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Barun Chattopadhyay | Arts Practice | West Bengal | 2017
Grant Period : One year and six months
For the creation of an experimental prose-narrative in Bengali, in collaboration with a visual artist. The project tentatively titled Harilo Shaareer Kachhe Pajama Mohima (‘The Glory of the Pajama Loses to the Sari’) attempts to explore the travails of Bengal’s first women doctors in the early 19th century. It will study the complex dynamics between these women and the various stakeholders of medical practice at the time—practitioners of traditional medicine, male doctors of modern medicine, and lower caste midwives. The fictional work based on historical narratives will combine text with visual material from various personal collections, libraries, and archives to form a framework for a book. The project will culminate in this book. Grant funds will pay for costs towards an honorarium, material, local travel, professional fees, and an accountant’s fee.
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Kavish Seth | Arts Practice | Maharashtra | 2017
Grant Period : One year
For the creation of a musical instrument named ‘Noori’. Exploring new dimensions in instrument design, materiality, and sound, this project aims to create an instrument which is both fretted and non-fretted, string and percussive, with monophonic, polyphonic and microtonal possibilities. The outcome will be two iterations of the instrument, as well as work-in-progress performances and sharing sessions for intimate audiences. Grant funds will pay for costs towards an honorarium, materials, travel, professional fees, documentation and an accountant’s fee.
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Sankannavar Shankarappa Ramappa | Arts Education | Karnataka | 2017
Grant Period : One year
For a wide-ranging engagement with fifth, sixth, and seventh grade students of the Government Higher Primary School, Mugali, Ron Taluk, Gadag District to learn the original folk songs of Lavani and Geegi Pada, the content of which features subjects such as earth, water, health, freedom fighters, and national leaders. The students will also be encouraged to engage in writing and singing select poems and stories from their textbooks in the style of these folk songs. The outcome will be a series of performances. The Grantee’s deliverables to IFA with the Final Report will be audio-visual documentation of the workshops, images, and a 10-12 minute video documentation. Grants funds will pay for costs towards an honorarium, professional fees for resource persons, an exhibition, documentation, and an accountant’s fee.
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Ramagiri Police Patil | Arts Education | Karnataka | 2017
Grant Period : One year
For a wide-ranging engagement with students from grades one to five of the Government High School in Pethsirur, Chitapur Taluk, Kalaburgi District. These children will be introduced to the cultivation process of tuver dal and will trace its journey from ‘seed to market’ under the project titled Togariya Kanaja Kalaburgi (‘Tuver Dal Warehouse of Kalaburgi’). This year-long project will include a series of workshops that will see students visiting farmlands at the various stages of cultivation and illustrating their experiences through drawings and stories. The outcome will be an exhibition. The Grantee’s deliverables to IFA with the Final Report will be audio-visual documentation of the workshops, images, and a 10-12 minute video documentation. Grants funds will pay for an honorarium, documentation, material, travel, stationery, a closing ceremony, and an accountant’s fee.
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Savita Uday | Arts Education | Karnataka | 2017
Grant Period : One year and six months
For support towards storytelling sessions for fifth, sixth and seventh grade students of the Government Primary School in Angadibail, Uttara Kannada district, involving teachers and members of three tribal communities in the Gokarna – Ankola region. The project aims to document and revitalise the fast disappearing oral traditions of the communities, while creating a deeper and richer learning experience for the students by connecting their classroom learning to their own local contexts. The outcomes of this project will be an illustrated storybook and audio and textual documentation of the stories leading to an exhibition in the school. The Grantee's deliverables to IFA with the final reports will include the illustrated storybook, audio and textual documentation of the stories along with video and still documentation of the process and the exhibition. Grant funds will pay for professional fees, travel and living costs, printing costs, honorarium, exhibition costs, stationery, and an accountant’s fee.
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