“We are very critical of the way art markets and galleries in Chennai generally function. The bar for entrance is so daunting to a lot of regular everyday people. By clubbing with a music festival, it opens doors to people who wouldn’t otherwise step into a traditional gallery,” says Rhea Fabian, co-curator and creative director.
Among the art gallery, five artists are showing work across painting, sculpture, installation, and film. There’s Arya’s archival-influenced paintings, Poorvaja Rathi’s acrylic canvases, BVS’s installation about growing as an artist, Sasithar’s sculptures about the human condition, and Rhea’s own short film about memory, screened on a CRT television.
Vidyuth Subramanian, a musician as well as the festival producer and curator further takes us through the musical side of it. Stage one goes loud —Komododo’s live electronic and house-inspired set, CDV performing covers of punk legends The Stooges and The Ramones, The Broadway Addicts, and a closing techno set from 47K. Stage two is quieter but no less interesting—Folk Machi, Madladi’s bass-heavy electronic hip-hop experiments, and The Dipshit Ladies, making their debut.
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