01/Film still · Pulp Paper Print
Assemblage
Drawing on Abanindranath Tagore’s Khuddur Jatra, the film follows an exploration of found objects and assemblage through reading, an artist presentation, a workshop and a studio visit.
Portfolio / Section 03
Video
Stills and notes from five films exploring artists’ materials, musical instruments and the people who work with them.
02/Film still · DAG Museums
Gab-Sur-Kinaar
Screened at Jorasanko Thakurbari alongside a lecture demonstration by Asif Khan and Rohen Bose, the film considers the labour and inherited knowledge involved in making and playing the tabla.
03/Film still · Pulp Paper Print
Pulp
The film looks at the materials and tools in an artist’s studio through DAG’s Pulp-Paper-Print programme, connecting historical uses of materials to experiments by practising artists.
04/Film still · DAG Museums
The Story of the Sitar
Made for a programme with sitarist Subhranil Sarkar, this film accompanies a conversation and concert on the histories of sitar makers and performers and their representation in modern art.
05/Film still · Pulp Paper Print
Ink
The film follows ink through early manufacturing in India, social realism around the Bengal famine of 1943, and the techniques of political cartooning.