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:747@map-india.org DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20250222T090000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20250222T200000 DTSTAMP:20250222T054617Z URL:https://map-india.org/map-events/the-many-lives-of-cinema/ SUMMARY:The Many Lives of Cinema DESCRIPTION:Popular cinema both shapes\, and is shaped\, by the world we li ve in\; our social realities\, our politics\, and our perception of oursel ves and others. However\, what are the stories that we can find outside of the cinematic context itself? Explore the visual culture that surrounds c inematic production\, and join us for this Film Ephemera Symposium that fo cuses on the nature\, and possibilities of film ephemera as both object an d subject. \n\nFilm ephemera – including posters\, lobby stills\, lobby cards\, and songbooks – were popularly designed in the 20th century as promotional materials. They were meant to communicate information and exci te and thrill audiences\, giving them a taste of what to expect. What happ ens when they have ceased to serve their function? What happens when they move from streets and theatres to museums and archives? What can we learn from them about the past and how can we engage with them in the contempora ry moment? \n\nThis symposium positions the archive as a living entity— an interactive repository of knowledge that goes beyond preservation to in spire future dialogues. It brings together film historians\, museum profes sionals\, archivists\, artists and scholars to explore the challenges and opportunities that lie in creating\, accessing and working with film ephem era. \n\nFrom the technologies and larger visual histories of the time\, to the passion of fandom and embedded identity politics\, each encounter w ith an object from the archive can create fresh meanings and offer new int erpretations. By fostering dialogues around this\, the symposium aims to b ridge academic inquiry and public engagement\, encouraging a reimagining o f film ephemera as vibrant touch points between memory\, materiality and c ollective identity.\n\nProgramme Schedule\n\n9:00 am to 10:00 am - Registr ation\n\n10:00 am to 10:15 am - Opening Remarks\n\n10:15 am to 11:00 am - Keynote Address by Ashish Rajadhyaksha \n\n11:15 am to 12:45 pm - Panel 1 : Reframing the Image: History\, Politics and Art - Amarnath Praful\, Raja n Kurai Krishnan and Ranjani Mazumdar. Moderated by S V Srinivas \n\n12:50 pm to 1:00 pm - Screening of “Blueprint of a Pleasure Machine” by Ami t Dutta\n\n2:00 pm to 2:45 pm -  Walkthrough at Sasken Multimedia Gallery  \n\n2:45 pm to 3:30 pm - Walkthrough at Sasken Multimedia Gallery \n\n2 :00 pm to 3:30 pm - Poster-making Workshop by Prashanth C\n\n2:00 pm to 3: 30 pm - Ragas in Bollywood by Priya Kanungo\n\n4:00 pm to 5:00 pm - Panel 2: Reframing the Object: Materiality\, Memory and the Archive - Iyesha Gee th Abbas\, and Murchana Borah. Moderated by: Mandara Vishwanath\n\n5:00 pm to 6:00 pm - Panel 3: Reframing the Story:  Interventions\, Interpretati ons and Imaginations - Balaji Maheshwar and Clare Arni. Moderated by Ritwi ka Misra\n\n6:30 pm to 8:00 pm - Musical performance\n\n \;\n\nDownloa d a pdf version of the detailed schedule and speaker list by clicking on t his link.\n\nFor further insight on the panel discussions and speaker deta ils\, click on this link.\n\n\n\nPlease write to abiraami.ps@map-india.org  for general queries related to the symposium.\n\nFor Information on acce ssibility support:\nWrite to mounika.nallani@map-india.org. You can refer to the accessibility features mentioned here. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://map-india.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02 /Website-cover-images-new-28.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Kolkata X-LIC-LOCATION:Asia/Kolkata BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20240223T090000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0530 TZOFFSETTO:+0530 TZNAME:IST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR