a great experiment in public art intervention

vision statement and event flow

Vision statement for Rang Rasiya All India Art Competition:


The Rang Rasiya Freedom of Expression Art Competition aims to bring about a socio cultural movement which discovers new talent, and brings contemporary art into the discursive domain of the middle class. It attempts to create a domain for contemporary art outside the current dominant systems. Working in network partnerships with galleries, auction houses and state run art institutions, the competition aims to bridge the aesthetics of the common man with ‘high art’ tradition in the true spirit of the master painter Raja Ravi Varma. He succeeded in bringing art out of the clutches of the aristocracy and the and the orthodox temple priests. Making art an integral part of popular culture. Often celebrated as a reformer who brought God outside the confines of the temple, Raja Ravi Varma was successful in radicalising and energising the relationship between the audience and the painted image.

Highlights:
Ø The total prize money of the competition is INR(25,00,000). To be divided among the 20 finalists.
Ø Dedicated to the upliftment of the unknown Talents.
Ø The works of twenty finalists will be showcased in a traveling exhibition. The centers are: Delhi, Bangalore, Kolkata, Guwahati, Trivandrum, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Hyderabad and Mumbai.
Ø The competition will be launched through a nationwide press, TV, FM and viral campaign will promote this competition. Promotion through Art India Magazine, Art and Deal Magazine, mattersofart.net, artconcerns.com, blogs on contemporary art, and extensive poster campaigns in art schools, regional Lalit Kala Academy Centers and art galleries.
Ø This competition will create the social awareness about the happenings in the society with the help of picture and convey the bond of togetherness.
Ø This reality show will be an interactive art projects being done in a sample community site, the competition creates a unique platform that pitches artistic freedom against public notions about what art is.

Value Additions:
Ø A televised panel discussion on the issue of censorship and freedom of expression. Would like personalities like Barkha Dutt, Arun Jaitly, Brinda Karat, Mahesh Bhatt, Ketan Mehta Dr. Rajiv Lochan and Sharmila Tagore.
Ø A televised panel discussion on the life and practices of Raja Ravi Varma, focusing on his life and the controversies.
Ø ‘Did You Know’ Raja Ravi Varma, art, and censorship. (In radio and news papers.)
Ø The art competition section of the website will have a social networking plug-in wherein participants will be able to network, showcase their other works, join discussion boards and chat rooms, and post urls of their web sites and blogs.


Event flow of Rang Rasiya Freedom of Expression Movement:

Total time span between 21st December to the end of March

Registration Process:
To participate artists have to register at the http://www.blogger.com/Application%20Data/Microsoft/Word/www.rangrasiya.com website and click on the link “freedom of expression competition” to obtain a registration code.

Registration and uploading of images are viewed as statement of interest to participate.
Importers and undeserving entries to be screened

Stage One
Based on their past work uploaded as a part of the registration process, the first round of selected participants will be informed by email of their selection as participants.
New project to be given
(5 options- choose and do a 1 feet X 1 feet painting)
Entries arrive with registration fees of Rs 250 - by 5th Feb Judging begins on 8th Feb.

Stage Two
Of the participants who submit the projects, the judges will shortlist 1000 participants based on the evaluation of their project. These 1000 shortlisted participants shall be asked to do painting on a given theme.
They shall be asked to come to their respective regional centres and present their work to the judges.

March – Delhi
March – Bhopal
March – Kolkata
March – Tiruvantapuram
March – Mumbai



Ø 20 contestants will be selected
Ø The selected 20 contestant will be brought to Mumbai.

The Final Competition –
The final competition is designed to test the participants beyond their painting skills and assess their vision, their ability to experiment and their ability to connect with the society.


Art as Function: (the warehouse round)
The twenty torch bearers are then brought to Mumbai and taken to a bare warehouse like space. They are explained that modular structures are available for them through which their studios and living areas can be constructed. In a hidden camera situation, the participants are asked to decide how the group and the individuals want their living and work spaces. Each participant is to submit a design of their work spaces, living areas and collectively submit a design for their screening/ interaction centers.
Art as Vision:
Is a two day round held at an archaeological site which will have Nandana Sen posing against a sculptural panel and a live musical + dance performance. The contestants will be asked to work within their mediums and capture the event as a cultural situation. They will be briefed to story tell and explore out of the box narrative structures.
Art and the Lived Environment
The final task of the competition is a community based workshop will be an interface between the artistic activity and the general public.

