- It has Broken Away from the Chain of Petitions (Begumpura / Topographies)
- It is a Palace to Walk in Together (Begumpura / Topographies)
- It is the Wave, and the Ocean (Begumpura / Topographies)
- Ascent (Begumpura / Ecologies)
- Brawl (Begumpura / Ecologies)
- Carousel (Begumpura / Ecologies)
- Symphony (Begumpura / Ecologies)
- Whirlpool (Begumpura / Ecologies)
- Armour (Begumpura / Ecologies)
- Hunger (Begumpura / Ecologies)
- Assembly (Begumpura / Ecologies)
- Renewal (Begumpura / Ecologies)
BHAGWATI PRASAD
Recent Projects, Performances, and Exhibitions:
•The Stutter of Food , Five Million Incidents, Max Mueller Bhavan, New Delhi, 2020
•’Ocular Inc’, group exhibition curated by Neena Percy and Lizzy Drury Thames-Side Studios Gallery, London, (upcoming)
•Fluid . Transient. Yet a Mark is Made, ‘Unbox Festival’, Bangalore, 2019
•Begumpura/Place without Sorrow Series, ‘In the Open or in Stealth’, curated by Raqs Media Collective, Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA), Barcelona, 2018
•’Tides that Bind’, public art exhibition curated by Malini Kochupillai, supported by KHOJ and Goethe Institut, Delhi, 2018
•Hastag Series, ‘In sweat and thought’, curated by Maraa Collective, Venkatappa Gallery, Bangalore, 2018
•#Tool # Roar # Infrastructure, ‘When is Space?’, curated by Rupali Gupte and Prasad Shetty, Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur, 2018
•Hashtag Series, Social Media Platform (2017-ongoing), Link: https://www.facebook.com/bhagwati.prasad/media_set?set=a.10155794271968602&type=3
•Bellow (made in collaboration with Hemant Sk), ‘The Ground Beneath My Feet’, performance art exhibition curated by HH Art Spaces, in collaboration with Asia Art Archive and Serendipity Arts Foundation, Serendipity Arts Festival, Goa, 2017
•GODMEN, (made in collaboration with Hemant Sk), as part of Theory Opera, 11th Shanghai Biennale, curated by Raqs Media Collective, Power Station of Art, Shanghai, 2017; part of REPRODUCE, KHOJ, New Delhi, 2016; part of REPRODUCE, Champa Gali, Saidulajab, 2016
Books:
•The Water Cookbook, published by Sarai, Center for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), Delhi, India, STEPS Center, Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Sussex, UK, 2011
•Tinker Solder Tap, co-authored (Amitabh Kumar), Sarai-CSDS Delhi India, Delhi, 2009
Theatre/Video Based Performances:
•Seen At Secundrabagh, performance installation by Zuliekha Chaudhuri with Raqs MC, 2013
•Strikes At Time, video work by Raqs Media Collective, 2012
•A Dam Old Story, film directed by Tarini Manchanda, PSBT, 2010
Recent Publication (in Edited volumes):
•Devdasi – Ek Pehchan, published in ‘First Hand: Volume 2 -, Graphic Narratives from India’, ed. Vidyun Sabhaney, Yoda Press, Delhi, 2018
•Chashmadeed, published in ‘First Hand: Volume 2 -, Graphic Narratives from India’, ed. Vidyun Sabhaney, Yoda Press, Delhi, 2018
Teaching, and Interlocution:
•Master Class workshop with students of School of Culture & Creative Expression, Ambedkar University Delhi, Delhi, 2019
•Between In the Line, Workshop organised by Prameya Foundation, Delhi, 2018
Residencies and Grants:
•Artist Residency at HH Art Spaces, Goa, 2017
•India Foundation for the Arts (IFA), Art Grant (2015)
•AIR Art Residency, Belgium (2013)
•’Mobile Artistic Platform’ Artist Residency, Maraa Collective, Bangalore (2009)
Interviews:
•How To Erase A Line: Clues, Cues, Keys, FUKT – The System, Magazine for contemporary drawing, Issue#8, 2019/20, Berlin.
Bhagwati Prasad works with drawing and performance. He conducted extensive research with Sarai-CSDS on Delhi’s popular culture, water wars, and media life (2002-12), and his books include ‘Tinker. Solder. Tap.’ (co-authored, 2009) and ‘The Water Cookbook’ (2010). He is known for his large scale-wall drawings, notably at Jaipur Kala Kendra (2018), and his ‘Hashtag series’ has proliferated on social media since 2017. He has performed at the Shanghai Biennale (2017) and Serendipity (Goa, 2017). He has been part of many local and international residencies, and was the recipient of IFA’s Artist Practice Grant (2015). His most recent work Begumpura Series, in which he revisits the egalitarian imaginary of saint Ravidas, showed at MACBA, Barcelona, in 2018-19. and The Stutter of Food presented at Five Million Incidents at Goethe-Institut, Delhi, in 2020. An interview with him was recently published in the drawing journal Fukt (Berlin, 2019).
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