International Projects
October 20, 2023 2023-10-20 11:30International Projects
International Projects
Ideas Travel Faster Than Light
An exchange between students of Liberal Arts at Jindal Global University and Print at the Royal College of Art (London) curated by Jasone Miranda-Bilbao
The project consists of an invitation to a group of students from Jindal Global University and the Royal College of Art to propose ideas for new artworks. These ideas were then exchanged between the two institutions, forming a basis for art making and intercultural interpretation.
Amalia Flarakou-Flari, Amanda Steward, Anika Ebby, Aradhita Maheshwari, Alex Beeston, Bovuan Wu, Diya Sharma, Diyou Yu, Emile Meyn, Harriet Tinney, Ho – Ching Wong, Ira Sinha, Jianze Zhao, Kiran Mungekar, Kunj Chowla, Lakshmi Saruha Kilaru, Medhavi Bhatia, Meghana Priya Vasudevan, Mitali Sandheti, Muskan Agarwal, Muskan Manish Tibrewala, Nikhita Thevannoor, Oishika Sen, Olivia Wells, Poojitha Lara Palakriti, Ruoqi Wu, Sanika Rajpure, Sara Varady, Shrividhya Sadagopan, Tanisha Lamichhane, Tanya Arora, Tarini Haldule, Wei Wang, Xingtong Zhang, Yiran Guo
Mandi Stewart | Feeling Fear Video and photographic images, duration 40secs
In response to prompt by Oishika Sen
Muskan Manish Tibrewala | The song in the cup 2 HD videos on 2 screens facing each other, duration 20 seconds on loop In response to prompt by Ruoqi Wu
Muskan Manish Tibrewala | The song in the cup 2 HD videos on 2 screens facing each other, duration 20 seconds on loop In response to prompt by Ruoqi Wu
Anika Ebby | Embrace Still images and audio recording, duration 1 minute In response to prompt by Olivia Wells
Shrividhya Sadagopan | Unexplored mess
Oil paint on canvas, 8×10 inches
In response to prompt by Ho-Ching Wong
Jeanie Wong | We stand alone and apart
Gouache and colour pencil on paper, 33.5 x 30.5 cm
In response to prompt by Shrividhya Sadagopan
Wei Wang | Future portrait, 1000 years from now
Photography (ceramic sculpture), 7x7cm
In response to prompt by Tanisha Lamichhane
Tanya Arora | Silver lining
Cloth, acrylic paint, pomp-pomps made with thread, room with mirror, size of the installation variable
In response to prompt by Alex Beeston
Olivia Wells | Perspective
Painting and Digital Print, 100 x 150 cm
In response to prompt by Anika Ebby
Oishika Sen |Fish Out Of The Water
Acrylic on canvas, 20 cm x 20 cm
Oddity
Acrylic on canvas, 24 cm x 18 cm
I decided to go with the psychedelic-space theme of both photos that were sent to me by Amanda Stewart after being inspired by David Bowie’s music during the eras of Ziggy Stardust and Aladdin Sane.
In response to prompt by Mandi Steward
Kiran Mungekar | Shield I
Watercolour paint, ink, dried leaves, bandage. 22 x 30 inches each, edition of 10
Shield II..
Mixed media on cotton fabric. 8 x 30 inches, unique drawingIn response to prompt by Yiran Guo.
Yiran Guo | I am everywhere
Fabric (flags on different settings), 50cm x 70cm
In response to prompt by Kiran Mungekar
Emilie Meyn | Impressions
Monoprints, 29.7 x 42 cm
In response to prompt by Nikhita Thevannoor
Harriet Tinney | Overwhelmed | Digital image, 29.7 cm x 14 cm | Air Filled
Digital image, 21cm x 14 cm | Not very far from there | Digital image, 21.5 cm x 14.3 cm
In response to prompt by Muskan Agarwal
Lakshmi Saruha Kilaru | Yellow confessions
Polaroids | In response to prompt by Mitali Sancheti
IDEAS TRAVEL FASTER THAN LIGHT was initiated by Jasone Miranda-Bilbao. It began in 2015 with an invitation to nine artists working in Spain, UK and the US to write instructions for new works and nine artists based in India to produce them according to their interpretation. The resulting artworks were exhibited at the NIV Art Centre (Delhi). The second edition, co-curated by Jasone Miranda-Bilbao in collaboration with Clair Joy, took place in September 2020. This time ten artists from India were invited to propose ideas for new works and ten artists from the UK were invited to make them. The works were exhibited at the Mecklenburg Square Garden Project (London).
This third edition at Jindal Global University and Royal College of Art travels in two directions at once. Students of Liberal Arts and Print have swapped texts and images and used them as invocations for new artworks. The exchange has culminated in online and offline exhibitions that include the work of 35 students in total. The online exhibition can be accessed via Instagram@ideastravelfasterthanlight where the artworks are presented in the context of previous editions of faster than light. The offline exhibition has being delayed due to the current health crises and it will take place in Delhi and London as soon as the situation allows.
IDEAS TRAVEL FASTER THAN LIGHT facilitates the transporting of ideas from one place to another while extending them and re-contextualizing them in a new context. The process of writing ideas for new artworks in one place then making them in another, roots their origin in-between locations while activating a chain of events that embodies them of a history and a life-after. This has a strong sociological element since from the moment an artwork is transported from one country to another, mediated and re-interpreted by a different mindset, questions of intention and interpretation come to the surface. It is also an emotional journey. The works become emotional merchandise that instigates an exchange of emotions and languages of expression. Their life is outside any one person’s control.
Dr. Jasone Miranda-Bilbao is an artist that lives and works between London and New Delhi (www.jasonemirandabilbao)