In this issue

The games we played as children and the games we play as adults can hold a world of difference in their meanings – games can be tricky as they belong to both the young and the old, and within this divided belonging, we situate our next issue.

This issue on ‘Games’ we primarily look at what happens to an exchange of dialogue when a sense of play enters the picture, and what happens when that sense of play disappears, and more importantly, what happens in the moments in between these transitions. We also try to unravel the rapidly changing socio-political dynamics of the world around us through art that is not afraid of the floodlights or the booing-cheering crowds, and enters the arena to not win or lose, but simply to feel the rush of the wind, the rush of freedom, the rush of a good game.

Dot, Dash, Line and its Narrative

It starts with a dot: the immediate effect of putting pen to paper, the first mark on the blank canvas. Stretch the mark a little in any direction and there you have it: a dash – an entity that grows first into a line that divides the drawing plane.

2 mins

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That Martand Khosla is an architect by education and practice is very evident from the works at his second solo-exhibit at Nature Morte gallery in New Delhi.

2 mins

PAN Asia Festival

The recently concluded 10th anniversary edition of the PAN (Performance Art Network) Asia Festival, centred around the theme ‘A.L.A.R.M. – Approaches to Live Art in the Revolution of Media’, cemented the importance of performance art within the contemporary arts landscape.

2 mins

Games of Gore

Looking back to a time when ‘fun’ and ‘games’ were intrinsically bound to ‘blood’ and ‘gore’. The Colosseum, the monument where some of the most gruelling tournaments were held

2 mins

Sporting the Saree

Can sarees be fun? The Saree Speak group, with its new avatar of the old kitty party, the rush of meeting strangers and games around the saree will have us believe that sarees are not only fun but also a source of deep community building

5 mins

Making a Wish

‘Hello Farmaaish’, which premiered in Chennai as part of The Hindu Theatre Fest, unfolds as a play, but in its soul and spirit, is a fantastically crafted game of hope, aspirations, imagination, resilience, freedom and sisterhood

4 mins

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