Festival of Ideas
Pause - Unplug – Play
Artist: Shradha Jain
Participants: Adya Girdhar / Akanksha B / Amisha Rhishikesh Thakre / Anahita Uppal / Anika Venkatraman / Anindani Rawat / Ankita Dey / Dhuttargi Aarya / Gugale Sharvani Anand / Kairvee Rastogi / Krishnakanth B Chennakery / Mehak Nilesh Shah / Nivedita Salil Desai / Samant Aarya Prashant / Sanjana Venkat / Sneha Jaybalan / Talashilkar Navya / Tanisha Sumeet Ambegaokar / Thotli Jayaditya / Vedant Srinivas
This project aims to create social, physical and mental recharge spaces on the new Manipal Bengaluru campus. Hotspots will be created in transit areas with playful furniture, objects and giant self-explanatory games connected to the multi-hued cultural landscape of the campus. Aspiring design practitioners from various disciplines will research play practices and create a database/knowledge bank that will be explored through site-specific installations. These design interventions will encourage taking a pause in our digitally-guided lives, and aim to promote social connections through quick mini power-up sessions. The project will be hands-on, requiring participation both mentally and physically, with ideas developed through quick one-day collaborative sessions.
Artist Bio: Shradha Jain is a designer and educator, interested in building a community through analogue board games, creating inclusive spaces to discuss the benefits of play and making it accessible for all. She also has interests in tablet weaving, visiting museums and travelling to mountains. She is the founder of Studio Clock.
Selected Works
SMI LiveFestival of Ideas
Behind The ScenesFestival of Ideas
Study of Social EcologyStudy of Social Ecology
Playwriting Student Showcase: A Curation Of Rehearsed ReadingsFestival of Ideas
Found Footage PeoteryFestival of Ideas
TEX(T)ILED BodiesFestival of Ideas
Cascoland Lab & KitchenFestival of Ideas
Making sense of the climate crisis through Ecological artFestival of Ideas
Illi Nodi (Look Here)Festival of Ideas
The Living CanvasFestival of Ideas
Contained Multitude: A Hand-Taste of Complex SystemsFestival of Ideas
Name, Place, Animal, ThingFestival of Ideas
“future, dear”Festival of Ideas
Under the SunFestival of Ideas
Pause - Unplug – PlayFestival of Ideas
Live - Die - RepeatFestival of Ideas
Rhizomena: Indexed Rhizome Connections and Mindful Soil Topologies Festival of Ideas
Space & PlaceFestival of Ideas
Social ListeningFestival of Ideas
Pillow StoriesFestival of Ideas
Urban cycle standsUnblock
Unearthing the PastUnblock
Daily BreadsUnblock
Dust Thou ArtInterlude
Fluid StatesInterlude
House by the SeaYellelu Yelli
Metamorphosis (Animated Short)Yellelu Yelli
The General Post Office of Yelahanka (YELLA- GPO)Yellelu Yelli
Trees’ TalesYellelu Yelli
Besen BallettYellelu Yelli
Enchantment Along the Southern Highway: Psychogeography and the Mysticism of Ordinary ExperienceYellelu Yelli
Glorious MisfitsYellelu Yelli
R.E.S.I.L.I.E.N.C.EYellelu Yelli
Wild Aesthetics of Urban EnvironmentsYellelu Yelli
SFS 2042Yellelu Yelli