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Dissolving Borders
Magnetic Fields’ Border Movement Showcase Brings Together Artists from Across the Subcontinent.
This year at Magnetic Fields, the Border Movement supported music festival taking place in Rajasthan’s Alsisar Mahal on December 18th-20th, a panoply of global talent, from the American Ratatat to the Dubai’s 246 Cru will be descending upon the palace. But closer to home, Border Movement in collaboration with THUMP are excited to present a showcase of South Asian talent, curated by two of the subcontinent’s finest curatorial forces, Forever South and Consolidate. …
Border Movement launches BMR, a residency program for German and South Asian artists
The bespoke, all-expenses paid residency will enable participants to meet and collaborate with local artists and introduce them to new music cultures
BMR- Berlin#1: CALL FOR APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN!
Border Movement is proud to announce the launch of BMR; a residency program in partnership with Goethe Institut, Wild City, Ableton and Musicboard Berlin. Over the next three years, BMR will bring together artists from India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Iran, Nepal, the Maldives and Germany in a series of unique tailor-made residencies.
Each year, three South Asian artists will be selected to spend two months each in Berlin. Also, one German artist will be eligible for a six-weeks residency in a South Asian city. …
Creating out of necessity – Anika about TADAEX
The musician, artist and writer Annika Henderson a.k.a. Anika sums up her experiences at the Tehran Annual Digital Art Exhibition in the Iranian capital where she performed in October 2015.
TADAEX is a funny animal; part safe house, part religion. Specialising in digital arts, the Tehran Annual Digital Art Exhibition exchanges and showcases Iranian and international art, with the hope to open new horizons for digital arts in Iran. Its purpose has been to create a serious and independent atmosphere for enthusiasts and researchers of this field where they can share universal ideas and experiences through digital media. This has paved the way for the development and enrichment of Iranian digital art, its production and presentation.
Standing By: A Personal Retrospective
Shoot director Haiderali Amir with Carlton Kitto
Within a couple of months of knowing Arjun S Ravi (my then editor and first boss in 2011) there were murmurs of an ambitious project; a blueprint for the new documentary series, Standing By, produced by Only Much Louder (OML) and Red Bull Media House. Straight out of college, starry-eyed and enthusiastic, I dove into work – writing about music under Ravi’s editorial leadership for a year. In my time there, I also began leaning towards moving and still imagery of the subjects I was documenting, to complement my writing. …
