This year, DAG’s City as a Museum program has travelled to Mumbai. This unique, and inspiring festival highlights a city’s artistic traditions and narratives through guided tours, discussions, concerts and workshops – while connecting to the collection. The first edition was held in Kolkata over ten days and back then too, we were delighted to partner with DAG.
The festival in Mumbai began with an exhibition – Shifting Visions – bringing together artworks and rare archival objects from the DAG collection and J. J. School archives to spotlighting the students and faculty of the School in its foundational years; it explores the evolving ways of teaching and making art that shaped the idea of a modern artist [in India].
The Heritage Lab x Shifting Visions
Many of our readers already know about our love for Wikipedia editing and work towards open-knowledge. What is important to know, is that:
“Wikipedia is a fundamental training and reference data set for AI models [like ChatGPT] and attracts more than 15 billion views a month. Therefore, its content, whether high or low quality has a large impact on the circulation and consumption of information on the internet.”
Of the nearly 50 artists on display, including well-known names like Pestonji Bomanji, M.V Dhurandhar, literally none has a complete Wikipedia page. Important artists such as Abalal Rahiman do not have a Wikipedia page. The curator of the exhibition, Pheroza Godrej, a well known figure in the Indian art world, is also missing from Wikipedia.
Join us for a Wiki-editathon focusing on Shifting Visions
Wikipedians from Mumbai (and nearby regions) are welcome to join, as are new editors. With our editathons and Wiki projects, we are building a community of dedicated researchers who care deeply about making Indian art and culture related knowledge available to everyone. If that sounds like something you’re up for, here’s the application form.
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