Raqs Media Collective
Raqs Media Collective (founded in 1991 in New Delhi , India ) is one of Monica Narula (* 1969), Jeebesh Bagchi (* 1965), and Shuddhabrata Sengupta (* 1968) based media collective .
“The Raqs Media Collective performs with great pleasure in various roles, often as an artist, sometimes as a curator, then again as a philosophical agent provocateur . In addition to creating works of contemporary art, to which they are mainly devoted, the members of the collective have also produced films, curated exhibitions, edited books, staged events, worked with architects, programmers, writers and theater directors and launched processes, which had far-reaching consequences for contemporary Indian culture. "
As a participant in Documenta11 in Kassel, Raqs showed 28 ° 28 'N / 77 ° 15' E :: 2001/02 (An Installation on the Co-ordinates of Everyday Live in Delhi) The installation consisted of three videos and projected onto the walls a satellite image of Delhi projected onto the ground. The videos show trains arriving at New Delhi train stations, the construction and demolition of illegal housing estates in the city, as well as pictures of the legal regulations, master plans and building permits .
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- ↑ Documenta11_Plattform5: Exhibition / Exhibition. Short guide; Page 192, Ostfildern-Ruit 2002 ISBN 3-7757-9087-X
- ^ Kunstsammlung NRW Raqs Media Collective , accessed on January 12, 2019.
- ^ Center for Art and Media Raqs Media Collective accessed on January 12, 2019
- ↑ Art Asia Pacific Magazin Raqs accessed on January 12, 2019 (English)