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'In Pursuance of Meanings': a memoir masquerading as a monograph
Feb 06, 2023by Pooja Suresh Hollannavar Feb 06, 2023
A fitting narrative exploring the exemplary practice of Indian architect Sen Kapadia.
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Asian Paints colours an illusory journey of the past and future with Silver Escapade
Jan 16, 2023by Sunena V Maju Jan 16, 2023
Along with the unveiling of 'Asian Paints Art House' at Mumbai Urban Art Festival, Asian Paints reveals Silver Escapade as the Colour of the Year 2023.
Inquiring the importance of Mumbai Gallery Weekend in expanding the art economy
Jan 12, 2023by Pallavi Mehra Jan 12, 2023
STIR speaks with some of the participating galleries at the Mumbai gallery Weekend 2023, which brings together art collectors and enthusiasts for the event spread across four days.
Melange Home in Mumbai: a true melange of mid-century modern and contemporary
Jan 04, 2023by Pooja Suresh Hollannavar Jan 04, 2023
Quirk Studio takes a three-bedroom Mumbai flat and creates a contemporary two-bedroom home with mid-century modern finishes.
Can we 'Handle with Care' Yaazd's fictional interpretation of the mundane?
Jan 01, 2023by Vatsala Sethi Jan 01, 2023
Investigating the exhibition 'Handle With Care' by Yaazd Contractor at Method gallery in Mumbai, showcasing illuminated cold cathodes, glass tubes, aluminium, and more.
2022 art recap: reimagining the future of arts
Dec 31, 2022by Vatsala Sethi Dec 31, 2022
Best of 2022: Artists that STIRred the art world by contributing to a technologically advanced future with virtual reality, augmented reality, artificial intelligence, and more.
Building future for a billion voices: the best of Indian architecture in 2022
Dec 30, 2022by Jerry Elengical Dec 30, 2022
Best of 2022: STIR celebrates recent Indian architecture which illuminated the multiplicity and sensitivity of the country’s practitioners across varied contexts and typologies.
Mumbai Urban Art Festival returns to the docks with St+art India & Asian Paints
Dec 24, 2022by Devanshi Shah Dec 24, 2022
Between the sea and the city - the Sassoon Dock Art Project Part 1 - is a sensorial experience that explores the urban fabric of Mumbai.
Sweeping something under the rug: in conversation with Antonio Santin
Dec 22, 2022by Urvi Kothari Dec 22, 2022
Madrid-based Antonio Santin unravels the mystery behind the anthropomorphic forms that eerily lie beneath his rug paintings - an ornate excuse to represent what’s invisible.
Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2022: What’s up?
Dec 14, 2022by Rahul Kumar Dec 14, 2022
As the Biennale makes a postponement announcement at the 11th hour, STIR visits the grounds of selected shows that are on view.
The Loft | Redefined is a rendezvous between the past and the present
Dec 07, 2022by Shinjini Majumder Dec 07, 2022
Designed by Indian architect Puran Kumar of Studio PKA, the office design is in a centuries-old building in the heart of Mumbai's heritage district.
Samira Rathod conceives the boxy Cool House as a respite to harsh Indian summers
Dec 01, 2022by Jincy Iype Dec 01, 2022
The “inward-looking” Cool House is designed by SRDA with a propensity to cool itself, as an architectural response to the dry, arid region of Bharuch in Gujarat, India that it calls home.
Rahul Mehrotra: "For us, architecture became the project of resistance"
Nov 29, 2022by Vladimir Belogolovsky Nov 29, 2022
Vladimir Belogolovsky speaks with Mumbai and Boston-based architect and educator Rahul Mehrotra whose buildings fulfil people’s aspirations.
A graphic design project looking at the role of objects in shaping humanity
Nov 22, 2022by Sukanya Deb Nov 22, 2022
What Do Objects Want?, a research-driven publication by London-based designer Sundeep Yaya, looks at the ecosystem of objects that inform our lives and shape our realities.
Ishara Art Foundation presents 'Pattern', a multidisciplinary exhibition by Navjot Altaf
Nov 11, 2022by Rahul Kumar Nov 11, 2022
Navjot Altaf's ongoing show revolves around her longstanding commitment to issues of climate change, ecology and feminism and the challenges faced in the digital age.
Architect Sameep Padora tries to find out what each project can become
Oct 14, 2022by Vladimir Belogolovsky Oct 14, 2022
Vladimir Belogolovsky interviews architect Sameep Padora of Mumbai-based studio sP+a who says that familiarity leads to a sense of comfort that he wants to avoid.
Midjourney: in the middle of the universe and multiverse of AI imagination
Oct 01, 2022by Sunena V Maju Oct 01, 2022
While the AI programme Midjourney creates a stir in the creative and technological world, STIR speaks with four designers about Midjourney and their exploration on the platform.
Aashti Miller's intertwined career as an architect by day and illustrator by night
Sep 14, 2022by Rahul Kumar Sep 14, 2022
Illustrative Chronicles: Investigating how Aashti Miller's architectural background has influenced her illustration career and discovering her inspirations and goals.
The Politics of Art through Nalini Malani’s 'Vision In Motion' at the M+
Sep 04, 2022by Urvi Kothari Sep 04, 2022
Vision in Motion presents Nalini Malani’s five decades-long and yet ongoing investigations on the histories of violence, oppression and socio-political injustices.
Poetics, beauty and process: a look at Samira Rathod’s design exhibition in Mumbai
Aug 25, 2022by Dhwani Shanghvi Aug 25, 2022
The design exhibition, Dismantling Building = A Kit of Parts showcases the idea of a fundamental figure-ground representation through formal explorations as seen in the plan.
