Join us for an interactive session with artist Samar Singh Jodha on the topic of "Sustainability and Capacity-building through Art"

Program Details:

- Introduction by Samar Jodha
- Screening of Short Film
- Rebuttal by Samar Jodha
- Open Discussion with Audience, to be moderated by Kunda Dixit, Editor of Nepali Times

5:30 pm, Friday 6 February
Himalayan Bank Auditorium,
Kamaladi

For details call 9849519933.

About Samar Singh Jodha

Samar Singh Jodha is an artist who over the last twenty years, has been using photography and film to address various issues like development, human rights and conservation. His work has shown in galleries and museums in Mumbai, Delhi, Barcelona, Boston, Frankfurt, London, New York, Queensland and Washington DC. Jodha’s eight-year long project on ageing in India remains the single biggest social communication project in terms of outputs and outreach. Extracts of it were showcased at Whitechapel Gallery, London and Fotomuseum, Zurich in 2010.

His five-year work on the making of world’s tallest habitat was featured on Discovery, National Geographic as well as exhibited at New York’s Skyscraper Museum. His Telivison project has been showcased worldwide -most recently at The Needle On The Gauge in Adelaide, Australia - and described by The New York Times as “A beautiful series of photographs (that) documents the now-pervasive presence of television in Indian life.

Bhopal – A Silent Picture, a 40 foot installation was showcase by Amnesty International London during the Summer Olympics. This multi-media public art project by Jodha has so far clocked in over 150 thousand visitors

Phaneng – his award winning portraiture project about the disappearing Tai Phake, a Buddhist tribe in India’s northeast was seen at Religare Art, New Delhi in 2008 and Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. in 2010. He continues to work closely with this endangered community.

Parallel to his art projects and editorial work, Samar has worked with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, BBC World Service Trust and the United Nations. Jodha is a regular speaker on TEDx.

To see Samar's work please visit: http://www.samarsinghjodha.com/