Kondagaon updates and Barakhamba road 2008-2010
March 20, 2010 - March 21, 2010
Navjot Altaf presents aspects of her ongoing work in Bastar, and new work, including a two-phase video project on the Barakhamba Road in Delhi.
An informal evening with Navjot and friends on CAMP roof.
Navjot Altaf has for many years sustained relationships
with communities and individuals via her work. A singular figure in
the Indian art scene in this respect, she has also been one of the early
adopters of video as a medium, alongside photography and her well-known
work in sculpture and installations that traversed art/ craft
distinctions as well as author/ subject relations.
For this evening presentation Navjot will lead us through an update
on Kondagaon, at the Bastar artists centre where "no one taught anyone",
yet there have been many years of production, which now faces some
changed political realities. Then she discusses her newer work, such as
"Barakhamba 2010", and "Delhi Loves Me", which she feels she has not
received sufficient feedback on, despite their "public" nature.
Shaina Anand, who has followed Navjot's work and interviewed her for the upcoming Khoj book, will moderate the discussion.
