Glass Eye: A Podcast on Visual Culture from South Asia

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  Episode 5: Other Histories of Photography 11.09.2026 1h 42min

  Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we think about what it means to celebrate 200 years after the first photograph, opening up questions about whose history are we celebrating, what are the other possible histories of photography, the myths & colonial conquests surrounding the camera. The episode starts with a visit to the exhibition Mänk’áčen at the Dilip Piramal Gallery with the artist Sergio Valenzuela-Escobedo, followed by an insightful conversation between Adira & Akshay. The Mumba...
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  Glass Eye Episode 4: What Is A Photobook? with Lesley Martin & Varun Nayar 01.05.2025 1h 18min

  Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we interrogate the photobook, while discussing the various challenges in production and distribution that undergird the still-nascent photobook phenomenon in South Asia. The episode features a candid, free-flowing conversation where Akshay Mahajan, Adira Thekkuveettil & Kaamna Patel explore the origins and evolution of the photobook, as also their own struggles with this ambivalent form, across questions of radical experimentation, genre, dissemination, l...
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  Glass Eye Episode 3: Active Listening with Gauri Gill 04.03.2024 1h 7min

  Send us Fan Mail In Episode 3, we meet the eminent photographer Gauri Gill, recent winner of the prestigious Prix Pictet. We also meet Rajesh Chaitya Vangad, renowned Warli artist & Gauri's collaborator on the body of work Fields of Sight , which is shortlisted for the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize prize 2024. Touching upon two recent publications with Patrick Frey, Gauri opens up to Adira about her life's work and process, thinking through collaboration, representation and ...
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  Episode 2: Family to Nation 04.12.2023 25min

  Send us Fan Mail For Episode 2 we travel to Indonesia and revisit a conversation between Arif Furquan and Akshay Mahajan which was recorded during the 3rd edition of the Jakarta International Photo Festival(JIPFEST). Arif takes us through his exhibition ‘Family to Nation’ and his collaborative project with Reza Kutjh titled ‘Unhistoried’ which aims to activate the Indonesian family archive, as a means to re-examine, challenge, and decenter history writing. About Arif Furqan Arif Furqan, edu...
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  Glass Eye Episode 1: Kodak Women 30.08.2023 29min

  Send us Fan Mail In Episode 1, Sabeena Gadihoke shines a light on forgotten women amateur photographers from 20th century in India - ‘the Kodak women in striped sarees’ whose contributions to the field of photography in the region have been remarkable. Featuring Nony Singh, Manobina Roy & Debalina Mazumder, Homai Vyarawala and many other inspiring women ! About Sabeena Gadihoke: As a scholar, curator and filmmaker, Sabeena Gadihoke’s work has focussed on cinema, popular culture an...