Jaisingh Nageswaran and Tanvi Mishra in conversation on their engagement with curatorial practice as an act of translation. Both practitioners working with images trace the contours and distinctions in the artist-curator and artist/curator paradigm. Exploring what defines the (hyper)local, the vernacular and the role of identity in building a curatorial position, they exchange intersecting concerns across both their practices.

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

Tanvi Mishra works with images as a photo editor, curator, writer and educator. Among her interests are rights and representation in image-making, research strategies in visual culture as well as the notion of truth/fiction in photography, particularly in the current political landscape. She has curated multiple exhibitions including at Delhi Photo Festival, Photo Kathmandu and Breda Photo biennial and most recently her show Moving Definitions: an invitation to re-view at Recontres d'Arles.

Jaisingh Nageswaran is a self-taught lens-based artist and curator from Vadipatti, Madurai. His practice is deeply rooted in acknowledging the land and language he comes from. Through documenting his own family history, he represents and talks about the broader social implications involved. Beginning his own project, 'The Lodge', at the KG + Select at the Kyotographie Festival in Japan marked the start of his curatorial journey. He further co-curated two editions of Vaanam Art Festival in Chennai and has also participated in the Khoj Curatorial Intensive South Asia Fellowship. He was awarded the Musée du Quai Branly Jacques Chirac Photography Award in France.

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