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Poornima Sukumar | Project 560 | Karnataka | 2018
Grant Period : One year
For a series of curated artistic and cultural engagements in Bangalore that explore the city through the lives and perspectives of the transgender community, which has formed the Aravani Arts Project collective. The grant enables the community to delve into the history of trans culture in the city and represent their relationships with their neighbours and neighbourhood spaces to trace their journeys through acceptance, understanding, building families and finding love. The outcome will be 10 to 12 engagements across the city that will include music and dance performances, a photography exhibition, painting, storytelling, theatre, games, installation, walks and talks through the year. The Grantee’s deliverables to IFA with the final report will be audio clips, video documentation, photographs, an illustrated book, publicity materials and art work produced during the engagements. Grant funds will pay for an honorarium, professional fees, materials, travel and food, space and equipment rental and an accountant's fee.
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Ish Shehrawat | Arts Practice | Delhi | 2018
Grant Period : Eight months
For the creation of an audio installation, following research on Indian classical music and geometrical principles. Borrowing on Michel Foucault’s theory of Heterotopology, the project aims to challenge the listening practices of Indian classical music based on performance and improvisation, by spatialising recorded and composed sounds. The outcome will be two installations, one live performance and one final presentation on the installations and the research. The Grantee's deliverables to IFA with the final report will be photo and video documentation, research materials along with detailed methodologies, the multi-channel audio files created for the installation pieces, exhibition design and other details about the installations. Grant funds will pay for professional fees, honorarium, material costs, travel costs, communication and outreach, space and equipment hire, and an accountant’s fee.
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Kishan Rao Advirao | Arts Education | | 2018
Grant Period : One year and six months
For an engagement with eighth grade students of the High School section of the Government Pre-University College in Hanumasagara village in Koppala district, to explore and document the traditional systems of water management of the region, as well as similar practices in the larger world outside. Students will also attempt to learn the stories of Gullava, the goddess of rainwater, and the associated rainwater harvesting practices that are predominant across these regions of Hyderabad-Karnataka. The outcome will be a series of performances and a publication. The Grantee’s deliverables to IFA with the final report will be a copy of the publication, and photographs and the video documentation of the entire project. Grant funds will pay for printing costs, honorarium, stationery costs, travel costs, documentation costs, professional fees and an accountant’s fee.
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MJ Rajeeva Gowda | Arts Education | | 2018
Grant Period : One year and six months
For a series of art-based experiential learning modules at the Kuvempu Centenary Government Higher Primary School, in Cheemangala village in Chikkaballapura district. With many in this region having histories of migration, students will document and analyse their own families’ journeys through interviews with community elders. They will also be encouraged to make geographical maps of these journeys to understand their impact on local history. The outcome will be a workbook comprising these stories and maps. The Grantee’s deliverables to IFA with the final report will be a copy of the workbook and photographs and the video documentation of the entire project. Grant funds will pay for printing costs, documentation costs, professional fees, honorarium, stationery and photocopying costs and an accountant’s fee.
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Ganesh Palaveshmuttu Nador | Arts Education | Karnataka | 2018
Grant Period : One year and six months
For a series of art-based experiential learning modules at the Government Higher Primary School, in Anagoda village in Uttara Kannada district. The project will enable students to trace and document the migration of a wide variety of birds in the Uttara Kannada region. Students will also engage in birdwatching and relate it to their environmental studies curriculum. The outcome will be a publication of short stories, poems and folk songs. The Grantee’s deliverables to IFA with the final reports will be still and video documentation of the entire project. Grant funds will pay for an honorarium, travel costs, printing costs, material costs, exhibition costs, documentation costs, professional fees, and an accountant’s fee.
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