Articles by Seema Misra

Seema Misra is a self-taught artist and writer. She has been a part of the communications industry for over nine years and currently works at Hewlett Packard Enterprise as a Technical Writer. She also undertakes freelance projects for illustrations, content creation and social media marketing through her blog Lonely Canopy. (http://lonelycanopy.com/)

Bengaluru’s first Indie Comix Festival showcases independent creators

by May 22, 2018

Bengaluru's first Indie Comix Festival (ICF) showcased a host of self-published, alternative stories from over twenty comic book artists. The free, all-day event was held Bengaluru on May 20th, 2018, at the Rangoli Metro Art Centre. Art in Transit project of the Srishti Institute of Art Design and Technology collaborated with ICF to host the festival. On display were a wide range of comics from tiny 10 rupees pop-up comics to original comic covers costing up to 3000 rupees. Started by a group of volunteers with aim of bringing independent, self-published comic writers and readers together, the event was dazzling…

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Bombay to Mumbai, still a city synonymous with cinema

by December 2, 2012

Project Cinema City, a multidisciplinary art exhibition recently concluded at the National Gallery of Modern Art, Bangalore (NGMA) on December 2nd 2012. This project began as an effort to chart the relationship between cinema and Bombay/Mumbai and chronicle the imaginary space where the two converge. It is also a chronicle of Bombay's metamorphosis into Mumbai.I was fortunate to be able to attend a walkthrough conducted by Madhushree Dutta on November 24th. Madhushree is the executive director of Majlis, a rights discourse and inter-disciplinary arts initiative based in Mumbai. As the curator and producer of this project, she has been working…

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