Shared Visions: What does Australia’s next generation of young leaders have to say about the future of India- Australia relations in a post-covid world? And, how do Indian scholars, scientists, practitioners and students factor in? I produced and hosted ‘Shared Visions’, a podcast that spotlights the Australian Government’s New Colombo Plan and gets to the heart of these questions.
Systema Naturae: An “automated lecture” given by an EKTAPRO 9000 on the history and evolution of naturalism, biological sciences, outdoor exploration and recreation from the 19th to 20th century. Recorded dialogue was set against field recordings, found sound and MIDI composition.
The Trump Administration’s Business Ties: In the aftermath of the 2016 election, I helped the Marketplace Business News team develop an interactive webpage detailing President Trump’s cabinet members, both current and former, and their industry ties.
Sounds of Learning: A collaborative sound ethnography at Eagle Rock’s Annandale Elementary School, March 2014.
Karaoke Rickshaw: A nomadic series of participatory karaoke events through the streets and at transit hubs such as metro stations, bus stops, sidewalk, parklets and plazas.
Selected writing
Elephant In The Room: The aim of Elephant in the Room, a project by Conflictorium and Stroom Den Haag, is to initiate conversations on art infrastructures and the way open calls work within the art world. The result is a publication featuring around 70 artists and art writers from India who over the past four years have applied for, but have repeatedly been rejected for financial or other forms of support. I contributed an original visual and written piece for the book.
Helping A Nation to Know Itself: Postcolonial Identity and Sonic Horizons at Films Division India, 1950–197: I contributed an essay exploring postcolonial anxieties in India and its representation through the varied musical evolution at Films Division to Music, Sound, and Documentary Film in the Global South, edited by Christopher L. Ballengee and published by Lexington Books.
Perception of the Indian Legal System and the Role of Entertainment, Civic Studios (incubated at the MIT Center for Civic Media). I conducted a month-long ethnography project examining Indian citizens’ perception of and attitude towards the legal system by way of their consumption of television and cinema.
Marketplace Business News
“All the news that got buried by the election”
Will deporting undocumented immigrants take us back to the great recession?
Tiny Mix Tapes
Jess Sah Bi & Peter One –– African Chant
Jean Grae & Quelle Chris –– Everything’s Fine
Cities Aviv –– Raised For a Better View
Continued…
Honoring the legacy of Nina Simone
Decolonizing Documentaries in South Asia
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