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As well as being an artist, Ajaykumar is an academic at Goldsmiths, a member of TrAIN a research centre of the University of the Arts, London, in Trans-national Art, Identity, and Nation, a curator, and a co-director of the shapes-design studio: collaborating with an architect and product designer to engender furniture, lighting, and gardens that come into 'being' through the play of others. (see: http://www.shapes-design.com) |
| About the Artist | |
Ajaykumar's art practice, beginning initially in experimental performance, spans multiple media: video, film, internet art, combined media installation, site-specific art, design, architecture, dance, theatre, live art. |
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cute micro garden
2005 |
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| "cute micro garden" is the third in the series: "zen gardens without the 'zen'".
"cute" is a garden where you can shape the contours of its landscape, the location of the bonsai tree that stands upon it, and the composition, kinds, and colours of the flower petals you place on the terrain, according to your creativity, taste and mood.
"cute" is a micro-garden that fits in any room in your home. it requires no water, only care and imagination.
you can tend the garden every day, or never, as you wish.
"cute micro garden", using contemporary materials, re-conceives ideas of garden design, art, and philosophy, which historically originated in India, China, and Japan.
"cute micro garden" was exhibited at "design: imagination, process, production": an exhibition exploring and celebrating the advancements in design excellence, curated by Steers McGillan - at the Study Gallery, Poole, UK, 19 march-14 may, 2005.
"cute micro garden" continued exhibiting at "The First Modern Art Fair, Poole": also at the Study gallery, 24–28 May, 2005. |
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foyer
2003 |
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| "foyer" is the first in a series called "zen gardens without the 'zen'". A site-specific installation, lasting over fifteen days, for the foyer of Riverside Studios, London:
"The delicate touch of the installation makes room for social interaction and allows us to share its humour in the present tense of the ordinary. as we move elsewhere towards something, the foyer works
as a slow fuse for contemplation..."
– Mine Kaylan,
Live Art Magazine
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tate modern
2006 |
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| The film, "tate modern", offers a radical and highly personal re-interpretation of the spatial dynamics of the Tate Modern Museum, London.
"tate modern" is the first in a series, entitled "spaces", on the subject of art, architecture, and philosophy.
Films and Podcasts to follow have as subjects: the Guggenheim, Bilbao; the Guggenheim, New York; The British Museum; Tate Britain; the rock–cut edifices of Ellora, India; the Water Temple, Awajishima, Japan, designed by Tadao Ando.
"tate modern" has been exhibited at
"The Carnival of E-Creativity" Conference/Festival, New Delhi, 2006;
in the group exhibtion, "biblio_" at The Triangle Gallery, London, 2006;
On Sky Tv/Propeller TV, UK, 2006;
Global Podcast, 2006-. |
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iPak
2007 |
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| "iPak -10,000 tracks, 10,000 images, 10,000 abuses" is a project in development, which will involve a series of three inter-connecting art works:
"chaos", "jukebox", and "platform".
The final composition of the three works in the series is to be commissioned and launched by U.S. new media gallery Turbulence, in autumn 2007.
The "iPak - 10,000 tracks, 10,000 images, 10,000 abuses" series will be polyphonic narratives responding to scientific research which indicates racism engenders mental illness, that black people consequently are several times more likely to suffer mental illness, that the very experience of living in the UK almost drives black people mad. The series also considers the notion of art as medicine.
Each art work - "chaos", "juke box" and "platform" - will involve varying synergies of still, images, videos, poetry and other texts, sounds and music, that are submitted by either people who have experienced racism; and/or by people who perceive racism to have engendered mental illness, and/or by people whose art work is a medicine: part of healing process. In this sense, iPak - 10,000 tracks, 10,000 images, 10,000 abuses will this sense be a collective art work - made through the participation of hundreds of artists, whose submissions bring the works into 'being'.
Ajaykumar would like to receive any art works or images, texts, sounds, music,
which are responses to the themes of racism engendering mental illness, and of art
as medicine in relation to this social phenomenon.
