Community Check-In

Sitamgar, Dnyansagar Press, 1985, Bombay (Mumbai), Maharashtra, India, Lithograph on paper

How do we preserve the melodies that shape our lives? What do our personal playlists say about us, and how might they be remembered years from now?

Join us at our next Community Check-In, where we dive into vintage song booklets from MAP’s collection—once sold in cinema halls during intermissions, now turned into cherished souvenirs and artefacts. Produced in both portrait and landscape formats, these ephemeral materials featured striking film posters, cast and crew details, plot summaries, and lyrics from the soundtrack—offering a fascinating glimpse into how music and cinema were consumed and remembered.

Let’s get inspired from these retro artefacts, reflect on our own relationships with music and work together to create our own song booklets that capture the soundtrack of our young lives today!

This event is organised in conjunction with Pulse, MAP’s online youth journal, and offers a sneak peek into the theme of the upcoming Volume V: Soundtrack of Our Lives.

Crafted as part of MAP’s youth engagement initiatives, Pulse serves as a platform for young voices; a collaborative and independent space run by young adults for young adults to share their creative work and practice.

This session is conducted as part of our engagements for the MAP Youth Collective. The MAP Youth Collective is a community for young people (18-25 year olds) to engage with the arts and culture sector. The collective is for, of and by young people — to explore our shared identities and interests through art.