with mr venugopal

postcard attempt. conversation with mr gerson

this is an attempt at representing the conversation i had yesterday. if all the postcards have these images and a link to the database online where all the stories will be saved it might be interesting.

city at it's limits-Daniella Gandolfo

“the soft city of illusion, myth,aspiration, nightmare, is as real, maybe more real than the hard city one can locate on maps in statistics, monographs on urban sociology,demography and architecture”

* in our project, we are trying to capture life in kochi, and this statement from the book really resonated with me.We are hoping to collect conversations over food from all over, which might start from food, but hopefully will go into personal stories. These stories will map out kochi with all its illusions, mythologies, aspirations and nightmares. *

kochi beinalle

Off to Kochi soon for the kochi biennale. Working in a team of 5 on putting up some work there. more updates soon!

http://www.kochimuzirisbiennale.org/

family picture

tried to work on a collage of a family picture. interesting results i think.

Memoryscapes- exhibit at aftertastes, Rococo gallery

Concept note- These images were a result of a collaboration between Christiano Penso from Rhode island, U.S and me.

prints size- 12x8 cm

There was a good turnout at the gallery and it was nice to hear what people thought about the work.

Lots of people thought the work was quite interesting, and the fact that the prints were small made them go closer and look for details which was nice.I realised after a few comments though that giving a deeper context to the images through the concept note would have made the experience richer for the viewer.As i was striving not to explain the work through the concept note, i ended up making it minimal and non commital.I realised though, that the context might not be an explanation of the work but would have left more room for interpretation.

work in progress

thought of trying something different with the same techniques that we've been figuring out together. not too sure if its working yet. 

memoryscape 3

death of the physical world

Death of the Physical World

I've been messaging my project partner on and off for several days now, and we've come up with some good ideas. I'm particularly interested in the rise of digital media. As digital media becomes more popular, people tend to push away from physical media.

Kindles aim to replace books. Netflix and Hulu have destroyed businesses like Blockbuster. Music and movies can be purchased online, through itunes, as fewer people buy CDs and DVDs.

Many people, much like myself, have a certain appreciation for physical media. We like to hold the actual media in our hands, but that feeling is disappearing ever so slightly, year by year. I'm very intrigued in exploring the idea of physical media's looming death.

| Recent Photo: "Goodbye, Old Friend."

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This is a post from  my partner's blog. from now on we'll be using the foggy attic as a joint blog to post our progress and conversations

heres a link to his personal blog as well.

http://cpenso.blogspot.in/

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memory landscape 2

started on a second one today.still a work in progress. need to change a few things.