POSTPONED
Due to the current situation, the Goethe-Institut London is closed to the public until 19.4.2020. This event is postponed until further notice. We are working on alternative arrangements and will update you on details on our website,
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This year’s Essay Film Festival will present several works by the Indian filmmaker, novelist, reporter, columnist, photographer, and essayist Ruchir Joshi, including some films recently restored by the Arsenal Institute for Film and Video Art (Berlin). Ruchir Joshi will be present for the events.
Following the screenings on Saturday, 28 March, and Sunday, 29 March at the ICA, this symposium at the Birkbeck Cinema on Monday, 30 March, which we are pleased to support, will explore Joshi’s work and the many forms and paths it has taken over the last four decades.. A number of distinguished guests, as well as Ruchir Joshi himself, will examine his multidisciplinary work across different media and means of expression, and above all in the context of Indian culture and society, seen in a global perspective. The symposium will also include screenings of short films not shown elsewhere in the Essay Film Festival.
Guest and topics will include:
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Ravi Vasudevan (CSDS, Delhi) and Giulia Battaglia (University of Paris) will be approaching Joshi’s film work from the point of view of documentary history and contemporary practices, especially in India and South Asia.
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Markus Ruff (Berlin Arsenal) and Nicole Wolf (Goldsmiths) will discuss the recent restoration of Joshi’s essay films in relation to the cultural politics of film preservation and the exhibition of restored works.
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Paromita Vohra and artist
Tony Cokes will engage with Joshi’s essayistic practice across different media and with his role as a political and cultural commentator.
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Rashmi Varma (Warwick) will discuss Joshi’s literary work as a novelist and essayist.
Overview of Ruchir Joshi Events:
These events are part of the Essay Film Festival 2020 and have received further support from CHASE Doctoral Training Partnership, and Arsenal Institute for Film and Video Art (Berlin).
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