graduation Project of the Year" (Photograph Courtesy Rahul & Rohit Lal)

Launching *APPENDICES ATTACHED

HT City; Post the exhibition. For more News links- Google Search.

iFashionphotographer

ibibo in collaboration with FTV India organised a talent hunt, where they were looking for 5 best fashion photographers from all across the nation.

So here is the video of a shoot that I won, it is for Araiya; I was being guided by Jatin Kampani, this is at Mehboob Studio in Mumbai. The video has been made by Shankar (then creative head of FTV India).

Photograph from the Shoot.