Khoj and Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan, New Delhi, in collaboration with India International Centre are pleased to announce the opening of ‘a matter of time’, 10 curated exhibitions by the Curatorial Intensive South Asia (CISA) 2023 Fellows.
The exhibitions open at 6:30 pm, on the 12th of December 2023 at the Kamaladevi Art Gallery, India International Centre, New Delhi.
Exhibiting curators include:
- Atefeh Khas
- Bishal Yonjan
- Bunu Dhungana
- Jaisingh Nageswaran
- Jatin Gulati
- Neda Haffari
- Pramodha Weerasekera
- Snehal Morey
- Sukanya Deb
- Umair Badheeu
Their exhibitions are a culmination of the fifth edition of Curatorial Intensive South Asia (CISA) 2023, a key program by Khoj and Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan, New Delhi which brings together curators from India, Iran, Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka for a two-week curatorial fellowship. CISA aims to develop a diversity of perspectives on the medium of the exhibition in South Asia and Iran and to provide both a structured and an experimental inquiry into the possibilities of curatorial practice today.
![A detail from Nasal Index Dwarapalaka, titled [Can Mahalanobis Statistics help automate the prophylactic detention of outliers in the dataset?], represents an artwork created explicitly for the exhibition by Abhishek Hazra. Here, we observe the line drawings that simulate Nandlal Bose's interpretation of the classical drawing tradition. Offering a satirical commentary on scientific inquiry during colonial times, Abhishek addresses Mahalanobis Distance—a widely used formula for identifying outliers within a dataset. Mahalanobis developed this concept while engaged in anthropological pursuits. Subsequently, he introduced the Profiloscope, primarily a modified version of a camera—an instrument designed to capture rudimentary measurements of facial features, an elementary version of today’s advanced biometry. The artwork reflects on gatekeeping observed in drafting the datasets.](data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCAxIDEiIHdpZHRoPSIxIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjEiIGRhdGEtdT0iaHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZraG9qLXdlYnNpdGUuc3RvcmFnZS5nb29nbGVhcGlzLmNvbSUyRndwLWNvbnRlbnQlMkZ1cGxvYWRzJTJGMjAyMyUyRjExJTJGMjcxMzUyMTYlMkZEZXRhaWwtQWJoaXNoZWstSGF6cmEtMTItaW4tMTUwLWRwaS1SR0IuanBnIiBkYXRhLXc9IjEiIGRhdGEtaD0iMSIgZGF0YS1iaXA9IiI+PC9zdmc+)
