Broad What is Generative art/design? Because these days, Generative AI is a buzzword, how different or similar it is? How and where do you classify your style of work? Which genre, or category does it belong? Your work seems to be abstract. Can you help us understand the landscape of this kind of work by […]
What is looping? (More abstract and philosophical) What is looping in the context of music? Is it close to tiling? Is it only to set the rhythm and to create a base texture or something more? Any short history about it? When and how did it start? How did you get into it? How do […]
Let’s start with what kind of work you exactly do. What are exhibition design and set design? What is the kind of brief you get? Which are the entities involved in any exhibition and while making a set; from a designer’s point of view? How does a space for an exhibition come to be? What […]
What are aesthetics? How would you define aesthetics, and what role do you see it playing in the study of the arts and humanities? Since it’s about beauty and taste, is it subjective or objective? Who defines aesthetics? Are there any categories to classify or frameworks to understand aesthetics? How do you approach the study […]
What does nonviolence (Ahimsa) mean to you? Tell us a little bit about “Ahimsa Conversations”. How and where did all of it begin? Isn’t violence part of nature – “survival of the fittest”? Also one fights with oneself to perform better (an athlete for eg.) How do you see violence with this lens? How do […]
What does material mean to you? Has that definition changed over time? How important it is for a designer to know his/ her medium? Why? What is “rockpaperscissors”? Why did you start it? From your research on materials, what are you trying to arrive at? Is there a goal or just exploration? Because it is […]
What according to you is Prampara and Paddhati? I know these are 2 massive subjects but just a brief introduction will help. What are the main 5 categories of Indian music? (That Dr. Ashok Ranade spoke about) Do all of them have paddhati? Seems like all music will have paddhati but does all of them […]
Who according to you is an artist? What does art mean to you? Can you separate art from the artist? Does an artist need to be always in pain? or seeking pain? How instinctive is “writing” for any poet? or for you? In your DD Kasheer interview, you casually mentioned that you want to stay […]
According to BV Doshi, cement is just another material. It depends on how we use it. What’s wrong with cement? What’s so beautiful about mud as a material? It gives a lot of warmth. What’s the extent to which Mud as a material can be exploited? Can we build a skyscraper with mud? In UI […]
What is your definition of design and what’s your definition of art? What does it really mean to be an interdisciplinary designer or an artist? Is it an outcome to input? How do you compare it with being a T-shaped designer? Can one start being interdisciplinary? As Massimo Vignelli says, “if you can design one […]
