Memory Lab Exhibition #1: Time Puncture
The first exhibition we put up during the course, Museum and Gallery Practices, for our colleagues who made audio/visual artwork about certain memories.
I was on the branding committee and was involved with the colour palette and layout decisions, as well as setting up and getting equipment on the day of the exhibition.
Of all the exhibitions we have planned and put up in the last year, this exhibition was the most hectic because it was our first exhibition and we had to plan everything from scratch.
We were also in the beginning stages of setting up Srishti Gallery as a brand, so were juggling our branding and our exhibition design.
The exhibition was housed in a large room, that had mostly windows and about 10 feet of wall space. Our biggest challenge for this exhibition, was therefore, to create enough space to exhibit work and covering up the windows to make video viewing better.
Memory Lab Exhibition #2: 'Unfold your Cupboard'
Our second exhibition for Museum and Gallery Practices and Memory Lab at Jaaga in Bangalore.
I was on the PR team and travelled all over the city putting up posters to publicize the event.
We also wrote a press release for the event.
In addition, I was on the 'Take Down' team on the last day of the exhibition.
The exhibition consisted of mostly 3D and video installations.
Memory Lab Exhibition #3: 'Aftertastes'
Our third Memory Lab exhibition was held at Rococo, Bangalore and was a combined exhibition of the Memor Lab class and the Museum and Gallery class.
For this exhibition, I was in charge of printing and stationery purchase, as well as setting up on the day of the exhibition.
As this was a collaborative exhibition, our class was working not only as gallerists but also as the artists of the exhibition, a special challenge because we had to put up our work as well as the Memory Lab exhibition.
'Intangible Heritage': Blanket Fort
Childhood, from an adult's perspective, is always remembered as the most cherished part of their life. We look back on it as the days when life was simple, you didn't worry about work or body image or friends and you had plenty of time to sleep and play. Our childhood is the heritage we're given, to reminisce about when we're older and smile about the silly things we did and then pass on to our next, but more often than not, it's a gift to our older, wiser selves
The Blanket Fort is a space that hopes to evoke the inner child with a series of activities from our past.
NGMA Workshop:
As a part of our Museum and Gallery course, the National Gallery of Modern Art, Bangalore asked us to design workshops for children who were visiting the gallery with their families to keep them occupied, but also help them engage with the art.
We designed a treasure hunt caled the 'Amazing Race' where the children would look for specific clues in the permanent collection at the NGMA and complete tasks to move on to the next task.
'Mediating Modernities':
Our first exhibition in the second semester, and the only one where the art being shown was fully ready.
I played the role of artist liason and art handler - on the one hand, helping our artists figure out what they needed in order for their work to go up and on the other hand, shuttling artwork from different parts of the city to the gallery space, along with the natural role of setting up and manning the exhibition.
The content of the exhibition related to the theme of 'Modernity', included visual representations of various Srishti projects that have dealt with the idea of 'heritage' and related diploma projects.