Ø The contestants will be told that they are required to choose a creative medium outside painting. The options given to them will be a) Photography, b) Graphic arts, c) Short Film Making and d) Performance.
Ø Then they are divided into 4 groups based on the mediums they choose.
Ø Each group will have a mentor assigned to them.
Ø A community will be taken into confidence and told that an art/aesthetic intervention will take place in their community. 20 contestants moving around as five teams will interact with them and execute creative projects.
Ø The groups in consultation with their mentors and the present jury members are asked to create an engagement with the community. The parameters given will be that these engagements should be done in a creative manner through participation in form of dialogues around beauty, form, function, context and audience.
Ø The four teams are supposed to interact among themselves and the community on an everyday basis where they are to take up public spaces like shop interiors, facades, community gathering squares.
Ø The participants are to get into a dialogue with the concerned individual members (the owners of the sites) not only to secure their permission but also to conceive and execute projects with an active aesthetic interchange with them.

Once these interactions are complete, there will emerge a winner of the top 20 finalists – the most talented and inspired artist of his generation. There will be a second place holder as well as a third place holder. The rest will be given consolation prizes. This prize distribution event shall be held at Mumbai at a Grand Gala.

ananth nag: a public performance...communicating public art

Episode 1 The freedom of expression movement written by mannan khan We establish huge entire painting set with heavy music. Anchor comes on the stage and introduces to herself / himself and then talks about the showAnchor .. Namaskaar. welcome to the freedom of expression movement . aur main hoon aapki host and dost. xyz . to aaye dosto is safar main aage badte hai jis ka name. hai. freedom of expression movement , this is a realty art talent hunt show , it has five categorizes under one roof , like painting , short film making , graphics design , photography , skit writing ,poet and performing , have been chosen 25 contestants a cross the country , they comes from different cities and different background….and the most important thing . ek bohat khaas baat to main aap ko batana bhool hi gaye . freedom of expression movement ke winner ko milega one corer ka prize.money .. ab dekhna yeh hai kis ki kismet main hai yeh ek caror ,to aaiye hum aapki mulakat karate hamare contestants se . let’s go to meet them … please give them a big applause location Mumbai / hotel /We shows a Volvo bus. our 25 contestant entering in the bus . and .they are pushing and pulling each other . from the window seat. everyone want to have the window seat .and then we freeze the frame and here we ntroduce only 5 contestants.(one by one v/o yeh hai mr xyz . ) …after .intro . we hear shouting from behind …. guide inters in the bus .

Guide .. silence please . aap loog itna shoor kyon kar rahe ho . chalo please apni seat par baitho . they moves toward their seat .

Guide.. ….han to guys . ab hamare is safar ki shuruaat ho chuki hai . .. ab aapko kya karma hai . kaise karna hai .I, will explain to you ..see . hum whole night journey ke baad early in the morning we will reach at badami .and then wahan se hum ek prachin tample per jayege. in the time period of 5th centuries, paanchvi shatabdi main banaya gaya wo pracheen tample . jahan par ek event organize kiya gaya hai . live .music hai singing hai . dance performance hai etc . aap ko wahan per ek task diya jayega . aapko anpe task ke subject ke accordingly us event ko capture karna hai. aur apne judges ko presentation dena hai . ok is that clear .baki information after dinner (Cont 1 ok sir ( all contestants says ) thank you sir ,,,We comes back to the studio Anchor .. .. han to dosto aap ne dekha yeh the hamre conrestant ,, ab . ek safar ki shuruaat ho chuki hai . aur yeh safar inka hi nahin humara app ka bhi hai .. raste main rukne ke kai padav bhi aayege , par hum yahan par lenge ek padav. yani ke break. lekin aap loog kahin na jaye don’t go away . will be right back 1 break..Anchor ,, welcome back to the freedom of expression movement ,now we will ntroduce you to a special guest, please give him a big hand ( might be one or two guest ) they come to the stage one by one . and the anchor will introduce them , ,and then they go and sit in their . place … ab hum chalet hai usi safar par jis ko hum sadak par chhod aaye thewe charge on plasma screen . ( in side & out side bus ) bus main kuch loog masti kar rahe hai kuchh loog music sun rahe hai kuchh loog guide se baat kar rahe hai guide un sab ko kheta haiGuide… aage ek dhaba hai wahan par hum sab khana khayege ok Cut to dhaba (dhaba ‘s outer seating area )Bus arrives at the dhaba , All contestants . judges and guide get down from the bus and enters in the dhaba . some people are moves toward the wash room. some people are lying down on the wooden cot ...and the rest of balance contestants. talk to the guide and judges. Guide asks them Guide . guys . kitne loog non veg kayege aur . kitne veg usi hissab se hum order place karege .Dhaba waiter comes toward them and takes order and moves

