EXHIBITION "Calcutta: Chitpur Road Neighbourhoods | A Kolkata Heritage Photo Project" photography exhibition of unique handmade pigment prints by twenty one German photographers at Triveni Kala Sangam, 205, Tansen Marg > 22nd January to 18th February 2016

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22nd January : 6:00 pm Add to Calendar 22/01/2016 18:00 22/01/2016 19:30 Asia/Kolkata Opening of "Calcutta: Chitpur Road Neighbourhoods | A Kolkata Heritage Photo Project" photography exhibition of unique handmade pigment prints by twenty one German photographers Event Page : http://www.delhievents.com/2016/01/exhibition-calcutta-chitpur-road.html Shridharani Art Gallery, Triveni Kala Sangam, 205, Tansen Marg, Mandi House, New Delhi - 110001 DD/MM/YYYY - Opening
23rd January to 18th February : 11:00 am - 7:00 pm Add to Calendar 23/01/2016 11:00 18/02/2016 19:00 Asia/Kolkata EXHIBITION "Calcutta: Chitpur Road Neighbourhoods | A Kolkata Heritage Photo Project" photography exhibition of unique handmade pigment prints by twenty one German photographers Event Page : http://www.delhievents.com/2016/01/exhibition-calcutta-chitpur-road.html Shridharani Art Gallery, Triveni Kala Sangam, 205, Tansen Marg, Mandi House, New Delhi - 110001 DD/MM/YYYY  (closed on public holidays) - Exhibition on View

Entry : Free

Venue : Shridharani Art Gallery, Triveni Kala Sangam, 205, Tansen Marg, Mandi House, New Delhi - 110001
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Event Description : EXHIBITION "Calcutta: Chitpur Road Neighbourhoods | A Kolkata Heritage Photo Project" An exhibition of manual colour pigment prints from Chitpur, Kolkata from the Alkazi Collection of Photography

Calcutta: Chitpur Road Neighbourhoods is a photography exhibition of unique, handmade pigment prints by twenty one German photographers, under the guidance of Peter Bialobrzeski.

During the 19th century, Kolkata was one of the most economically affluent cities in India under the British. The city’s elites demonstrated their affluence by building huge palaces with a unique mix of traditional Moghul architecture and classical and Victorian elements. Today, the neighbourhoods around the historical axis of Chitpur Road in North Kolkata, still exhibit the remnants of this architecture style. Though decaying, they still house a vibrant community. The project aimed at capturing these extremities with an established photographic approach bearing in mind the monumentality of the sites and their relationship to the people.

This body of work is unique in its methodology as its main aim was to develop a coherent, unified approach towards the subject. It hopes to challenge traditional ideas associated with ‘originality’ and aims at creating a more universal aesthetic of photography shared by these 21 photographers. The participants worked in groups and took turns to direct the shoots using a large format camera. They worked under the collective name: ‘A Kolkata Heritage Photo Project’, and are the joint authors.

In 2015, Hatje Cantz re-published the book ‘Calcutta: Chitpur Road Neighborhoods’, based on this project with support from the Alkazi Foundation for the Arts. Though all the 21 photographers were students of Peter Bialobrzeski at the University of Arts Bremen in 2006, today they are all individual professional photographers. This collection was donated by the Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan, and is now housed at The Alkazi Foundation for the Arts in New Delhi.

Photographers: Claudia A. Cruz | Johanna Ahlert | Björn Behrens | Jörg Brüggemann | Tine Casper | Franziska von den Driesch | Anja Engelke | Tobias Gratz | Christian Güssow | Dörte Haupt | André Hemstedt | Manja Herrmann | Torben Höke | Britta Isenrath | Joanna Kosowska | Jǿrgen Kube | Pia Pollmanns | Silke Schmidt | Inga Seevers | Marion Üdema | Sandy Volz.

Associated publication edited by Peter Bialobrezeski | Exhibition in Delhi designed by Tanvi Mishra

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