Glass Eye: A Podcast on Visual Culture from South Asia
‘Glass Eye: A Podcast on Visual Culture from South Asia’ talks to photographers, critics, publishers, educators and other professionals contributing to the evolution of contemporary visual culture, exploring the ways in which images shape our understanding of South Asia. Hosted by three visual artists - Adira Thekkuveettil, Akshay Mahajan & Kaamna Patel - it delves into the story of photographic practice in South Asia, exploring its unique concerns, vocabulary, and possible trajectories.
This podcast has been made possible by PhotoSouthAsia & by Art South Asia Project's publications grant.
Sound Design & Editing : Rahul Nadkarni
Artwork: Pavithra Ramanujam
Glass Eye: A Podcast on Visual Culture from South Asia
Episode 2: Family to Nation
For Episode 2 we travel to Indonesia and revisit a conversation between Arif Furquan and Akshay Mahajan which was recorded during the 3rd edition of the Jakarta International Photo Festival(JIPFEST). Arif takes us through his exhibition ‘Family to Nation’ and his collaborative project with Reza Kutjh titled ‘Unhistoried’ which aims to activate the Indonesian family archive, as a means to re-examine, challenge, and decenter history writing.
About Arif Furqan
Arif Furqan, educator and researcher working with photography and visual art. He has been experimenting various approaches utilizing photography and other mediums exploring the issue of family, memory, history, and mobility. He is also a part of Flock Project, a collective exploring the possibilities of photographic works through printed matters. In 2021, he received the Prince Claus Seed Award on the project Unhistoried—an archive-based project on Indonesian family photograph and archive during the New Order Regime (1960-1990s). Now, he is currently doing research and artistic project on the vernacular memory and memory landscape on Indonesian New Order era.
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Dori and People of Clay
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President Sukarno's speech at the Bandung Conference (1955)
13:18
Indonesian Massacre and Coup of 1965
15:44
Abri Masuk Desa - Endang S Taurina (1982)
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Indonesian Embassy's video letter to the United States (1955)
Hosted by
Adira Thekkuveettil - https://www.adirathekkuveettil.com
Akshay Mahajan - https://akshaymahajan.in
Kaamna Patel - https://kaamna.com
Supported by PhotoSouthAsia and Art South Asia Project
Produced by Editions JOJO
Special thanks to Dayanita Singh
This podcast is meant to serve as an educational resource and all the recordings used in the episodes are for the purpose of supporting the research.
