Tanya Chaturvedi

Investigative visual representation of representation and cross culture collaborations in different digital media.

Investigating the harmonious existence of technology as tools within the cultural memory of craft clusters in India, Tanya will aim to understand the reservations/expectations of craftspeople from specific clusters through her project ‘New Gods’. Informed from interviews and ideas she wishes to challenge the idea of ‘collaboration in a Vedic ritual’ which is the backbone of some of the craft practices in India. In her visual digital practice she will develop her work through the lens of representation and alternate collaborative models and ownerships.

NEW GODS is an ongoing project and can be followed through social media channels and website listed.

Cover Image Title: Lotus Roller

Medium: Digital Media- Digital Collaging -Spline

Size: A-4

A portrait of Tanya wearing green- done on illustrator and Procreate

Tanya Chaturvedi is a 24-year-old visual artist, a storyteller, a cross-cultural collaboration enthusiast and an occasional exaggerative narrator. In the journey of self-discovery and evolution, her interests lie in telling stories of deep-rooted culture from India and positions relative to the world. Her passion for exuberant colours from her Indian heritage and social order is reflected throughout her practice of invoking thought in her audiences by supporting maximalist art movements and traditional motifs.

Digital Portraiture Credits - Surbhi Sardana (@something_abstract)

Genesis – First frame of ‘Genesis’- a small trailer video aimed at explaining the crafting process and the stages undertaken at Aabhikalpa Studio. Made with Spline and Procreate.

Genesis – Symbolic bird from Pattachitra existing in the spaces of inter-cultural collaboration. Made with Spline and Procreate.

Craft: not a poor man’s art – Imagining craftspeople as creators of their own art. Aimed at understanding the reservation of craftspeople in alternate identities. Made with Spline and Procreate.

Craft: not a poor man’s art – Challenging existing business models of ‘grounded-ness’ by alternate lineage. Made with Spline and Procreate.

In Collaboration with:

Aabhikalpa Studio

Aabhikalpa Studio is supporting Tanya’s research by enabling safe remote-collaboration with craftspeople of Odisha. Their acceptance to ideas has supported and fed into Tanya’s practice directly.

Medium:

Digital Mixed Media-Spline

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2160 px x 1620 px

Point Zero – Point Zero - A Sonic Journey through Resonance. Video made with Photoshop, Blender and After Effects. Sound made with Reaper.

Audio Visualiser Filter – Tapping patterns of sand captured through resonance of source with audiovisualiser. Filter made with Spark AR.

In Collaboration with:

Shravni Sangamnerkar

Shravni and Tanya co-authored Point Zero as a part of the IRCAM Forum in Paris. Starting from 'Shoonya' transcending to 'Point Zero', this project is an immersive 5 speaker audio composition with an assistive audio-visualiser filter. This project weaves a metaphorical journey of sand as rhetoric of passing time in oneness. Within this exploration lies an intricate interplay of cross-cultural dynamics. Despite our disparities - patterns emerge conveying a resounding truth.

Medium:

Augumented Reality and Spatial Sound

Size:

1080 px x 1080 px

sound-design spatial-narrative

Advertisement of Digital face – Introduction of the ‘chosen face’ through an advertisement to the Lok people; powered by Klailas. Made with Blender and After Effects.

Vote on the face – An amphitheatre scene from on voting of the face. Made with Blender.

Stories of Lok – Pamphlet circulated as part of the physical installation for familiarity to Lok Stories. Made with Photoshop.

In Collaboration with:

Annop, Madhavi, Tanvi and Zhenzhen

A collaborative project undertaken by the group under Critical Narrative - Cyface. This is a story about a part of society (Klailas) that uses the media and their control over the spread of information to create a demand for a digital face. The other part of society (Lok) affected by the bio-war, had to mutate to survive in their present world. These people, Lok are the ones demanding the digital face.

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Transmedia Installation

community information-cocoon mediation

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