Oct 09 2024 14 mins
In this episode, Pooja Sood, Director of Khoj, reflects on the beginnings of the contemporary arts organisation in New Delhi and its mission to support experimental creative practices. Akshay Pathak, former Head of Pro Helvetia New Delhi, shares his views on the art scene in South Asia and its inherent connection to science. He also provides insights into Pro Helvetia New Delhi's activities fostering cultural exchange and artistic collaboration between South Asia and Switzerland.
About Pro Helvetia New Delhi:
Established in 2007, the New Delhi liaison office of [Pro Helvetia] (Pro Helvetia New Delhi (https://prohelvetia.ch/en/our-offices-abroad/pro-helvetia-new-delhi/)) is committed to cultural exchange and artistic collaboration between Switzerland and South Asia. A team of local experts facilitates and supports professional encounters between artistic scenes in the disciplines supported by Pro Helvetia. Pro Helvetia New Delhi forges ties with event organisers and nurtures long-term partnerships with relevant platforms to support the promotion and dissemination of Swiss arts in the region. Pro Helvetia New Delhi’s grants enable residencies and research trips in both directions to foster cultural exchange.
More about Pro Helvetia’s support for residencies and research trips aimed at cultural practitioners from Switzerland and from South Asia:
Residency in Switzerland (for cultural practitioners from South Asia)
Residency in South Asia (for cultural practitioners from Switzerland)
Research trip to Switzerland (for cultural practitioners from South Asia)
Research trip in South Asia(for cultural practitioners from Switzerland)
About Khoj:
Khoj (in English ‘to search’) is an autonomous not-for-profit contemporary arts organisation created in 1997 in New Delhi, India. Through international, on-site and off-site programmes and residencies, Khoj supports emerging, experimental and transdisciplinary creative practices and pedagogies that look at art and its various intersections with other disciplines such as gender, urbanisms, ecology, technology and social practice. The residency at Khoj provides time and space to the artists to engage, respond and present their work in a historical socio-economic context, allowing for inclusivity, participation, and artistic interventions.