MEDIA MEET is the annual international conference of the Department of Media Studies, CHRIST (Deemed to be University) Bangalore, India.
I moderated the panel "Art as Expression" with Aijaz Khan, Appupen and Shehnad Jalal.
At the National Students Seminar on Digital Humanities and Literature: Interfaces, Innovations, and Interventions of Reva Univeristy, I was a panelist which was on Museumfication and Instagramming Humanities.
I had the serendipitous opportunity to give a guided walkthrough of the exhibition Ticket, Tika, Chaap at the Museum of Art and Photography (MAP), Bangalore, alongside Manogna Kishore.
The exhibition shows the textile labels produced during the 19th and 20th centuries. These labels speak of the great volume of research on colonies as consumers. As one of the earliest forms of branding and marketing, the labels are whimsical, humorous, and even anti-colonial (which is ironic as they were made in Britain by the British!).
I also lead guided walks for different groups that visit the museum, especially for university students.
Compèred for the launch of Deevara Chittara: The Art, The People, Their Culture, a book by Center for Revival of Indigenous Art (CFRIA), at the Indian Institute of World Culture, Bengaluru.
Lines and Lives of Chittara, an episode of a podcast series as a part of the capstone project "Folklore in Context" which interviews Ms Geetha Bhat, founder of Center for Revival of Indigenous Art.