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Our Events
gFest_Kochi - the festival brought a 'sea' of films, installations, photographs, mixed media works, interactive art, along with a series of very special events that featured walkthroughs by curators and artists, screening of documentary and experimental films, an award winning feature film, a panel discussion, inspiring talks, rich conversations, deliberations and more to the Kerala Museum in Kochi.
Showcasing a wide range of works created by artists through reFrame's genDeralities fellowships, the festival has been an enjoyable, exciting, challenging and stimulating experience for artists, art lovers, students, elders, youngsters and families. Together, visitors have discovered new and emerging artistic voices, participated in have rich discussions on, and raised their shared understanding of, gender and diversity, with creativity.
gFest Kochi Partners:
Support: Muthoot Finance.
Outreach: Raising Our Voices Foundation.
Additional Technical Support: Goethe Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan, Delhi
6 events spread across two weekends that saw walkthroughs, live performances and conversations around gender, disability, art, community history and practices, feminism and more.
Inaugural talk by Dalit and feminist thinker Rekha Raj
'Journey from A to E', a live performance by artist Rumi Harish
'A Feminist in Fragments', spoken word and hindustani vocals by music educator and feminist Urvija Priyadarshini
Inaugural talk by Dalit and feminist thinker Rekha Raj
11 DIGITAL AND PHYSICAL WORKS created under the reFrame genDeralities fellowships were screened and showcased.
gFest Kochi at the Kerala Museum
About reFrame and gFest Kochi
Urvija Priyadarshini's 'A Feminist in Fragments'
gFest Kochi at the Kerala Museum
WALKTHROUGHS with over 100 students from St. Teresa's College and various schools
SCREENINGS of 9 works including digital performances, documentary films and a feature film
WORKSHOPS - offsite 'gender. art. and me' workshop at Sree Sankaracharya University, Kalady and weekly workshops held at the Kerala Museum featuring local performers, writers, poets, lawyers, activists, and artists.
'Gender. Art. And Me.' an offsite workshop at the Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kalady
'Gender. Art. And Me.' an offsite workshop at the Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kalady
'Engendered Cities' - an interactive workshop on the impact of city design on gender equality with architect Monolita Chatterjee
'Gender. Art. And Me.' an offsite workshop at the Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kalady
Photo Credits: reFrame team and Kerala Museum team
FEATURED ARTISTS
Aakash Chhabra | Abhishek Anicca | Aprajita Gupta | Chandni Ganesh | Divya Sachar | Dhaarchidi Collective | Ektara Collective | Fatima Juned | Gurleen Grewal | Hengam Riba | Ipsita Choudhury | Jyotsna Siddharth | Mehdi Jahan | Muntaha Amin | Najrin Islam | Natasha Chandhock | Reshma Khatoon | Reya Ahmed | Rumi Harish | The Storyboard Collective | Urvija Priyadarshini | Work of a Body Collective
