Anirban Datta
Dhrupadi Ghosh
Anirban Datta started his career as a screenwriter before he joined the Satyajit Ray Film & TV Institute (SRFTI), as a student in the department of Direction & Screenplay Writing. His short documentary film ‘Here is my nocturne’ (2004) was screened at major Indian film festivals as well as the Helsinki City Art Museum, Finland. ‘Tetris’ (2006), his diploma film from SRFTI, premiered at Cannes’06 and traveled to a few important international festivals. ‘Chronicle of an Amnesiac’, made for the Japanese public broadcaster NHK in 2007, was his first film after graduating from film school. It touches upon few inner stories of an old metropolis, disappearing through the process of globalization. ‘.in for motion’ is his most recent film tracing India’s recent growth after the economic liberalization and the information revolution, vis-à-vis its effect on the vast Indian populace. This film is a part of a series to commemorate the country’s 60 years of independence. A co-production with Steps India and YLE Finland, the film received the prestigious Jan Vrijman Fund from IDFA, Amsterdam.
Budhaditya Chattopadhyay
Budhaditya Chattopadhyay incorporates field recording, sound design and new media to produce works of musique concrete, sound compositions and immersive installations; his work primarily involves found sonic-objects, engineered by media intervention and digital manipulation. Budhaditya is an alumnus of SRFTI and recently completed a Master of Arts in New Media from Aarhus University, Denmark. A former Sarai Fellow, he has presented his audio-works at different venues including Transmediale in Berlin, EreticArt in Florence, CAVI in Aarhus and Programme for Sonic Arts in Copenhagen. He is also the founding member of the Kolkata based media collective NaaD.
Dhrupadi Ghosh
Done graduation and post graduation on fine arts, from Kala bhavana,visva-bharati, santiniketan with a specialization in sculpture. gone through an exchange programme in school of “villa arson” ecole nationale superieure d’art, Nice, south of France . Operated at sarai-csds new delhi, at “city studio”.got associated with sarai/ delhi urban platform/ kankhowa/ jeeon/ agami nirman/ shunyosthan artists’ collective and khoj.
Recent activities and area of functioning: intervening streets, where crowd never stops.dealing with unavoidable factors of metro with posters, stickers and wall graffiti.some coin them “agit prop”some “anti-protect”. Archiving the late 60’s crusade of bengal which doesn’t talk of protection whilst till date we claim security from outsiders and aim at none other than us.
Madhuja Mukherjee
Madhuja Mukherjee teaches in Jadavpur University, Kolkata. She is the author of the book ‘New Theatres Ltd.’, published in 2009, by NFAI, Pune. It is based on her Ph.d thesis on Indian studios and political- cultural history of India. She has also edited the volume ‘Ray at Work’, a publication of St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata, in 2005. She has written articles in international and national journals on topics like Bollywood, Amitabh Bachchan as star, the Indian studios, New Indian cinemas, gender, media, sound cultures and film music
She has also written the film ‘Ekti Tarar Khonje’ (2010) and is presently involved with other productions (including films by Heimat Films, Germany). Recently she has co-directed an experimental video ‘Re-take’ and a short film ‘Red Orchid’ on 35 mm. She has written and illustrated graphic stories ‘Threads’, ‘Yellow Leaves’ etc., published in Drighangchu, No.2 (a journal for comic works, Kolkata).
Rudra Mandal
After graduating as a Bachelor in Fine Arts, I have worked as a graphic designer for 6 years in Hyderabad, Mumbai and Delhi. I resumed creating independent artworks in the varied mediums of painting, digital graphics and art installations after moving back to Kolkata in the year 2008.
My art works are an exercise in exploration of the self, as a creature of nature; an evolution through understanding of my physical, sensual and spiritual needs. They are expressions of personal confusions, visions, emotions and realizations. On one hand they are projections of my take on worldly matters, which often baffle and trouble me, and on the other they are personifications of my lunacies, fantasies, magical dreams, wicked thoughts and mischievous self expressions.
Sumona Chakravarty
Sumona graduated from the Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology, Bangalore in 2009. Using video, theater, graphic design and public art, she believes in using art to create platforms for dialogue and social engagement. Her current work explores the role of art in education and community building. She loves creating treasure hunts, staring back at people who spit on the road and finding secret notes in old library books, and these seemingly random acts often influence her work in strange ways.
Tapati Chowdhury
Tapati Chowdhury
Tapati did her Masters in Painting from Syracuse University, NY in 2006 and Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata in 2003, after completing her Bachelor’s Degree in Painting from Kala Bhavana, Visva Bharati University, in 2001.
Her first solo show in 2005 was at Spark Contemporary Art Space, Syracuse, NY. This exhibition was a part of a creative proposal grant that she won from Syracuse University. Another prestigious grant she received was the Abbey Mural Fellowship, from the National Academy Museum, NYC in 2006.
Her work is showcased on a regular basis at different galleries abroad as well as in India.
Through her work Tapati likes to explore and use materials or techniques that invoke bodily sensations. She dreams of working on a large scale, using installation as her primary medium. She is a city person; her work talks about the city, and in her recent projects she explores the idea of ‘the city as a site of ruin’.
