Arts in the new normal

Tejas Nair is a musician and the host of the series

All sections that encompass the arts - music, performing and visual - have had to adapt to rapid changes induced by the pandemic. Over the past year, artists and artistes took to the Internet; panel discussions shifted to the virtual medium; musicians began streaming live performances through social media platforms like Instagram and Facebook; and art gallery openings and shows were replaced with viewing rooms and interactive websites. A new era of the digital age was born out of sheer need.

Episodes talk about how artists and artistes had to make the move to different forms of social media to put out content and stay creative during the lockdown

Many of these concepts and their developments are explored in the recently launched podcast series Imagined Media Futures, a five-episode show that dives into media futures, featuring 10 Indian and Australian guests. The series talks about how these professionals from the two countries adapted to the dynamic changes over the past year, while also constructing cross-border collaborative digital solutions to navigate through their fields and provide resources to those who needed it. In the most recent episode of the series, host Tejas Nair, a musician and new media practitioner, speaks to director of Asialink Arts Dr Pippa Dickson and co-founder of Quicksand, Avinash Kumar, about bilateral architecture for artistic productions. Through this episode they explore the idea of collaborations in art, how the pandemic birthed new ways of creating content and how the new normal has brought about all kinds of innovation. The episode offers an interesting look into understanding post-pandemic practices, highlighting the differences between both nations, in terms of art markets.

Each episode packs about an hour of content; while these concepts are fresh and engaging for the most part with multiple narratives in the mix, you might find yourself skipping to certain intervals, for the good bits. All guests on the show come with a definite purpose and each episode demands attention. For artists and artistes wanting to gain deeper knowledge about the industry and its current standing, this will surely pique your interest.

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