---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Gitanjali Gallery <[email protected]> Date: Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 12:37 PM Subject: Fwd: Goa-CAP:PRESS RELEASE To: Miriam Koshy <[email protected]>
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: P.Madhavan <[email protected]> Date: Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 10:49 PM Subject: Goa-CAP:PRESS RELEASE To: [email protected] *PRESS RELEASE * * * *April 21, 2012, Goa:* Goa Center for Alternative Photography (Goa-CAP) & India Foundation (IFA) for the Arts presents highly anticipated Exhibition “ *NOTES OF AN ALCHEMIST*” by the Artists of the ALTlab Photography Residency on 27th April, 2012 at Gallery Gitanjali, Panaji, Goa. When the invention of photography was announced in Paris in 1839, the artist Paul Delaroche stated that, “from today, painting is dead”. 170 years of painting since that time have proved Delaroche wrong however the initial announcement did change the way painters approached their art. They moved away from realism and evolved new ways of looking at the world – Impressionism, Cubism and Surrealism to name a few. And now photography world is on the crossroads but this time within the frame. Hundred and seventy year-old tradition of wet and smelly chemicals in the darkroom is succumbing to the commercial challenge presented by the new technology of electronic imaging. Again history will prove it wrong by moving ahead in the approach. As industries withdraw their interest from silver based image-making and re-invests in electronic media, the traditional practices of analogue photography will revert into the hands of the dedicated photographic artists, experimenters, and craftspeople. Emerging from long experience, Goa Center for Alternative photography designed a residency titled ALTlab with an emphasis on alternative photography to support artists who want to explore and experiment with the changing approach of medium which is snowballing into a new movement in photography. In short, ALTlab is for film (traditionalist) photographers who are scattered across India, working hard but in isolation to develop the skill to produce emotions and to convey a meaning in their works; for digital (modernist) photographers who are looking for alternative ways to express and; for the artists of any medium who want to use the dark space and silver to create. The 60 day residency was participated by highly talented artists, Poornabodh Nadavatti (Bengaluru), Tashi Lepcha (Sikkim), Uzma Mohsin (New Delhi), Tanima Das (Assam), who experimented on, daguerreotypes, Van dyke brown process, cyanotypes and Gum Bichromate, without distraction, engaging in an interdisciplinary approach to both the investigative process and the production of work. The highlight of this year's ALTlab 2.0 residency was the forty kilometer walk by the artists, right from the Calangute line to Aldona, moving on to Bicholim and finally concluding at Sirigaon for over 3 days to explore Goa and its culture. This exhibition "*NOTES OF AN ALCHEMIST"* is the reflection of this walk. Apurva Kulkarni an eminent artist and an art teacher is the mentor in residency, who skillfully led the discussions, provided creative inputs to the artist concepts and guided them to this exhibition. P. Madhavan 9689041602 -- *Goa Center for Alternative Photography (Goa-CAP)*, House No. E2 / 268, Dongorpur (Royal Village), Near St. Alex Church, Calangute, Goa, India. www.goa-cap.com -- Thanks & Regards Miriam Koshy Gallery Gitanjali E-212,31st January Road, Fontainhas,Panjim, Goa-403001 India www.gallerygitanjali.com 00919823572035 -- Thanks & Regards Miriam Koshy Gallery Gitanjali E-212,31st January Road, Fontainhas,Panjim, Goa-403001 India www.gallerygitanjali.com 00919823572035
