Festival of Ideas
Pillow Stories
Artist: Surekha
Faculty: Manuel Beltran
Participants: Anika Jain / Anoushka Jayesh Menon / Bhavya Deepan Shah / Disha Ramesh / Ishita Gulshan / Joshi Aabha Ajit / Kamat Harsh Ajay / Mahathi Vedhanaryanan / Mugdha Sanketh / Rachel Rebecca Thomas / Rai Ghose / Ritika Patel / Sahana V Kallur / Sreenidhi Yokesh / Srushti V Sahukar / Tamara Divina Esmeralda Borges / Tara Rahel Sperber / Teresa Paul / Vanshika Sangal
Pillow Stories is a project that turns the ordinary into the extraordinary by using pillows and other materials to create unique and thought-provoking sculptures, paintings, text, video, sound, installations, and more. This project delves into the cultural and artistic potential of pillows while also exploring the relationship between our inner dreams and reality. This project's playful and exploratory approach uncovers the many layers of meaning between the everyday and the creative.
Artist Bio: Surekha has explored gender, ecology, and socio-political aesthetics in her installations, textiles, videos, and photographs for two decades, examining public/private boundaries. Her works have been exhibited worldwide and she co-founded the Rangoli Metro Art Center in Bangalore and was involved with BAR and Khoj visual art collectives.
Faculty Bio: Manuel Beltrán is a visual and media artist, philosopher of technology and lecturer. He examines the implications of technology, Founder of Institute of Human Obsolescence, Currently teaching at Srishti, Recent exhibitions include CNRS-CIS Paris, German Museum of Technology Berlin and Prix Ars Electronica Honorary Mention at Linz.
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