Conference

DAY ONE         March 16, 2012

Welcome and Registration: 9:30 AM to 10AM

Session 1: 10:00 AM to 12:00 Noon

Narrative and world making

Moderator:

Chaitanya Sambrani, Senior Lecturer, ArtTheory, The Australian National University Canberra, and exhibition curator.

Speakers:

Ranjit Hoskote, poet, cultural theorist and curator, Mumbai

Shivaji K. Panikkar, Professor and Dean, School of Culture and Creative Expressions, Ambedkar University, Delhi

Avijit Mukul Kishore, filmmaker and cinematographer, Mumbai

Lunch: 12:00 Noon to 1:30 PM

Session 2: 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM

Narrative Practices 1

Moderator:

Chaitanya Sambrani

Speakers:

Sudhir Patwardhan, artist, Mumbai

Anita Dube, artist, Mumbai

Gulam Mohammed Sheikh, artist, poet, art historian, Baroda

Atul Dodiya, artist, Mumbai

Coffee Break: 3:30 PM to 4:00 PM

Session 3: 04:00 PM to 6:00 PM

 

Narrative Practices 2

Moderator:

Sharmila Samant, artist and curator, Mumbai

Speakers:

Jitish Kallat, artist, Mumbai

Gigi Scaria, artist, Delhi

Sumakshi Singh, artist, Delhi

Pushpamala N, artist, Bangalore

DAY TWO March 17, 2012

Session 4: 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM

 

Curatorial Narratives

Moderator:

Abhay Sardesai, Editor Art India, Mumbai

Speakers:

Deeksha Nath, curator and writer, Delhi

Suresh Jayaram, curator and arts administrator, Bangalore

T. Z. Chang, curator, gallerist and academic, Hong Kong/Shanghai

Lunch: 12:30 to 2 pm

 

 

Session 5: 2-4 pm

 

Leaps of Faith: Collectors’ Narratives

Moderator:

Sharmistha Ray, artist and curator, Mumbai

Speakers:

Anupam Poddar, Devi Art Foundation, Delhi

Kiran Nadar, Kiran Nadar Museum of Modern Art, Delhi

Rajshree Pathy, CoCCA – Coimbatore College of Contemporary Art, Coimbatore

4:00 to 5:00 PM Open session; discussion moderated by Chaitanya Sambrani

5:00 to 5:10 PM conference close and thanks.