BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//6.6.2//EN TZID:Asia/Kolkata X-WR-TIMEZONE:Asia/Kolkata BEGIN:VEVENT UID:807@map-india.org DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20250425T100000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20250426T180000 DTSTAMP:20250422T051648Z URL:https://map-india.org/map-events/beyond-theory-continuing-the-work/ SUMMARY:Beyond Theory: Continuing the Work DESCRIPTION:“By walking\, you make the path ... ”\n–Antonio Machado\n \nIf we imagine our work in the arts as a path we have charted—sometimes in silos and other times together—what moments would we mark as those o f great momentum\, as roadblocks\, as drudgery\, and as breathers?\n\nThe Beyond Theory conference\, hosted in conjunction with the exhibition VISIB LE/INVISIBLE: Representation of Women in Art through the MAP Collection\, was conceptualised as an annual gathering of artists and art workers who e mploy a feminist lens in practising\, curating\, organising and more. Here \, employing a feminist lens means that their practices expose power hiera rchies framed by factors including but not limited to gender– like caste \, race\, sex\, sexuality and more.\n\nThe first iteration of the conferen ce looked at practice and the second at the infrastructure that enabled th ose practices. Each panel in both the conferences could stand alone\, but was bound by a common way of seeing and understanding–how can feminist p ractices help carve out a less precarious\, sustainable and just sector fo r us? How has it done it before in pockets and niches? How does it continu e to do it and how could we scale or replicate it in meaningful ways?\n\nF or the concluding conference\, we want to take stock of where we are. Refl ecting on the three years of work and conversations we have had under the conference and the permanent exhibition\, this year’s iteration will be a sweep–its aim\, not to mark success but to be honest about the lay of the land. Since speaking of various concerns–of representation\, of prec arity\, of a crisis of care\, of lack of funding\, of impunity\, of inacce ssibility\, and exclusion–on a micro level\, at this conference\, and on a macro level\, at many more forums–what have been the shifts and silen ces that have gotten us here –for better or for worse?\n\nAs we mark the last year of the exhibition\, we want to gather artists\, art workers\, w riters\, academics and institutions to reflect on the evolution of their w ork in the sector\, speak to each other regarding doubt\, success and fail ure and look back at the blueprints of our work.\n\nFor any queries\, plea se reach out to visible@map-india.org\n\nPlease note: This conference is f ree to attend. Registration is required for participation.\n\nYou can down load a copy of the programme schedule here.\n\n \;\n\n\nProgramme Sche dule\n\n\n\nFriday\, April 25\, 2025\n \;\n\n\n\n\n10:00 am–10:05 am Welcome Address by Arnika Ahldag\n\n\n\n\n10:05 am–10:10 am Introductor y Remarks by Mehreen Yousaf\n\n\n\n\n10:10 am–10:55 am Keynote by Nisha nt Shah\n\n \;\n\n\n\n\nSession 01: Display/Distribute: Shape-Shifting Strategies and Mediated Forms\n\n\n\n\n11:00 am–12:00 pm\n\n\n\n\nSukan ya Baskar and Sarasija Subramanian on experimental conditions in exhibitio n and publishing formats. Focusing on strategies for engaging publics with works\, writing\, and research by cultural practitioners\, the speakers w ill share notes on formats of presentation\, design\, curation and their i nterconnected receptions.\n\n \;\n\n\n\n\nSession 02: Shared Tools\, S hared Time\n\n\n\n\n12:15 pm–01:15 pm\n\n\n\n\nVishaka George in convers ation with documentary photographer Palani Kumar on the ways in which his practice expands into educational\, curatorial\, and programmatic work.