Cinematographic Rigour: A Case of Four Indian Filmmakers
Cinema of Prayoga (conference website), 2012
In this essay, Amrit Gangar talks about the cinematographic works of four Indian filmmakers and video artists: Amit Dutta, Vipin Vijay, Ashish Avikunthak and Kabir Mohanty. The unique approach to experimentation employed by these artists is characterized by the use of long durations, filmic and technological contingencies. Such bold methods of experimentation, according to Gangar, bring a new "thinking and feeling environment into Indian cinematography", thus undermining the cultural monopoly of Bollywood cinema.
ITEM 2012.031 – available for viewing in the Research Centre
Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
Jangarh Film E, Masan, Chakravak, Ksha Tra Gy, Kramasha (To be continued...) – Amit Dutta
Broken Glas, Unmathbudham Jagat (Egotistic World), Video Game – Vipin Vijay
Shadows Formles, Et cetera, Kalighat Athikatha (Kalighat Fetish), Brihannala Ki Khelkali (Dancing Othello), Antraal (End Note), Nirakar Chhaya (Shadows Formless) – Ashish Avikunthak
Home, And Now I Feel I Don’t Know Anything, Song For an Ancient Land – Kabir Mohanty
Mani Kaul
Vasulkas
Nam June Paik
Bill Viola
Kumar Shahani
Kamal Swaroop