Sanjay Puri Architects replicates arched walls in this inward-looking house in India
Jul 21, 2022by Zohra Khan Jul 21, 2022
The Mumbai-based studio's sculpted design of 'Mirai House of Arches' is defined as a contextual response to the extreme climate of the region it is built in.
House of Concrete Experiments in Alibaug rises as a meandering sculptural mass
Jul 15, 2022by Anmol Ahuja Jul 15, 2022
True to its name, the House of Concrete Experiments, designed by Samira Rathod Design Atelier, conducts material, compositional, formative, and performative trials with concrete.
MVRDV and StudioPOD transform an underutilised underpass into a public space
Jul 14, 2022by STIRworld Jul 14, 2022
MVRDV collaborated with StudioPOD for the One Green Mile project, which reuses the abandoned space in Mumbai as a playful public space with amenities for the community.
Art in public space: a political tool to condition the masses
Jun 30, 2022by Rahul Kumar Jun 30, 2022
Examining the history of monarchs and authority across the world and their involvement with art works in public spaces to influence the desired narrative.
Sudarshan Shetty presents solo show 'Age of Love' at GallerySke, New Delhi
Jun 24, 2022by Shraddha Nair Jun 24, 2022
Mumbai-based artist Sudarshan Shetty talks to STIR about Age of Love - his ongoing exhibition and eighth solo show - at GallerySke in New Delhi, India.
'Bombay Imagined': Visual accounts of a city that could have been, but never was
Jun 20, 2022by Anmol Ahuja Jun 20, 2022
In a ruminative, in-depth interview with STIR, Bombay Imagined's author, Robert Stephens, discusses how the city of dreams itself has been dreamt up in impeccable form over the years.
Neuma by Ashiesh Shah brings old-world charm and art to restaurant design
May 31, 2022by Devanshi Shah May 31, 2022
The vibrant fine-dining restaurant in Mumbai marks Indian director and producer Karan Johar's entry into the hospitality business.
The womb as artefact and artwork
May 16, 2022by Rosalyn D`Mello May 16, 2022
The discovery of a votive uterus in a museum prompts an enquiry about the organ as a potential site of lost female subjectivity.
documenta fifteen's 'lumbung' artists on embodied resistance via collective action
May 08, 2022by Srinivas Aditya Mopidevi May 08, 2022
Multiple voices of resistance will come together for lumbung - documenta fifteen, scheduled to open in Kassel, Germany in June 2022.
Adventures of #mybathroomanthem - presented by Kohler, curated by STIR
Apr 14, 2022by Nitija Immanuel Apr 14, 2022
STIR speaks with 15 renowned designers about how bathroom as their private space reflects their personality and their unique anthem.
The 2022 edition of EyeMyth Festival takes place digitally, freely available to all
Mar 30, 2022by Shraddha Nair Mar 30, 2022
Festival curator Tejas Nair talks about the EyeMyth New Media Arts Festival and its eventful programme with workshops and global conferences.
Desmond Lazaro responds to displacement and bereavement in his work 'Cosmos'
Mar 25, 2022by Rahul Kumar Mar 25, 2022
In a recent show at Chemould Prescott Road, the artist showcased works that emerged from his research of astrophysics, and personal experiences of migration and bereavement.
Kunel Gaur uses everyday material in his solo presentation at Method art space, India
Mar 18, 2022by Rahul Kumar Mar 18, 2022
Architecture and street ecosystem inform the practice of Kunel Gaur in his ongoing exhibit Information Architecture presented in Mumbai at Method art space.
Of witnessing and listening: Baaraan Ijlal’s art accepts the past to bequeath empathy
Feb 14, 2022by Dilpreet Bhullar Feb 14, 2022
Delhi-based artist Baaraan Ijlal and artist-historian Moonis Ijlal with their show Hostile Witness built a life-size fantastical world to relive history of cities and people.
Nudes designs a mosque with a geometric façade built of computational tools
Jan 31, 2022by Zohra Khan Jan 31, 2022
The Mumbai-based studio’s design of a mosque and community space draws inspiration from a key element of traditional Islamic architecture.
'The Show Windows' invites viewers to rediscover the idea of a home
Jan 29, 2022by Dilpreet Bhullar Jan 29, 2022
Works by artists such as Avantika Bawa, Emma Critchley, Mario D’Souza and Ranjit Kandalgaonkar at The Show Windows in Mumbai encourage dialogue on home and belonging.
Studio Emergence proposes an astronomy inspired planetarium in south India
Jan 26, 2022by Devanshi Shah Jan 26, 2022
The Mumbai-based practice used the recently-caught images of the Black Hole by NASA as a reference to create the abstract yet geometric structure in Visakhapatnam.
Neha Choksi’s ‘Urgency and Longing’: impressions of touch during the pandemic
Jan 13, 2022by Vidur Sethi Jan 13, 2022
At Galerie Barbara Thumm’s experimental online platform ‘New Viewings,’ Neha Choksi incorporates glass as an intermediary to explore impressions of touch in her solo exhibition.
Soft Thresholds: The context as generator of practice
Dec 28, 2021by Rahul Mehrotra Dec 28, 2021
Is architecture, in its compulsive drive to create the autonomous object, inherently hardening the thresholds separating it from other disciplines?
St+art India and Adidas celebrate diversity and collaboration through urban art
Dec 04, 2021by STIRworld Dec 04, 2021
STIR speaks to the minds behind the bold mural by artist ChifumiKrohom on the basketball court at Mumbai’s St. Andrew’s High School, which evokes the power of team spirit in sport.
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