\n\ n\n\n\n \;\nLUNCH\n \;\n\n\n\n\nSession 03\n\n02:15 pm–03:00 pm\ n\n\n\n\nWalkthrough of Vaanyerum Vizhuthugal: Roots that Reach for the Sk y with curator Jaisingh Nageswaran\n\n \;\n\n\n\n\nSession 04: On Revo lutionary Failure\n\n\n\n\n03:15 pm – 04:15 pm \n\n\n\n\nArushi Vats an d Meenakshi Thirukode on the many dimensions of solidarity—what failure and rupture within collective spaces can teach us\, and emergent strategie s from revisiting historical blueprints.\n\n \;\n\n\n\n\nSession 05: A Knowledge Ecosystem of Care and Collaboration\n\n\n\n\n04:30 pm - 05:30 p m\n\n\n\n\nSoujanyaa Boruah on participatory research and ethnography in a rts and design—drawing from the speaker’s practice—sharing insights from Project Tension\, in conversation with Ishita Sharma.\n\n \;\n\n \n\n\nSession 06: Film screening and Discussion\n\n\n\n\n06:00 - 07:00 pm\ n\n\n\n\nA screening of Thokei by Malik Irtiza\, followed by the filmmaker in conversation with Amjad Majid.\n\n\n\n \;\n\n\nSaturday\, April 26 \, 2025\n \;\n\n\n\n\nSession 7: Forming and Reforming in Shared Labou r\n\n10:00 am–11:00 am \n\nAvni Sethi and YSK Prerana in conversation wi th Arnika Ahldag on the concerns and learnings that marked their successiv e tenures with the Conflictorium.\n\n\n\n\n \;\n\n\n\n\nSession 08: A Collective Heart\n\n\n\n\n11:15 am–12:15 pm\n\n\n\n\nA conversation betw een Priyankar Bahadur Chand from Kalā Kulo\, Indu Tharu\, and Lavkant Cha udhary on practices of collaboration and co-production\, highlighting coll ective bodies of work—including Tika Chedna Angana\, a project that docu ments the tika body-marking traditions of the Tarai community.\n\n \;\ n\n\n\n\nSession 09: The Whole of Many Roles\n\n\n\n\n12:15 pm - 01:15 pm\ n\n\n\n\nAnnalisa Mansukhani and Sukanya Deb on the hyphenated identities of art workers\, and the frameworks that 'both/and' associations introduce for interdisciplinary work—being 'unfenced' in practice as necessary to navigate spaces of artistic\, educational\, and cultural production witho ut having to pause for identification.\n\n \;\n\n\n\nLUNCH\n \;\n\ n\n\n\nSession 10: How to Make and Mend a Keepsake\n\n02:30 pm–04:00 pm\ n\n\n\n\nA sharing and making session with sisters Hawa\, Maryam\, and Hee la\, as they walk us through their journey of starting Anar Studio\, follo wed by an embroidery lesson to make or mend a personal keepsake. Limited s pots available\, register here.\n\n \;\n\n\n\n\nSession 11: Between Us \, A Record\n\n\n\n\n04:00 pm–05:00 pm\n\n\n\n\nNayanTara Gurung Kakshap ati of Nepal Picture Library and Ishita Shah of Curating for Culture on ar chival initiatives that create new ways of accessing our individual and co llective experiences\; creating a public memory that is multicultural\, pl uralistic and enables deeper understanding of and engagement with regional histories.\n\n \;\n\n\n\n\nClosing Remarks \n\n05:00 pm–05:15 pm\n \n\n\n\n \;\n\n\n\n\nPerformance: Talk to Me\n\n06:30 pm–07:30 pm\n\ n\n\n\nA performance by Anuja Ghosalkar\, Amaldev PR\, Bhavana Rajendran\, Gavati Wad and Nidhi Mariam Jacob\, Aliasger Dhariwala\, Vikrant Thakar a nd Akshay Khaire. Register for the performance here.\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://map-india.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03 /Website-Image-1440-x-810-5.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Kolkata X-LIC-LOCATION:Asia/Kolkata BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20240425T100000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0530 TZOFFSETTO:+0530 TZNAME:IST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR