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I was interviewed by SBS Radio on my project in Australia. The interview will be online at SBS Radio Two (Hindi Program) for a week and can be found at: http://www.sbs.com.au/yourlanguage/hindi/highlight/page/id/262970/t/Sonal-Kantaria/in/english
As part of the exhibition and in working with Christine Tomas Director at PCP we decided upon a performance piece whereby I would be interacting with the art, long after the project had been completed. As such, I hand wrote all of the captions for the Naseeb Polaroids.
This felt like a very still and cathartic experience.
The exhibition opened on 14 February with an artist talk and a very engaged audience.
My sincere thanks to Christine Tomas and the PCP Board for this opportunity, as well as the number of people who helped to install the exhibition.
The Naseeb: Trafficked exhibition opened on 14 February and attracted a wonderful audience who were very engaged with the artist talk. It was a pleasure to open the exhibition here at PCP.
As the installation continues, the Naseeb: Trafficked Polaroids are now being hung.
Day 1 Installation began yesterday at the Perth Centre for Photography for Naseeb: Trafficked Polaroids.
I will be travelling to Perth, Australia for my solo exhibition on the project Naseeb: Trafficked
http://www.pcp.org.au/PCP_Exhibitions/PCP_Future_Exhibitions.aspx
I’ll also be based in Australia for an artist residency programme at the Perth Centre for Photography.
In July I photographed Ayesha Pramanik, a very talented electronic female DJ, based between Mumbai and Goa. My photograph was featured on the cover of the wonderful FT Weekend Magazine today for their India special.
In August I was commissioned by Harpers Bazaar India to cover Lakme Fashion Week in Mumbai. Here are a few of my personal favourites.
I’m pleased to announce the Naseeb: Trafficked documentary as been selected as part of the East End Film Festival. The video can be seen here: http://www.sonalkantaria.com/Video.html and details of the screening are below:
Sunday 1 July 2012
Protein Gallery
18 Hewett Street EC2A 3NN
12noon – 3.30pm Admission Free
The programme starts promptly at 12noon and will run in the following order with films from:-
Joan Alexander, Suelan Allison, Pascal Bartholdi, Gregoire Bernardi, Elizabeth Blanchet, Tom Bowditch, Oliver David, Raphael Franco, Begona Garcia, Sonal Kantaria, Monika Kita & Nigel Jarvis, Victoria Kovalenko, Monika Marion, Wendy Pye, Hana Ros & Imogen Ogilvie & Peter Larkin, Marc Schlossman, Dougie Wallace, Maria Coletsis, Max Colson, Amit Lennon, Elina Monya, Rod Morris, Helen Spackman & Manuel Vason.
Each film will be shown once during the 3hr30mins programme.
I’m delighted to announce one of my images has been selected for the Foto8 Summershow 2012:
Along with the main Cobra TVC a series of collaborator videos were created by Somesuch & Co. Here are a few portraits of the very talented collaborators; BLOT, Vandana Verma and Manou.
Check out the videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raAkAC548L8&feature=relmfu
In December I was commissioned as the Stills Photographer for the new Cobra commercial which was filmed in Mumbai, India. It was a pleasure working with Beattie McGuinness Bungay (BMB), Somesuch & Co and director Daniel Wolfe as well as the rest of the team. The photographs from the shoot form part of the advertising campaign which is now live. Here’s a taster of the stills and the ad can be viewed at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0U6OAk2r5U&feature=relmfu
The French site photographie.com has featured Naseeb: trafficked on their site: http://www.photographie.com/event/les-victimes-du-trafic-de-femmes-photographiees-par-sonal-kantaria
Naseeb: Trafficked opened to the public on Wednesday 29 February. The Private View took place on Tuesday evening and we had a great turn out. Thank you to everyone who made it to the opening and for all the good wishes from those who couldn’t make it on the night. Most of all thank you to Autograph ABP and Next Level Projects for all their support throughout this journey.
Here are a few photographs of the Private View, courtesy of Simon Brandon and Amit Kantaria respectively.
