A Season of Footage and Films Part 8. The City Plays Itself

Feb. 13, 2011 - Feb. 14, 2011

Sunday, February 12, 6:30 pm
CAMP roof

Bandra in Bollywood
Amrit Gangar
2006,75 mins

Los Angeles Plays Itself
Thom Anderson
2003, 179 mins


Two films by film critics, who cut and paste two very different paths into cities (or neighbourhoods) that "play themselves", in cinema.
In Los Angeles and in Bandra, it was possible to make a film about this idea, rather than write a book, a review, or a conference paper. It was not possible to "release" the resulting films but they still, as you can see, have a life of their own.

A Season of Footage and Films Part 8. The City Plays Itself

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A Season of Footage and Films

CAMP presents Saturday or Sunday evening screenings through winter,
exploring footage both within and outside the usual capsule of "the
film". An experience that could be similar to watching films, or at
other times harder to digest, or slower to release, closer to the moment of
shooting, less censorious, and less fearful of finitude. Another life,
another world of viewing and listening experiences is always possible.



Events

SYDNEY OPERA | Screening and Discussion
May 16, 2026
White Bay Power Station, Sydney

With filmmakers and scholars Helen Grace and Iqbal Barkat who also feature in the film.
Helen will introduce the film and Iqbal will lead and moderate the post-screening discussion with CAMP.
2pm to 5pm.
At the Biennale of Sydney.

Support Systems
April 25, 2026
Arthshila, New Delhi

Learning from 3 years of Inlaks Fine Art Awardees at CAMP.
With Anup, Vanshika, Mohit, Sheshadev and Biswajeet.

The Neigbhour Before the House
March 26, 2026 - March 29, 2026

Al Jaar Qabla Al Daar
Caillou Film Festival

Boxes, Borders, Biji, Cipta
March 22, 2026
Engine Room, SAM

A conversation prompted by CAMP's Metabolic Container at the Singapore Biennale.

25th Biennale of Sydney
March 14, 2026 - June 14, 2026

SYDNEY OPERA
Filmed on location in February 2026 from a CCTV camera atop the White Bay Power Station
Gadigal / Waranne Country

Feb. 13, 2026 Phantom Publics

Shaina and Ashok present at Body Public: Through a Performance Archive, a research symposium at the Kochi Biennale, 2026.
Shaina: 100 year project, performative media, emancipated spect-actors, publics at the heart of practice.
Ashok: Types of writing as forms of attention to artwork, as distinct from gaze, listening, experience in general, or data analysis.
Feb. 7, 2026 Art in the Age of Anxiety

Shaina joined artists Sheela Gowda, Rekha Rodwittya, Indrapramit Roy, Gigi Scaria and moderator Gayatri Sinha for a conversation inaugurating Intersections- an exhibition commemorating 50 years of the Inlaks Foundation at Arthshila, Delhi.
Intersections Sites of Becoming
Feb. 7, 2026 - April 30, 2026
Arthshila, Delhi

Marking 50 years of the Inlaks Foundation.
Shaina A went to study Film and Media arts under the Inlaks scholarship in 1999.

Feb. 6, 2026 CAMP are recipients of Asia Society’s 2026 Asia Arts Pathbreaker Award
Planetary Public Goods
Jan. 24, 2026

Show and tell with Sanjay Bhangar.
Saturday, 24th January, 7 pm to 9 pm, at CAMP.

All Events