‘Kasauli Art Centre 1976- 1991: An exhibition of artworks, prints and archival documents’ in collaboration with Sher-Gil Sundaram Arts Foundation.

21st Sept | 5:30 pm: Exhibition Opening
The Kasauli Art Centre was founded by Vivan Sundaram (1943-2023) in the Kasauli Hills. From 1976 until 1991, the centre held artists’ workshops, seminars and experiments, all of which underlined Vivan’s belief in interdisciplinary exchange and art-making as a practice of collectivity and dialogue. The exhibition consists of artworks and archival material from The Estate of Sundaram. It explores different facets of the Kasauli Art Centre and charts its evolution through individual and collective praxis. It has been curated & produced by Sher-Gil Sundaram Arts Foundation.

21st Sept | 6 pm: ‘Film at Kasauli’- Talk by Ashish Rajadhyaksha
A film conference in 1983 sees filmmakers, artists and theorists go up and down the hill carrying 35 mm film cans to the only movie theatre in Kasauli. In 1986 video arrives – and Kamal Swaroop’s Om Dar-b-dar goes viral.

21st Sept | 7 pm: Curatorial Walkthrough of the Exhibition by Latika Gupta
22nd Sept: Talks by Ashish Rajadhyaksha (Registration link)
22nd Sept | 4 pm: Archaeologies of War
Between 1976 and 1991 Vivan Sundaram organised numerous art events in Kasauli. It was a time of innocence. When the 1980s arrived new technologies for both consumption for waging war, Vivan’s work changed. We look at the 1988-90 series Long Night.

22nd Sept | 5:30 pm: There is Violence in the Air
Screening: R.V. Ramani’s film The Show is Already On (2018, 26 min)
A performance, an installation and sonic work are centred on the cutting of a concrete slab that once formed an outdoor stage.

Registration form: HERE