PRELUDE
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Lucian Harris
Laura Williams
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Anders Petterson
Anirudh Chari
Arshiya Lokhandwala
OPINION
Sandhya Bordewekar
LETTER FROM PAKISTAN
Quddus Mirza
PANEL DISCUSSION
INTERNATIONAL REVIEWS
Lee Johnson
Devika Singh
INTERNATIONAL REPORT
SPECIAL REPORTS
Ganieve Grewal
Maithili Parekh
INTERNATIONAL REPORTS
Priya Maholay-Jaradi
Abhay Sardesai
INTERNATIONAL REVIEWS
Lucian Harris
Victoria Chaine-Mendrzyk
Niharika Dinkar
Karin Miller-Lewis
INTERVIEW
Pooja Sood
REVIEWS
Alexander Keefe
Veena Kelkar
Romain Maitra
Meera Menezes
Zehra Jumabhoy
Anirudh Chari
David De Souza
Deeksha Nath
Geeta Doctor
Abhay Sardesai
Latika Gupta
Gopika Nath
OBITUARY
Aditi De
HOMAGE
Romain Maitra
PREVIOUS ISSUES
2007 / Volume XII | Issue IV | Quarter IV

YOU FIND A COMBINATION OF ART AND SCIENCE IN THE DISCIPLINE AND practice of architecture. The idea of a total built form takes into account not only the materiality of buildings but also the sociality of spaces and places. Architectural interventions are therefore cultural interventions that contribute to the creation of formal and informal environments that affect us in a variety of ways. In our issue this time, we have an array of voices addressing important trans-disciplinary themes. more >

 

 

2007 / Volume XII | Issue III | Quarter III

IF CENSORSHIP, AS A COMPLEX OF DISCIPLINARY ACTS AND practices, is a 'necessary evil' in a democracy, then, it is one that needs to be relentlessly resisted and interrogated. The idea of censorship is squarely in need of some rehabilitation - instead of banning books, denying information, putting curbs on artistic initiatives that contest sedimented propositions about morality and re-interpret expressive traditions, the state needs to use its energies to protect voices that go against the grain, challenge accepted truths, and offer multiple opinions. Artists and writers also need to come together to create a vibrant public sphere where debate and discussion allow viewers and readers the opportunity to decide the merits and demerits of art works that politicians and vigilantes hope to manipulate with impunity. Shall we prove equal to this task? This is a question we ask ourselves even as we wonder whether the state will take on one of the biggest challenges it faces - will it protect our right to offend bourgeois sensibilities and offer dissent with as much commitment as it protects their right to take offence?

 

 

2007 / Volume XII | Issue II | Quarter II

In 1927, Edward Steichen, a prominent photographer, purchased a sculpture from the Romanian modernist sculptor, Constantin Brancusi. He then attempted to have the work, Bird in Space, shipped to the United States. While the Customs Law exempted the imposition of customs duty on works of art, the customs officer, Kracke, was not convinced that this ‘bird’ was a work of art and instead chose to classify it as an industrial item consisting of raw materials (metal and stone) and placed a duty of $ 4000 on its import. One of the reasons was the fact that this bird had ‘neither head, feet nor feathers’. Brancusi appealed in a court, which held that it was indeed a work of art by reason of its symmetrical shape, artistic outlines, and beauty of finish.>