MASH Podcast
MASH Podcast offers in-depth episodes covering various artists, designers, architects, photographers and creative practitioners from all over the world. The podcast will feature leading figures from the arts who will lend their voice to deliver crisp and informative episodes. Subscribe to our podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts,
Episodes
75 episodes
MASH PODCAST: TIMELESS TEMPLES: EPISODE 12: FROM NAGARA AND DRAVIDA: THE VESARA TEMPLE ARCHITECTURE
In this episode, we will take a look at the Vesara temple’s architecture. The architectural style of the temple is not completely new but rather an interesting confluence, almost a consolidation of Nagara and Dravida styles. The towers ...
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Episode 12
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13:18
MASH PODCAST: TIMELESS TEMPLES: EPISODE 11: PINNACLE OF THE RELIGIOUS AND SOCIAL LIVES: THE CHOLA TEMPLES
In this episode of the podcast, we’ll delve into the fascinating world of the Chola Dynasty — a formidable South Indian empire that flourished from the 9th to the 13th centuries CE. Originating in present-day Tamil Nadu, the Cholas expanded the...
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Episode 11
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11:56
MASH PODCAST: TIMELESS TEMPLES: EPISODE 10: DRAVIDA TEMPLES BY PALLAVA: THE SYMBIOTIC OF ECOLOGY AND ART
In this episode of the podcast, we’ll delve into the structural and ecological brilliance of one of the most iconic examples of Pallava architecture: The Shore Temple. To trace the evolution of the Dravida temple style, we’ll also take a brief ...
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Episode 10
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14:48
MASH PODCAST: TIMELESS TEMPLES: EPISODE 9: THE EARLY PATRONS OF DRAVIDA ARCHITECTURE: MONOLITHS BY PALLAVAS
In this episode of the podcast, we will briefly examine monolithic structures from the Pallava dynasty, which became precursors to future Dravida temples. Continuing along similar lines, we will also explore these monolithic structures to under...
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Episode 9
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16:00
MASH PODCAST: TIMELESS TEMPLES EPISODE 8: DRAVIDA TEMPLE ARCHITECTURE: CULTURAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMICAL
In this episode of the podcast, we shall delve into the fascinating world of Dravida temples. While we have briefly studied Nagara and its subdivisions in the north, Dravida temples predominantly belong to southern India, with Vesara temples fo...
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Episode 8
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14:54
MASH PODCAST: TIMELESS TEMPLES EPISODE 7: GRANDEUR IN HINDU TEMPLES: BHUMIJA, KALINGA AND SURYA
In this episode of the podcast, we delve into the magnificent Sun temples of ancient India, exploring the evolution of Nagara styles, including Kalinga and Bhumija. We’ll discover how to identify these distinct styles and examine the patronage ...
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Episode 7
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18:05
MASH PODCAST: INDIAN TEMPLE ARCHITECTURE EPISODE 6: TIMELESS TEMPLES: DECODING THE SACRED MEANING OF THE KHAJURAHO TEMPLES
In this episode of the podcast, we will discuss the Nagara-style temples, and deep dive into the tremendous merger of socio-cultural elements with religion during the Chandella dynasty. We shall discuss the exceptional and infamous Khajuraho te...
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Episode 6
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14:12
MASH PODCAST: TIMLESS TEMPLES EPISODE 5: A GLIMPSE INTO THE GOLDEN GUPTA ERA PART II
This episode of MASH podcast will focus on the grand legacy and the golden age of the Gupta dynasty, with a special focus on the Dashavatara temple and the iconography of Lord Vishnu.It will delve into what the Trimurti — the collective ...
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Episode 5
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16:25
MASH PODCAST: INDIAN TEMPLE ARCHITECTURE EPISODE 4: TIMELESS TEMPLES: A GLIMPSE INTO THE GOLDEN GUPTA ERA PART I
The podcast will focus on the Nagara style of temple architecture, expanding on the definition of sub-categories (Rekha Prasada or latina, etc.) with examples.The podcast will begin with revising the significance of the structures/ parts...
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Episode 4
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15:26
MASH PODCAST: INDIAN TEMPLE ARCHITECTURE EPISODE 3: THE HINDU TEMPLE: A RESERVOIR OF MYTHIC NARRATIVES
The third podcast will explore the mythological aspect of temple architecture in India. A temple is a corpus of extensive Hindu mythology, depicting myths from puranas in mandapas as a representation of secular life, images of gods and goddesse...
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Episode 3
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14:17
MASH PODCAST: INDIAN TEMPLE ARCHITECTURE EPISODE 2: TEMPLE AS PURUSA: THE PLAN AND THE BUILDING
The second episode focuses on the making of the temple, elaborating the plan of the temple, which is the Vastupurusamandala, as mentioned in the ancient textual sources.We will further elaborate on the evolution of the temple architectur...
