Tell us a little bit about your background. Which school of thought are you coming from? What is Plork? Why are you doing this? Who is it for? Paula Scher said, “Great design is serious, not solemn”. What is your take? What makes you go so broad with poets, chefs and philosophers, while education these […]
Art
Discussing typeface (Marathi)
What according to you is Type / Akshar? Massimo Vignelli said that he is comfortable with half a dozen typefaces lasting a lifetime. Rest all is visual pollution. What’s the need for more typefaces? What triggers a need for new typefaces? Medium, Language, Expression, Enhancement, Technology, Content? Are there ways to systematically study and distinguish […]
Censorship in films (Hindi)
What is censorship in the context of films? Why do establishments feel the need of banning or censorship? When and why did it start? What’s Hays Code and what were the few important milestones in the evolution of censorship? May be just in the Indian context? Can you tell us if there is any official […]
Improvisation in Performing Arts
What according to you is improvisation? In how many ways do you see it manifesting? Where do we see it mostly happening? On streets? In life? or just creative endeavours? When do people improvise? What’s the motivation? Is it expressing themselves in different ways? Is it to communicate better with the other (State, society, individual)? […]
Need for performing spaces
What is The Company Theatre Workspace at Kamshet? What inspired you to make such a place? Was it the influences from Aadishakti, Nrityagram or Footsbarn theatre group? There is a beautiful 10 minute video on youtube where you briefly explain the backstory of this place and how it came to be. Do you want to […]
“The Promise” documentary making (Part 2)
You have made 2 documentaries in the East. What fascinates you about the East, about India? What makes you make films of Design, art, dance and such creative expressions. Why did you consider architecture to be part of art as a film maker? What is “The Promise – Architect BV Doshi”? How did the idea […]
Documentary making (Part 1)
How true are things if they are not documented anywhere? How do you define private and public? (While documenting) How objective is / should be documentation? What are the rules or framework or principles while making a documentary? How you keep the purity and innocence of the moment or the story? Avoid colouring from the […]
Snake-a-doo
What is Snake-a-doo? What made you come up with this idea? Can you briefly share some numbers related to “people dying due to snake bites, types of snakes, the density of snakes in different areas within India, snake deaths, impact on food chain etc… What was the process of making it? Initial iterations, user testing […]
Generative Art
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 […]
Designing spaces
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 […]