( Time teanaction )
they are in the dhaaba’s outer sitting area and having dinner . kunal takes a dal dish and the dal falls down from his hand kunal gets scared.every body gives blank looks to him . kunal looks nervous ( we freeze the frame. Here we introduce only 5 contestants ,..v/o yeh hai Mr xyz … ) . . the dal spills over the table .some dal also spills on their hand and their clothes .kunal. anandita , and subhash , they go to the wash basin to wash their hands and clothes We come back to the studioAnchor .. to dosto aap ne dekha ye tha inka dhaba break. dhabe se yaad aaya dhabe ka khana. dal tadka, make ki roti, sarson ka ssag, lassi, mere to moon main pani aa raha hai . yeh loog to khane ka maza le rahe hai .tab tak main bhi kuchh kha kar aati hoon yani ke hum lete hai ek chota sa break . break ke baad hum jaldi hi wapis aayege aap loog kahin na jaye safar abhi lanba hai…. take a break2Anchor ,, welcome back to the freedom of expression movement. to aaye dosto hum chalte hai usi safar ki aur We charge on plasama screen ( dhabba ) All contestants , judges. And guide sits on their seat . bus start moving Guide .. han to guys hum kahan the ,Cont 2 sir presentation ke baad kya ?

Guide , yes ,, Now here we will introduce you to special guest ., ab hum aapki mulakat karate hai . humare judges se . yeh hai Mr xyz ,

Judge hi .everybody. I’ m’ xyz aur main aap ko is show ke rules and regulation ke bare main batana chahta hoon .. no 1 , diya gaya task show ke beech main aap change nahin kar sakte , no2 , aap ko ek budget diya jayega. us budget main hi aap ko apni requirement poori karma hoga , no3 ,
(might be one or two judges )
Guide , aap ko apna presentation inhe dena hai. us ke baad , wahan se hum evening ko Mumbai ke liye rawana hoge wahan par apko ek aur task diya jayega jo aap ko poora karna hai okGuide taks his seat Dissolve bus main sab loog so rahe hai bus chali ja rahi hai Badami hotel bus reaches the hotel. Everybody get down from the bus and then interring in the hotel lobby, guide moves toward the reception and asks the receptionist and get back to contestants and tells them
Guide . aap paanh paanch log ja kar freash ho jao and then we are leaving to prachin tample site by 9’30 am ok guys . come on go fast Paanch paanch loog tyyar hote hai kuchh loog last moment tak theek se tyyar nahin ho pate bhagam bhag nain sab hota hai guide aa kar unko bolta hai Guide ,, aapp loog tyyar ho gaye ho to bus mai jakar baitho hamare chalne ka time ho gaya hai three contestants last main bhag kar bus ki aur .jate.hai . bus start hai guide inka wait kar raha hai yeh three contestants ( we freeze the frame . here we , introduce only three contestants ) v/o yeh hai Mr & mis xyz .… cut to hum anchor par aate haiAnchor .. han to dosto ye sab loog nikle hai apne agle padav par ab ye wahan ja kar is se pehe ye agla break le hum bhi yahan par ek chhota sa break lete hai 3 break , Here we insert the nandna sen clips Anchor . welcome back to the freedom of expression movement . ab hum aapko le kar chalte ek aisi jagah . jise dekh kar aap bhi jhoom uthege ( we charge on plasma screen )Out of focus get into focus We pull back from nandana senNandana sen possing against a scriptural panel ,we establish the entire event . . there is live music ,dancing singing etc , our contestants along with the judges and guide arrive. at archeological site, every contestant is doing according to the task given to them and here we capture the event. This event function goes on till 6;pm . When the event ends the contestants go back to the badami hotel ( time tansaction )
All contestants , guide and judges . talk about the event .
Something will happen. Here we introduce only 4 contestants We come back to the studioAnchor .. hum yahan par lenge ek chhota sa break break ke baad hum phir haazir hoonge take abreak Break 4After the breakAnchor . welcome back to the freedom of expression movement . hum chalte is safar main aage CutBadami hotel . 21 contestant get down from the bus and then inters in the hotel lobby but 4 contestants still in the bus . because they are collecting .their staff . we freeze the frame and introduce to them .v/o yeh hai Mr . xyz ….. We Comes back to the set Judges and anchor’s discussion about the show,about what is an artist, and then we go into the clips- an artist’s interview We cut to the set Anchor … says …. about sms …then kal phir aap se mulakat hogi isi show main theek shaam 8;30 baje jis ka name hai freedom of expression movement don’t forget tune in good bye shabba kher till then

And of the episode no 1

AV near final