Artalk: Films on Bengal's contemporary, veteran artists

‘Artalk’, organised by Maya Art Space, is a series of films on the contemporary, veteran and young artists of Bengal including Jogen Chowdhury, Ganesh Haloi, Sanat Kar

Update: 2018-09-25 14:38 GMT

Maya Art Space has been one of the pioneer organizations in promoting art and culture across Bengal. Starting from hosting some of the best contemporary and veteran artists, organizing workshops to promote various forms of art, felicitating the luminaries of the art world, getting associated with a magazine called Art East whose Chief Editor is Jogen Chowdhury, Maya Art Space is a forerunner in the artistic diaspora of Bengal.

Presently Maya Art Space has ideated 'Artalk', a series of films on the contemporary, veteran and young artists of Bengal. The first film of this series featuring Jogen Chowdhury was launched on September 24, at Nandan 2, in the presence of Ganesh Halui, Sanath Kar, Indranil Sen, Minister of state for information and cultural affairs, Vivek Kumar, Principal Secretary, Information and Cultural Affairs along with other luminaries from different walks of life.

Madhuchhanda Sen, the brain behind the organization is doing this documentary series to archive the experiences of the living stalwarts like Jogen Chowdhury, Ganesh Haloi, Sanat Kar who would talk about their unique techniques, innovations, improvisations, and philosophy of life. This is for the first time, any independent organization is venturing into such an archiving initiative.

Directed by Sourya Deb, who heads the Film division of Genesis Advertising and has made around 50 documentaries, and cinematographed by Mrinmoy Mondal, the celebrated DoP of the national award-winning Bengali film 'Sahaj Pather Goppo', these films will capture the candid moments of the artists as they talk about their vivid experiences and struggles.

The music of the series has been done by independent musician Samantak Sinha. 

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