Artists interested at this stage in submitting works should contact Ajaykumar for further details.
More information will also shortly be published on the website:
"http://www.ipak.org.uk".
The R&D of "iPak -10,000 tracks, 10,000 images, 10,000 abuses" has been enabled by an Artsadmin digital media bursary, and the support of the Arts Council of England.
The final composition of the three works in the series is to be commissioned and launched by U.S. new media gallery Turbulence, in autumn 2007.
"iPak -10,000 tracks, 10,000 images, 10,000 abuses" is a project in development, involving a series of three inter-connecting art works:
"chaos", "jukebox" and "platform".
The final composition of the three works in the series is to be commissioned and launched by U.S. new media gallery Turbulence, in autumn 2007.
The "iPak - 10,000 tracks, 10,000 images, 10,000 abuses" series will be polyphonic narratives responding to scientific research which indicates racism engenders mental illness, that black people consequently are several times more likely to suffer mental illness, that the very experience of living in the UK almost drives black people mad. The series also considers the notion of art as medicine.
Each art work - "chaos", "juke box" and "platform" - will involve varying synergies of still, images, videos, poetry and other texts, sounds and music, that are submitted by either people who have experienced racism; and/or by people who perceive racism to have engendered mental illness, and/or by people whose art work is a medicine: part of healing process. In this sense it will be a collective art work - made through the participation of hundreds of artists.
Ajaykumar would like to receive any art works or images, texts, sounds, music
that are responses to the themes of racism engendering mental illness, and of art
as medicine in relation to this social phenomenon.
Artists interested in submitting works should contact Ajaykumar for further details.
More information will also shortly be published on the website:
"http://www.ipak.org.uk".
The R&D of "iPak -10,000 tracks, 10,000 images, 10,000 abuses" has been enabled by an Artsadmin digital media bursary, and the support of the Arts Council of England.
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pages of madness
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| "pages of madness", spotlighted by Turbulence, is currently viewable at:
http://turbulence.org/spotlight/ajaykumar/index.htm
"A work of insidious beauty, sensuality, and contemplation." ( Asian Times). A re-conception of concrete poetry and ciné-roman in digital media. A disturbing artistic exploration of racism's engendering of mental illness. One hundred million years to view this in entirety or fifteen seconds in snapshot. This work re-conceives, in digital media, notions of concrete poetry; as well as the practices of the ciné-roman filmmakers who made films ‘to read’.
It was also shown at:
• ISEA2006/ Zero One San Jose: A Global Festival of Art on the Edge, as part
of the "M-I I-M" presentation USA, August, 2006;
• The Carnival of E-Creativity, New Delhi, 2006;
• UK Community TV Channel's Mad for Arts Online Gallery, 2004-2006;
• Rampton High Security Hospital, Nottinghamshire, UK, to staff and patients 2005;
• Generative Arts Festival, Milan, Italy 2004;
• National Film Theatre London' 6th Disability Film Festival, 2004.
"pages of madness" received a Millennium Award from the the Peabody Trust.
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feel
2001- |
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| "spectator, choose whatever title you feel" ( full title) is a series of site-specific, deliberately un-announced, performance art works in relation to public architecture. It began with
performances in collaboration with Tetsuro Fukuhara and others, in locations such as Canary Wharf, Bankside, and in Edinburgh Train Station, as part of the Edinburgh Festival Programme, 2001.
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| Education and biography | |
| Ajaykumar's studies have been at London College of Communication, the Royal College of Art, and Chelsea College of Art and Design. For more information of past and work: check his personal website. |
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| Future shows | |
| "iPak - 10,000 tracks, 10,000 images, 10,000 abuses" A series of three internet art works - "chaos", "juke box" and "platform" - to be presented by U.S. new media Gallery, Turbulence, in autumn 2007. The R&D of this project has been enabled by an Artsdamin Digital Bursary, supported by the Arts Council of England. |
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| Website: www.ajaykumar.com | |
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