An informal network of creative practitioners came together from around the world to share stories. Strangers to each other initially, they began to gather each week, virtually as the world in isolation turned to the interwebs. Each contributor presented a score that explored the meshing of the personal and the communal. What emerged was a take on psychological, social and political conditions performed on distinct spatial planes.
Called Decameron-19, the project took its name from Giovanni Boccaccio’s Decameron, where ten characters isolating in an abandoned villa outside Florence during the Black Death of 1348 told each other stories to navigate time. Taking this premise and the pandemic as the backdrop these Decameronistas mapped their localities and exchanged their experience of making work under difficult conditions like lockdowns and repressive regimes. Using the collectivity offered by the Internet as a tool for mapping sites and recording histories, the project offered the possibility of impromptu relationships and momentary friendships towards shared futures.
Decameron-19 was an initiative that was part of a show that explored ‘lessons in uncertainty’ from the 12th of November to the 31st of January at Sunaparanta Goa Centre for the Arts, Panjim, along with eight other artists.
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Parts, Wholes And The Spaces In Between
Sonal Sundararajan introduces Samira Rathod's free-spirited and rebellious explorations in the world of architecture, furniture and design.
"The Fine Art of Going to the Pictures."
Dr. Banerjee in Dr. Kulkarni's Nursing Home at Chemould Prescott Road brings together 26 paintings featuring a series of dramatic scenes from Hindi and Bengali films. In conversation with Abhay Sardesai, artist Atul Dodiya talks about childhood trips to movie halls, painted figures gripped by tension, and the closeness and remoteness of cinematic images.
"To Finally Have Something of Your Own to Mine."
Dayanita Singh is the recipient of the coveted 2022 Hasselblad Award. Keeping the photograph at the centre, she speaks to Shreevatsa Nevatia about books, book objects, photo novels, exhibitions and museums.
OF DIVINE LOSS
Shaurya Kumar explores the relationship between the subject and object of devotion, finds Aranya.
THE PAST AND ITS SHADOWS
Neha Mitra visits two shows and three artists in Mumbai.
FORCE OF NATURE
Alwar Balasubramaniam dwells on absences and ephemeralities in his new work, states Meera Menezes.
SHAPES OF WATER
Devika Sundar's works delineate the murky, malleable boundaries between the human body and the organic world, says Joshua Muyiwa.
INTIMATIONS OF INTIMACY
Sunil Gupta shares his journey with Gautami Reddy.
THE FRACTURED PROSPECT
Nocturnal landscapes as ruins in the making? Adwait Singh looks at Biraaj Dodiya's scenes of loss.
TEETERING BEYOND OUR GRASP
Meera Menezes traces Mahesh Baliga's journey from Moodabidri to London.