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gFest
Celebrating the art and artists of our genDeralities fellowships

Dates: 1-16 APRIL, 2023
Venue: STUDIO SAFDAR, NEW DELHI

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1-4 April, 2023

SPECIAL EVENTS

Saturday. 1 April

FESTIVAL OPENING 5
pm

ONLINE PERFORMANCE
7.00
- 7.45pm
RUMI HARISH
Journey from A to E and More..
.

Followed by artist in conversation with SHALS MAHAJAN

Sunday. 2 April

PANEL DISCUSSION 6.00pm
Talking Gender & the Arts.

Rumi Harish, Jyotsna Siddharth, Aakash Chhabra, The Chinky
Homo Project, The Storyboard Collective
with
KAVITA KRISHNAN

LIVE PERFORMANCE 6.45 - 7.30pm
JYOTSNA SIDDHARTH
Body as Caste Field




ARTWORKS ON DIGITAL DISPLAY
1 April  onwards


ARUL KANI
Identity Matters


DEBARATI SARKAR
In Memory of Future Protests


IPSITA CHOUDHURY
Ghor. Ghar. Home


REYA AHMED
Nur & the Nightmare


SHOBHANA KUMARI
Am I A Mass Production Machine? Shobhana and Me


THE CHINKY HOMO PROJECT
Reframing Northeast


THE STORYBOARD COLLECTIVE
Reserved

 

5-11 April, 2023

SPECIAL EVENTS

Wednesday. 5 April

RELEASE EVENT 6.00pm

NATASHA CHANDHOCK
Bereft

Artist in conversation with
RITUPARNA BORAH


Saturday. 8 April

PANEL DISCUSSION 6.00pm
Gender, Disability & the Arts.
Natasha Chandhock and Abhishek Anicca with PRAMADA MENON

LIVE PERFORMANCE 7.00 - 7.30pm
ABHISHEK ANICCA

Dear Aphrodite


Sunday. 9 April

SCREENING OF
DIGITAL PERFORMANCE EXCERPTS 6.00pm


SAMATA KALA MANCH
Songs of Resistance Against Brahmanical Patriarchy


URVIJA PRIYADARSHINI

A Feminist in Fragments

MANJARI K
Firefly Women


JYOTSNA SIDDHARTH
Janeu Prompts


NAJRIN ISL
AM
What's in a Name?



PANEL DISCUSSION 7.30pm
Physical Bodies. Digital Selves.
Manjari K, Arul Kani, Urvija Priyadarshini, Abhishek Anicca with UMA CHAKRAVARTI and VANI SUBRAMANIAN

12-16 April, 2023

SPECIAL EVENTS

Wednesday. 12 April

RELEASE EVENT
6.00pm
DHAARCHIDI COLLECTIVE
Pahadaan da Laan...

Artists in conversation with NANDINI RAO

Saturday. 15 April

FILM SCREENINGS 6.0
0pm
DIVYA SACHAR
Searcher


MEHDI JAHAN
Can They Hear Our Songs?


AAKASH CHHABRA
A Winter's Elegy


MUNTAHA AMIN
Siege in the Air


PANEL DISCUSSION 7.00pm
Gender, Movies and the Moment.
Aakash Chhabra, Divya Sachar, Mehdi Jahan, Muntaha Amin with UMA CHAKRAVARTI

Sunday. 16 April

PANEL DISCUSSION 6.00pm

Collectives Making Art.
Ektara Collective, Dhaarchidi Collective, The Chinky Homo Project, The Storyboard Collective with SHUDDHABRATA SENGUPTA

CLOSING FILM 7.00 - 8.30pm
EKTARA COLLECTIVE
Ek Jagah Apni

> Festival timing: 12 noon - 8pm
> All film screenings will be private
> Mixed media works & digital performances on view till 16 April
>
Festival closed on Mondays

Studio Safdar, 2254/2A Shadi Khampur, New Ranjeet Nagar, New Delhi.
Travel Advisory: Avoid driving. Parking is hard to find, especially on Saturdays.
We recommend cabs or the Metro to Shadipur on the BLUE line. Exit: Satyam Cinema. Walk/Rickshaw to 'Biyaasi Number.'
Look for the May Day Bookstore and the gFest sign. Enter!

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