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Episode 2
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14:02
MASH PODCAST: INDIAN TEMPLE ARCHITECTURE: EPISODE 1: TEMPLE AS THE TIRTHA: THE MANIFESTATION OF SPIRITUAL ATTAINMENT
The Episode begins with contextualising the essence of being in the temple — how one feels or behaves in the temple and how the temple has been significant in India. We also dwell upon the Buddhist architecture that led to the foundation of a d...
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Episode 1
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14:58
MASH Podcast: Artist Series - Shivani Aggarwal: Dysfunctional Objects, Time and Emptiness
Shivani Aggarwal's works come from a process of continuously breaking herself to understand not just the world around her but the world within her. Her process is an emotional premonition of her own situation or condition. Over the past few yea...
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Episode 62
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10:00
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MASH Podcast: Indian Art History - Episode Twenty Five: Contemporary Art of India and a Lens of Love
We have arrived at the end of the podcast series, Indian Art History. In this episode, our host Ayushi takes us to the complex comprehensions of contemporary Indian art. She takes a route via art practices of several contemporary artists throug...
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Episode 61
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20:28
MASH Podcast: Indian Art History - Episode Twenty Four: After 1947
The Episode introduces you to the practice of different artists post independence. Through their varied narrative and abstract practices they shaped the modern art landscape in India. They exchanged ideas and techniques with the rest of the wor...
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Episode 60
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18:45
MASH Podcast: Artist Series - Maksud Ali Mondal: A Never Ending Journey
Maksud Ali Mondal (1993, based in Santiniketan) was born in Bankura, West Bengal, India. His practice includes facilitating an experiential understanding of organisms in a durational, built microcosm, using sculpture, painting, drawing, install...
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Episode 59
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MASH Podcast: Indian Art History - Episode Twenty Three: The Advent of Modernism and Freedom
As India edged towards independence from the British, Indian artists also set free their aspirations, beliefs and conformities by experimenting and searching for visual idioms that made their work more of the subcontinent. Tune in as we discuss...
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Episode 58
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12:37
MASH Podcast: Indian Art History - Episode Twenty Two: Kalighat Paintings
A quick tour to 19th century Kolkata. We are particularly visiting the Kalighat temple where the Kalighat paintings are being sold as souvenirs to pilgrims. This resulted in an art style that spoke not just about religion and mythology but also...
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Episode 57
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6:38
MASH Podcast: Indian Art History - Episode Twenty One: The Art of Awadh
This episode takes you to the art and architecture of Awadh. It was uniquely driven by the Shia Nawabs who collaborated with their Mughal, Persian and English sensibilities to raise an essentially South Asian culture. Image Credits: Yale Cent...
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Episode 56
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MASH Podcast: Artist Series - Bunu Dhungana: A Stubborn Heart
Bunu Dhungana (b.1981) is an artist based in Kathmandu, Nepal. She uses photography as a medium to explore and question the world around her. Her background in sociology informs her photographic work, questioning notions of gender and patriarch...
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Episode 55
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MASH Podcast: Indian Art History - Episode Twenty: The Company Paintings
Let us dive into the anthropological realism of the Company Paintings. Image Credits: Bonhams; Written and hosted by: Ayushi Chaurasia
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Episode 54
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9:52
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MASH Podcast: Artist Series - Sathi Guin: A Line of My Own, a Stitch of Time
Sathi Guin’s works aspire to search and create an identity amidst several entities. Her paintings provide a platform not only for her exploration of her ”self” but as a means to be a part of another more real world. In this one of a kind podcas...
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Episode 53
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12:34
MASH Podcast: Indian Art History - Episode Nineteen: The Pahari Paintings
Pahari paintings marked the end of the long standing themes and subjects of God, royal ways of exquisite living and love commissioned by the Rajput rulers. Image Credits:
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Episode 52
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7:12
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MASH Podcast: Indian Art History - Episode Eighteen: The Rajasthani Miniatures
Tune in as we scan the depths of the earliest palm leaf miniatures and their contribution to Rajasthani miniature. Image Credits: Bani Thani - National Museum, New Delhi; Written and hosted by: Ayushi Chaurasia
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Episode 51
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MASH Podcast: Artist Series - Grimanesa Amaros: Feminism, Technology, and Global Engagement
Grimanesa Amorós is an interdisciplinary light artist creating site-specific monumental sculptures. Her work’s unique relationship to technology engages viewers in dialogue with cultural legacies, architecture, and the surrounding community. In...
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Episode 52
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