Glass Eye: A Podcast on Visual Culture from South Asia
Glass Eye is a podcast devoted to contemporary visual culture in South Asia. Each episode features conversations with photographers, critics, publishers, educators and other professionals about the ways images shape our understanding of the region. It is hosted by three visual artists — Adira Thekkuveettil, Akshay Mahajan and Kaamna Patel — who explore the distinctive concerns, vocabulary and possible directions of photographic practice in South Asia. The podcast is supported by PhotoSouthAsia and by Art South Asia Project's publications grant.
Episodes
Episode 5: Other Histories of Photography
Send us Fan MailIn this episode, we think about what it means to celebrate 200 years after the first photograph, opening up questions about whose history are we celebrating, what are the other possible histories of photography, the myths & colonial conquests surrounding the camera. The episode starts with a visit to the exhibition Mänk’áčen at the Dilip Piramal Gallery with the artist Sergio V
Glass Eye Episode 4: What Is A Photobook? with Lesley Martin & Varun Nayar
Send us Fan MailIn this episode, we interrogate the photobook, while discussing the various challenges in production and distribution that undergird the still-nascent photobook phenomenon in South Asia. The episode features a candid, free-flowing conversation where Akshay Mahajan, Adira Thekkuveettil & Kaamna Patel explore the origins and evolution of the photobook, as also their own struggles
Glass Eye Episode 3: Active Listening with Gauri Gill
Send us Fan MailIn Episode 3, we meet the eminent photographer Gauri Gill, recent winner of the prestigious Prix Pictet. We also meet Rajesh Chaitya Vangad, renowned Warli artist & Gauri's collaborator on the body of work Fields of Sight , which is shortlisted for the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize prize 2024. Touching upon two recent publications with Patrick Frey, Gauri ope
Episode 2: Family to Nation
Send us Fan MailFor Episode 2 we travel to Indonesia and revisit a conversation between Arif Furquan and Akshay Mahajan which was recorded during the 3rd edition of the Jakarta International Photo Festival(JIPFEST). Arif takes us through his exhibition ‘Family to Nation’ and his collaborative project with Reza Kutjh titled ‘Unhistoried’ which aims to activate the Indonesian family archive, as a me
Glass Eye Episode 1: Kodak Women
Send us Fan MailIn Episode 1, Sabeena Gadihoke shines a light on forgotten women amateur photographers from 20th century in India - ‘the Kodak women in striped sarees’ whose contributions to the field of photography in the region have been remarkable. Featuring Nony Singh, Manobina Roy & Debalina Mazumder, Homai Vyarawala and many other inspiring women !About Sabeena Gadihoke:As a scholar, cu
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