2016 was a special year for us. We turned 18 and we got our own new space to further explore our puppetry encounters. Our space is at the Southern border of Delhi, 12 kilometers from the city centre. The population around is dense and semi urban.
2016 was a special year for us. We turned 18 and we got our own new space to further explore our puppetry encounters. Our space is at the Southern border of Delhi, 12 kilometers from the city centre. The population around is dense and semi urban.
These are the programs the space is currently supporting or planning to support
Mentorship Program -
In December 2017 we kick start our artists mentorship program with the mentoring of young directors from across India by the Director of Helios Theatre in Hamm, Germany, Barbara Kolling. Barbara will mentor 5 young Indian directors in creating 5 new performances using material only.
These are the programs the space is currently supporting or planning to support
Mentorship Program -
In December 2017 we kick start our artists mentorship program with the mentoring of young directors from across India by the Director of Helios Theatre in Hamm, Germany, Barbara Kolling. Barbara will mentor 5 young Indian directors in creating 5 new performances using material only.
Exhibitions
In 2019 Katkatha has curated and created multiple sensorial and interactive exhibitions that hero the puppet.
2019 Shadow Walk commissioned by Serendipity Arts Festival in Goa and curated by Anurupa Roy was a journey through shadow puppetry of ancient traditional leather forms to modern day shadow puppet applications and animation toys. The exhibition included puppets and talks and videos by puppeteers Sadananda and Lakshmanan Pullavar, Gunduraju and S. Chidambara Rao.
In 2022 Katkatha created Mumbai in a Box, a sensorial puppet exhibition for children supported by the Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sanghralaya in Mumbai. The exhibition looked at Mumbai through a labyrinth of stories and history of the cities, a textured walk through the mangroves, interactive peep shows and installations.
Also in 2022 Katkatha collaborated with the Goethe Institute Library in the Infinite Libraries Project, a virtual reality project including a puppet exhibition, shadow puppets in VR, lec-dems by master puppeteers and films on shadow puppetry.
Serendipity Shadow Play Exhibition, Goa
Serendipity Curation Interview
CSMVS - Mumbai in a Box
Infinite Libraries Project
