K.P. Jayasankar के. पी. जयशंकर kpj@tiss.edu [docuwallahs2]
2018-11-25 06:59:24 UTC
Dear Friends,
We will be participating as invited artists at the KOCHI-MUZIRIS
BIENNALE 2018 [1]. It is our pleasure to invite you to an installation
based on our work SAACHA - THE LOOM [2] at the Biennlale. The core of
the installation is the film Saacha, which will run at the hour,
everyday, between Dec 12, 2018 and March 29, 2019.
Read more here:
http://www.monteiro-jayasankar.com/films/2001/saacha.html
Please do spread the word around!
Warmly,
Anjali and Jayasankar
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SYNOPSIS OF THE FILM
Saacha, 49 mins, 2001
The fabric of the city emerged from the warp and weft of diverse
threads, from the labour of migrant communities that made Bombay/Mumbai
their own. The cotton mills and the proletariat that worked in them were
central to the creation of the city. Through the poetry of Narayan
Surve, the paintings of Sudhir Patwardhan, the music of the Shahir Amar
Shaikh Cultural Troupe and the filmmakers' images of a precarious yet
resilient space, Saacha chronicles the changing life and times of a city
that was once the hub of the working class movement in India. Weaving
together poetry and paintings with memories of the city, the film
explores the politics of representation, the relevance of art in the
contemporary social milieu, the dilemmas of the left and the trade union
movement and the changing face of a huge metropolis. Saacha, filmed in
2000, when the cotton textile industry was in the final stages of its
decline, brings to bear an intimate and perceptive gaze on the lifeworld
of the mills and their workers, which has since been totally erased from
the history and geography of the city.
An adaptation of Saacha was an installation at the art exhibition
'Project Space: Word. Sound. Power.' at the Tate Modern, London, in
2013; and at Khoj, New Delhi in 2014.
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ABOUT THE PROTAGONISTS OF THE FILM
Narayan Surve, one of the most significant Marathi poets, was born in
1926. Found abandoned as a baby on the streets of Mumbai, he was raised
by a mill worker. He worked as a child labourer in the textile mills,
and did several other jobs in the informal sector, finally becoming a
school teacher. He was a Marxist and was active in the trade union
movement in Mumbai. His oeuvre includes Aisa Ga Mi Brahma (1962) Majhe
Vidyapeeth (1966),Jahirnama (1978), among others. He received several
awards and recognitions for his work, including the Padma Shri in 1988.
He passed away in 2010.
"Sudhir Patwardhan is a painter of urban life. His images unfold the
city he knows so well-- Mumbai. His Mumbai is urbs, with its surrounding
factories, industrial chimneys, tenements; its back breaking toil,
grime, sweat, pain, grit, accidents, crowds and stench. It is life at
its rawest. Yet in his paintings its inhabitants retain their character,
vitality and dignity. He is passionately concerned with this life and is
not just its chronicler. He is its poet as well, who lets the
spontaneous experience sink in, to recall it in the tranquility of his
studio." Mehra, Gita, in Ranjit Hoskote, Sudhir Patwardhan The Complicit
Observer, Sakshi Art Gallery, 2003 --
A Fly in the Curry--Book on Independent Documentary Film in India
Anjali Monteiro, Ph.D., Professor,
K.P. Jayasankar, Ph.D., Professor
School of Media and Cultural Studies
Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Deonar, Mumbai 400 088, India
Phone:+91 22 2552 5661 and +91 22 2552 5660 (Work)
Fax: +91 22 25525050
Skype id: anjalimonteiro
URLs: http://smcs.tiss.edu [3]
http://www.monteiro-jayasankar.com [4]
https://www.facebook.com/monteiro.jayasankar [5]
Links:
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[1] http://kochimuzirisbiennale.org/2018_artists/
[2] http://www.monteiro-jayasankar.com/films/2001/saacha.html
[3] http://smcs.tiss.edu/
[4] http://www.monteiro-jayasankar.com/
[5] https://www.facebook.com/monteiro.jayasankar
We will be participating as invited artists at the KOCHI-MUZIRIS
BIENNALE 2018 [1]. It is our pleasure to invite you to an installation
based on our work SAACHA - THE LOOM [2] at the Biennlale. The core of
the installation is the film Saacha, which will run at the hour,
everyday, between Dec 12, 2018 and March 29, 2019.
