Exhibition as part of Photography Residency "Shifting Focus" at KHOJ International Artists' Association, S-17, Khirkee Extension > 11am-7pm on 27th-30th October 2010

Time : 11:00 am - 7:00 pm

Entry : Free

Place : KHOJ International Artists' Association, S-17, Khirkee Extension, Near Malviya Nagar, New Delhi - 110017

Venue Info : khojworkshop.org | Nearest Metro Station - 'Malviya Nagar'
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Event Details : Moving ahead from the age-old debate of whether photography can be termed as ‘art’ at all and the photographer, an ‘artist’, photography has found its rightful place in the dominant perception of today’s contemporary art scenario. In an era of fast paced ‘digital’ innovation with an ever increasing focus on technologically advanced equipment and high-end sophisticated gadgets, Shifting Focus, the Photography Residency being presented by KHOJ International Artists’ Association which is on till October 30, 2010, aspires to evoke the timeless ‘magic’ of photography and to extend its space to re-instill the intuition in making photographs.
The four selected photographers-in-residence are Mansi Bhatt (Mumbai), Ajay Talwar (Delhi), P Madhavan and Edson Dias (Goa).

ays Pooja Sood, Director, Khoj International Artists’ Association: “By bringing together photographers with diverse backgrounds and art practice as artists-in-residence for the month long duration, the residency attempts to create a bond of shared experiences through exciting exchange of ideas and technical skill, and endeavors to cultivate a broader, more inclusive perception of photography in the realm of art.”
Envisioning its role as an experimental space to foster alternative ideas, artistic exchange and dialogue, the residency aims to assist and facilitate a deviant discourse on photography, from the ‘mainstream’ to that of the ‘alternative’.
In pursuit of alternative photographic processes, Shifting Focus seeks to investigate the vast potential of image-forming possibilities while demonstrating varied and often, untried means of making images. It promotes freedom to shift focus from using conventional methods and their intended purposes to that of discovery and exploration through practice of imagination and skill and thereby pushing the boundaries of photography.
Shifting Focus strives to bring into focus that which escapes and eludes the ultimate ‘camera obscura’ – the human eye, as though opening a parallel universe to us; and restore the powerful and awe inspiring mystery of life!


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