Guided Walk
In & Out of the Frame
Anjali Ramachandran
Join us for a walkthrough of our permanent exhibition with Senior Archivist at the Archives at NCBS, Anjali Ramachandran.
When we encounter artworks at a museum, we make meaning either through the work itself, its setting, or through labels that accompany them. Another way to read an artwork is to look for what’s not in the ‘frame’—to explore the circumstances of its creation and the use of the artwork, rather than just the artwork itself.
In this guided walk, you will get to explore our permanent exhibition, VISIBLE/INVISIBLE: Representation of Women through the MAP Collection, through the lens of an archivist. We will discuss the maker, the purpose, a specific object’s relation to others, and the broader social and historical environment in which the artworks were created. In archival sciences, this is called contextualisation, where archivists understand records through the varied ways in which memories (remembered or in recorded acts) have been transmitted over time and space with numerous inscriptions, transmissions, and omissions.
Although it sounds technical, the process itself can be disruptive and playful. It involves gossip, peeking behind the curtain, and an understanding of the complex process of making art!
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Anjali Ramachandran
Anjali Ramachandran works as a senior archivist at the Archives at NCBS. She coordinates archival processing and leads education outreach through internships, school and volunteer programmes. She is trained in literary and cultural studies, art history and archival studies.
She had previously worked at IIT Bombay Archives and Museum as an archivist andresearcher, and was part of a team that set up the Virtual Experiential Museum on Ajanta, a digital museum on the Ajanta caves at the National Museum, New Delhi.
