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08 Feb
2024
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Criticism and Theory
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Vikramaditya Sahai
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Image: Dayanita Singh/Myself Mona Ahmed
The Inaugural Mona Ahmed Lecture Series - Supported by: Dayanita Singh
This talk offers a reading of the abundant archive Dayanita Singh has made possible of Mona Ahmed. Looking closely at Dayanita’s work and Mona’s words, we learn how Mona complicates what we know of gender, motherhood, and photography. In three small acts - Myself Mona Ahmed, Mona as mother, and Mona, the artist - the talk introduces us to Mona’s freedom dreams, wayward desires, and otherwise possibilities. From her surrender to abjection and her craft of abundance, there is something in her refusal for everyone. This talk is an invitation to her wake.
Free In-person Lecture with live streaming on ZOOM only for participants outside of Mumbai.
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February 8, 2024
Timing: Tea: 6:00 PM | Discussion: 6:30 - 8:30 pm IST
Registrations Closed
Vikramaditya Sahai
Vikramaditya Sahai/vqueeram is currently Visiting Faculty at School of Culture and Creative Expressions, Ambedkar University, Delhi. They have previously taught at the Department of Gender Studies at Ambedkar University and courses on intersectionality and abolition at NLSUI, Bengaluru, NUJS, Kolkata and other law schools across the country. Vikramaditya/vqueeram has written about law, sexuality, culture, and abolition in diverse media like essays, editorials, film and poetry in forums such as Frieze, TheWire, post-MOMA, The Shoreline Review and The White Review. They recently wrote the entry on 'Gender' for The Art Institute of Chicago Field Guide to Photography and Media (2022) and their film with Vishal Jugdeo, Does Your House Have Lions (2021) has been screened at Commonwealth and Council and MOCA among a host of other venues and festivals . They live and love in Delhi.