The Archive as a point of Departure
The discussion will examine how archives shape history not only through what they preserve but also through what they omit—creating space for new perspectives and possibilities.
What do archives leave out? And how can those omissions become starting points for new narratives?
Heart of the Archive
March 2024, a 2-day immersive workshop with the graduating Master's students of Photography Design at the National Institute of Design, Gandhinagar, India. Increasingly archives are being used by arts practitioners and the idea of the archive is shifting rapidly. How to find your unique voice while negotiating your own practice and retaining the integrity of the archive? This was the essence of the workshop.
Nayana Jhaveri: A Life in Lasya
February, 2024, a multimedia exhibit at the Goa Open Arts Festival. The exhibition includes rare photos, magazine covers, letters, travel documents, ephemera, a film on the two surviving sisters, and audio.
Goan Table: Memory, Ritual, Land
February 2024, An experience of forgotten foods of Goa. Samplers of traditional foods, special film on the history & culture & carry home the booklet.
Feb 23, 24, 25, Venue: Old GMC, Panjim
In December 2023 Archival Matter received a grant from Nazar Foundation for the exhibition of Nayana Jhaveri: A Life in Lasya
Family Matters, a workshop on Family Archives at Serendipity Arts Festival 2023 for Goa Familia
Launch of Armenians of Calcutta at International Center of Photography, New York
Armenians of Calcutta book launch, a panel discussion, book signing and print sale.
Panel: Alakananda Nag, Tapati Guha Thakurata, Jael Silliman, Santanu Sengupta, Marie Stephen
Moderated by: Parni Ray
Book signing & print sale Armenians of Calcutta, 10x10 Photobook Salon, Die Firma, New York
Tracing Armenian Heritage Mumbai book launch with historian Sifra Lentin & Naresh Fernandes, at the Asiatic Society of Mumbai
https://scroll.in/article/1000958/in-images-why-did-the-armenians-leave-calcutta-a-new-book-explores-silences-and-departures
https://armenianweekly.com/2022/01/05/are-the-armenians-the-founders-of-calcutta-a-new-book-asks-this-question/
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