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Masoom Parmar | Arts Practice | | 2021

Project/Grant Period: Ten months

For the implementation of a Foundation Project by IFA under Productions, to create a performance that seeks to reinvent Bharatanatyam by bringing in values of pluralism. Based on the lived experiences of a non-binary, Muslim Zoroastrian dancer practising the Hindu temple dance form, the performance will be centred on the Alarippu—the traditional Bharatanatyam dance sequence—reimagining the form through layered movement, sound influences from Islam, and lyrics from Bhakti and Sufi traditions. The Project Coordinator’s deliverables to IFA with the final report will be audio recordings of interviews and still and video documentation of the process and the final production. Project funds will pay for professional fees, honorarium, equipment hire, venue hire and studio hire.

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Mario D’Souza | Archival & Museum Fellowships | | 2021

Project/Grant Period: One year

For the implementation of a Foundation Project by IFA titled Entry-Points which is a research project that will use select objects from the Museum of Christian Art (MoCA) in Goa to trace larger global histories of iconographic and material affinities that resulted from cross-cultural transmission of ideas and objects among Europe, Asia and the Indian Ocean littoral. Beginning with the sixteenth century, the project will stage unexpected constellations of objects from the museum and elsewhere, together with contemporary artworks, to offer new frameworks of interpretation for a cultural moment that was unique to Asia. The outcomes will be an e-catalogue/book of the staged materials and newly commissioned artworks, a workshop and a three-part seminar. The Principal Investigator's deliverables to IFA with the final report will be the book, and video and audio material related to the public events. This project is a collaboration with the MoCA, Goa. Project funds will pay for honorarium, professional fees, printing and stationery, and travel and living expenses.

This Project was Terminated by IFA and the Project Coordinator is ineligible to apply to IFA in the future.

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Anirudh Venkata Kanisetti | Archival & Museum Fellowships | | 2021

Project/Grant Period: One year

For the implementation of a Foundation Project by IFA, to develop one of the country’s first dedicated museum podcasts tentatively titled Altars of Time: A History of Goa through its Christian Art. This will narrate the history of Goa through select objects from the Museum of Christian Art (MoCA) in Goa. The podcast will consist of 25 episodes of about 15 minutes each. Each episode will explore one object through its craftsmanship, aesthetics, and the social and religious spaces where it originated,  situating  it within the broader context of Goa and the Indian Ocean. The outcomes will be the podcast and a story-map exhibit website which will visually highlight the location and timeline of the artifacts discussed in the podcast. The Principal Investigator's deliverables to IFA with the final report will be the podcast and the story-map. This is a collaboration with the MoCA, Goa. Project funds will pay for honorarium, professional fees and production expenses.

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Sajad Rasool Malik | Archival & Museum Fellowships | | 2020

Project/Grant Period: One year and six months

For the making of a short animation film that looks at the life of a cat and her kitten, in Downtown Srinagar, the old part of this city in Kashmir. The film will be composed with over 6000 drawings, pushing the boundaries of practice for the artist who is a graphic novelist and writer. The outcome of this project will be a 15 minute animation film. The grantee’s deliverables to IFA with the final report will be the film, process images and high resolution film stills. Grant funds will pay for equipment hire, professional fees, local conveyance and an accountant’s fee.