Read more here:
http://www.monteiro-jayasankar.com/films/2001/saacha.html
Please do spread the word around!
Warmly,
Anjali and Jayasankar
------------------------------
SYNOPSIS OF THE FILM
Saacha, 49 mins, 2001
The fabric of the city emerged from the warp and weft of diverse
threads, from the labour of migrant communities that made Bombay/Mumbai
their own. The cotton mills and the proletariat that worked in them were
central to the creation of the city. Through the poetry of Narayan
Surve, the paintings of Sudhir Patwardhan, the music of the Shahir Amar
Shaikh Cultural Troupe and the filmmakers' images of a precarious yet
resilient space, Saacha chronicles the changing life and times of a city
that was once the hub of the working class movement in India. Weaving
together poetry and paintings with memories of the city, the film
explores the politics of representation, the relevance of art in the
contemporary social milieu, the dilemmas of the left and the trade union
movement and the changing face of a huge metropolis. Saacha, filmed in
2000, when the cotton textile industry was in the final stages of its
decline, brings to bear an intimate and perceptive gaze on the lifeworld
of the mills and their workers, which has since been totally erased from
the history and geography of the city.
An adaptation of Saacha was an installation at the art exhibition
'Project Space: Word. Sound. Power.' at the Tate Modern, London, in
2013; and at Khoj, New Delhi in 2014.
----------------------------------
ABOUT THE PROTAGONISTS OF THE FILM
Narayan Surve, one of the most significant Marathi poets, was born in
1926. Found abandoned as a baby on the streets of Mumbai, he was raised
by a mill worker. He worked as a child labourer in the textile mills,
and did several other jobs in the informal sector, finally becoming a
school teacher. He was a Marxist and was active in the trade union
movement in Mumbai. His oeuvre includes Aisa Ga Mi Brahma (1962) Majhe
Vidyapeeth (1966),Jahirnama (1978), among others. He received several
awards and recognitions for his work, including the Padma Shri in 1988.
He passed away in 2010.
"Sudhir Patwardhan is a painter of urban life. His images unfold the
city he knows so well-- Mumbai. His Mumbai is urbs, with its surrounding
factories, industrial chimneys, tenements; its back breaking toil,
grime, sweat, pain, grit, accidents, crowds and stench. It is life at
its rawest. Yet in his paintings its inhabitants retain their character,
vitality and dignity. He is passionately concerned with this life and is
not just its chronicler. He is its poet as well, who lets the
spontaneous experience sink in, to recall it in the tranquility of his
studio." Mehra, Gita, in Ranjit Hoskote, Sudhir Patwardhan The Complicit
Observer, Sakshi Art Gallery, 2003 --
A Fly in the Curry--Book on Independent Documentary Film in India
Anjali Monteiro, Ph.D., Professor,
K.P. Jayasankar, Ph.D., Professor
School of Media and Cultural Studies
Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Deonar, Mumbai 400 088, India
Phone:+91 22 2552 5661 and +91 22 2552 5660 (Work)
Fax: +91 22 25525050
Skype id: anjalimonteiro
URLs: http://smcs.tiss.edu [3]
http://www.monteiro-jayasankar.com [4]
https://www.facebook.com/monteiro.jayasankar [5]
Links:
------
[1] http://kochimuzirisbiennale.org/2018_artists/
[2] http://www.monteiro-jayasankar.com/films/2001/saacha.html
[3] http://smcs.tiss.edu/
[4] http://www.monteiro-jayasankar.com/
[5] https://www.facebook.com/monteiro.jayasankar