ARCHIVES/
COLLECTIONS
We have been archiving and collecting different materials produced by self-organized independent initiatives in the arts in India. Often these archival materials are linked to the textual pieces we commission. At the moment, the archive is erratic and does not follow any archival logic, like that of chronology. As this collection grows, we might be able to categorize the information better. For now, we collect material and make as much of it free and accessible as possible.
We aren’t able to upload everything on our archives page for a variety of reasons. If you are looking for something specific, do reach out to us. We might have materials you are looking for on our hard drives or might be able to put you in touch with the people concerned.
KALA YATRE
This catalog is available courtesy Marishamachar, Veeresh Rudraswamy and Ravikumar Kashi. Digitization of this material was undertaken by HSH. Here, he writes about the history of Kalamelas and Kala Yatre in Karnataka. Camerawork Delhi was founded and edited by Gauri Gill, Sunil Gupta, and Radhika Singh. The archive is accessible courtesy of the editors of the magazine.
FUNK!54
FUNK!54 is a project that brings together the works of 56 visual artists based in Yelahanka, Bangalore, into a deck of playing cards. This card deck was curated by Roshan Shakeel and released by G159. Read about G159 in the essay, Models for a Suburban Art Scene—Yelahanka’s Transient Art Spaces by Anisha Baid. Digitization of this material was undertaken by HSH.Softbound
Softbound was a publication project by Anisha Baid while she was a student of Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology in 2019. Here, you can read her larger essay on Yelahanka’s art initiatives. The digital copy of the zine is made available courtesy Anisha Baid.
She writes, “At the end of my time at the art school (2019), I also started a publication project, compiling works made collaboratively from this network of artists in Yelahanka into a zine called Softbound, which was launched with a collaborative rug-making party at my residence in SFS. This publication was printed on copy paper on Srishti’s university printers, utilizing the remainder of all the contributors’ complimentary printing budgets provided by the institute, thus limiting the costs to only printing and binding the books. This event and zine marked for many of us the end of our time in Yelahanka, and much of the works featured familiar locations and memories from the community.”
JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY PHOTOGRAPHIC CLUB
The archive is accessible courtesy the Jadavpur University Photographic Club. Digitization of this material was undertaken by HSH. Read Sourav Sil’s essay on the history of the club, here.
KARNATAKA KALAMELA
The Karnataka Kalamela catalogs are available courtesy Marishamachar, Veeresh Rudraswamy and Ravikumar Kashi. Digitization of this material was undertaken by HSH. Here, he writes about the history of Kalamelas and Kala Yatre in Karnataka. KARNATAKA KALAMELA 2003
In 2003, the last Kalamela held after a hiatus did not publish a catalog/souvenir. Instead, they released a blank book with Kalamela branding on the cover. We release some of the images from this Kalamela and published materials courtesy Ravikumar Kashi, Krishna Setty and A M Prakash. Here, Ravi Kashi writes about the history of Kalamelas and Kala Yatre in Karnataka. KANNADA NADINALI CHITRAKALE NADEDHUBANDHA DHARI
This text is made available courtesy Ravikumar Kashi. Digitization of this material was undertaken by HSH.