- The exhibition is a part of the main Comics exhibition of the event – “An Exhibition of Low Art” and will give a chance to see the lesser-known artistic side of the legendary filmmaker and his approach to the sequential graphic narrative
- The exhibition will also showcase comics by Orijit Sen, Sarnath Banerjee, Amruta Patil, Nikhil Gulati, Longform Collective, and artworks and artefacts on Indian Traditional storytelling by students of National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
- The two-day Conclave, scheduled on January 21-22, 2023, is also lined up with a series of exciting talks and interactive sessions with celebrated graphic novelists and artists
- Anyone can attend the event for free by registering on the website by January 21, 2023: https://art.iitgn.ac.in/comicconclave2023.html
NE EDUCATION BUREAU
GANDHINAGAR, JAN 20
The “Comics Conclave” at the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN) is going to be a remarkable event for visual narrative and film enthusiasts as they will also get a chance to delve into the lesser-known artistic side of the legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray.
As a part of the main Comics exhibition of the event – “An Exhibition of Low Art”, organised on January 21-22, 2023, the Institute is going to exhibit some selected and curated images from the original sketchbook of Satyajit Ray with support from Sandeep Ray, eminent filmmaker and son of Satyajit Ray, and Pinaki De, Comics scholar, designer, and Associate Professor at the Department of English, Raja Peary Mohan College, University of Calcutta.
This will include a few prints of the pages from his original sketchbook, which have been selected specifically for this event at IITGN, and reflect his approach to the sequential graphic narrative and how it supplemented his cinematic language.
It is a known fact that Satyajit Ray was a comics enthusiast, and his personal collection of comics (now archived at his residence) can be the envy of many. Despite his abiding interest in sequential graphic narratives recorded in many interviews across time, there is very little to show in terms of his active engagement with the form. The only published evidence comes in the form of four comic strips that he did for the covers of Sandesh magazine. However, if we delve deeper into his notebooks and sketchbooks, we can see him playing around with ideas about this visual form. In fact, he presented “Pather Panchali” and “Ravishankar” (a film that never materialised) in the form of a sequential visual script in the 1950s.
IITGN is back with another exciting camp — this time focusing on #art and #learning. The ‘Camp on Art and Learning’, slated for Feb 3-5, is co-organised by IITGN’s Curiosity lab, @HSSiitgn, and @ArtIitgn jointly with Social Action & Policy Lab and @UNICEF.https://t.co/S1XFjFR6ll pic.twitter.com/AeUsAxXGsu
— IIT Gandhinagar (@iitgn) January 18, 2023
Apart from this, the “Exhibition of Low Art” will also showcase comics by Orijit Sen, Sarnath Banerjee, Amruta Patil, Nikhil Gulati, Longform Collective, and artworks and artefacts on Indian Traditional storytelling by students of National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad (mentored by Gayatri Menon). The exhibition has been curated by Prof Argha Manna, Artist-in-Residence, IITGN, and it will be open for viewing from 4 to 8 pm on both days.
Join us for a #SocialJustice Seminar on ‘Feminisms, Science, and Environmental Justice’, organised by @HSSiitgn on Jan 23 at 6 pm. The speaker, Prof Kiran Asher, is a Professor at the Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at @UMassAmherst
Venue: AB 5/203 pic.twitter.com/VOsQ9U6zXL— IIT Gandhinagar (@iitgn) January 19, 2023
The two-day Conclave is also lined up with a series of exciting talks and interactive sessions with celebrated graphic novelists, artists, filmmakers, and academic scholars, including Orijit Sen, Amruta Patil, Sarnath Banerjee, Nikhil Gulati, Pinaki De, Debkumar Mitra, and Gayatri Menon.
We extend our warm congratulations to team Vinteo, film making club of IITGN, for bringing home a Bronze medal in the online Short Film Making Competition at the 5th #InterIIT Cultural Meet @iitmadras!
Click here to watch the film: https://t.co/ukLqlxhgk9 #InterIITCulturalMeet— IIT Gandhinagar (@iitgn) January 19, 2023
Anyone can attend the event for free by registering on the website by January 21, 2023: https://art.iitgn.ac.in/comicconclave2023.html
