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
Glass Eye Episode 4: What Is A Photobook? with Lesley Martin & Varun Nayar
In this episode, we interrogate the photobook, while discussing the various challenges in production and distribution that undergird the still-nascent photobook phenomenon in South Asia. The episode features a candid, free-flowing conversation where Akshay Mahajan, Adira Thekkuveettil & Kaamna Patel explore the origins and evolution of the photobook, as also their own struggles with this ambivalent form, across questions of radical experimentation, genre, dissemination, longevity, and the bequests of the market; excerpts from an insightful talk by Varun Nayar, former Managing Editor of Aperture magazine, at Printed Matter’s annual book fair; and snippets of a conversation between Lesley Martin, the Executive Editor of Printed Matter, and Kaamna, illustrating parallels between a range of experimental engagements with the photobook form.
Complete Show Notes: https://www.editionsjojo.com/all-episodes
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.
