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FILMS
Jaquar Pavilion Park
Pavilion Park 2026, supported by Jaquar, evolves in ambition and scope while remaining grounded in its commitment to experimentation, accessibility, and public engagement. Curated by Aric Chen and guided by an international jury, 50 professionals from the fields of architecture, design, and art are invited to respond to the curatorial brief "Mumbai Manuscripts". From these, eight proposals will be selected by the curator and jury for realisation.
Aric Chen
Director
Zaha Hadid Foundation
Hans Ulrich Obrist
Artistic Director
Serpentine Galleries
Lesley Lokko OBE
Founder
African Futures Institute
Curator - Venice Biennale 2023
Ma Yansong
Founder & Principal Partner
MAD
Martha Thorne
Former Exec. Director
Pritzker Architecture Prize
Raj Rewal
Founder
Raj Rewal Associates
Special Projects
Diaspora Passage 01001A
British-Caribbean artist & designer Samuel Ross MBE debuted the site-specific pavilion, DIASPORA PASSAGE 01001A, as a Special Project of ADFF:STIR Mumbai 2026.
Wielding colour, asymmetry and democratic materials to express states of vigilance, flux and cultural alchemy, Ross binds shared experiences and meaning by contorting industrial materials, expressing perpetuity in form, delivering spiritually inspired contemplations through the visual-physical allegory in DIASPORA PASSAGE 01001A, a pronounced physical structure granting respite.
An intimate selection of paintings, drawings, objects and manifesto texts crafted by Ross and leading community voices will be on view alongside new concept seating forms.
The project is a partnership realised with the British Council, STIR, Friedman Benda and SR_A.
Artists: Jim Stephenson, Simon James, Sofia Smith
LIVinSet
LIVinSET, conceived for ADFF:STIR 2026, is a spatial composition shaped by light, surface, silence and pause—a ‘set’ where design objects are freed from their prescribed obligation to function.
The project staged the interior as a site of performance, framing everyday life as choreography, through repeated gestures and rituals. Objects became props, guiding spatial movement and transforming the home into both sanctum and stage.
Within the mise-en-scène, furniture, lighting, textiles, sculptural elements and architectural surfaces assemble into a constellation of narratives, forms and colours. Their collective arrangements reveal layers of composition, hierarchy, and dramaturgy, creating a tension between stillness and motion.
Artists: Jim Stephenson, Simon James, Sofia Smith
~log(ue) Speakers
Ma Yansong
Founder, MAD Architects
Devika Singh
Art historian & Curator
Samta Nadeem
Curatorial Director, STIR
Sangita Jindal
Chairperson, JSW Foundation
Terence Lewis
Dancer and Choreographer
Juhi Vishnani and Shiva Nallaperumal
Co-founders, November
Sean Anderson
Curator
Kunaal Maniar
Partner and Design head, Kunal Maniar and Associates
Andrea Anastasio
Director, Italian Cultural Institute of New Delhi
Susmita Mohanty
Director General, Spaceport SARABHAI (S2)
Manvendra Singh Shekhawat
Founder, Dhun
Anuradha Parikh
Founder, G5A Foundation for Contemporary Culture
Avijit Mukul Kishore
Filmmaker
Subodh Gupta
Contemporary Artist
Rohit Chawla
Contemporary Photographer
Alexandra Cunningham Cameron
Curator and Editor
Ajay Norohna
Cinematographer, Documentary Filmmaker
2026Partners
2025 Highlights
Welcoming 7,500+ architects, designers, artists, filmmakers, students, and cultural patrons, ADFF:STIR MUMBAI 2025 marked the South Asia Debut of the Architecture & Design Film Festival.
