[Urbanstudy] Fw: [announcements] Eyes on Bombay: Panel Discussion on August 1

[Curt Gambetta]

From: PUKAR <pukar at pukar.org.in>
To: announcements at pukar.org.in
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 11:18:13 AM
Subject: [announcements] Eyes on Bombay: Panel Discussion on August 1



 
 


 

 


National 
Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA), 
PUKAR and Jackfruit Research & 
Design
 

 cordially 
invite you to 
 
Eyes on 
Bombay
 
a 
panel discussion at the preview of 
 
Next to Each 
Other,
Bombay 
Jadoo
An 
exhibition of photographs from
 
 Bombay 
Jadoo
 
by 
Betsy Karel
 
 
 
Eyes on Bombay 
is about the process of 
'looking' or viewing. The panel: a photographer, a film maker, and a 
sociologist, will explore ‘ways of seeing’ the city - Bombay/Mumbai, 
in particular. In their presentations they will engage questions of space, 
representation, gender, ideas of public and private, city spaces and exclusion. 
The panel will also address photography and film-making as acts of 
documentation.
 
  
 
Panelists:
 
 
Shyam 
Benegal
 

One 
of the leading filmmakers of India’s arthouse or New Cinema tradition, Benegal’s 
critically acclaimed feature films, ranging from Ankur in 1974 to Bose: The 
Forgotten Hero in 2005, chronicle the idiosyncrasies of a society in flux. 
Benegal is also the maker of several documentaries and ad-films including Nehru 
(1983), Satyajit Ray (1984) and Nature Symphony (1990). While continuing to 
direct films, functioning on various award juries and contributing to the 
academic world, he also serves the public as a member of the Rajya 
Sabha.
 
 
Betsy 
Karel
 
 
 
Born 
in New 
York City 
in 1946, Karel now lives in Washington, 
DC. 
She worked as a photojournalist in the 1970s and early 80s, winning awards. In 
1998, after an absence of 15 years, she returned to photography to participate 
in The Way Home, a book and national exhibition on homelessness in 
America. 
During the past nine years, Karel has made numerous trips to Mumbai, creating 
the images in Bombay Jadoo. Her photographs are in the permanent collections of 
the Museum 
of Fine 
Arts, 
Houston, 
Yale 
University 
Art 
Gallery, 
the Corcoran Gallery of Art, and the John F. Kennedy Library.

Shilpa 
Phadke
 

An 
independent researcher, sociologist and writer, Phadke conceptualized and led 
the Gender & Space Project at PUKAR from September 2003 to September 2006. 
As part of the project she curated a photo-exhibition, City Limits: Engendering 
the Public with Bishakha Datta. She is currently writing a book based on the 
Gender and Space project along with Sameera Khan and Shilpa Ranade to be 
published by Penguin India.
 
 
Date: 
Wednesday, 1st 
August 2007
 
Time: 
6:30 
PM 
onwards
 
Venue: Piramal 
Art 
Gallery
Experimental 
Theatre 
Building
National 
Centre for the Performing Arts
NCPA Marg, Nariman Point
Mumbai 400 
021

  

 
 

 

PUKAR (Partners for Urban Knowledge Action and 
Research)
 
Address:: 1-4, 2nd Floor, Kamanwala Chambers, Sir P. M. 
Road, Fort, Mumbai 400 001
Telephone:: +91 (22) 6574 8152 
Fax:: +91 (22) 
6664 0561
Email:: pukar at pukar.org.in
Website:: www.pukar.org.in






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