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with this software, i promiss you, i will take over the art world.

bet szeemann didn't see this coming when he once defined the functions of the Ausstellungsmacher - the one who puts on an exhibition - as an administrator, amateur, author of introductions, librarian, manager and accountant, animator, conservator, financier, and diplomat.

if you don't like the pun, go read another blog ^__^

so far, so good. both khoj and delhi have been kind and exciting.

my preoccupations since i've arrived: reading, researching and the mall next door. but more about that - the mall, that is - later.

during my two months here, my big task is to work on and polish a proposal that will be realised by way of an exhibition, which will hopefully occur sometime in january 2011.

but there are things to be done along the way. and this includes three presentations of varied nature. not sure if the capital is inclined to 3 presentations from a humble bombaywala in a matter of 2 months. but they have leetle choice in that regard. 

the first of my presentations is done with.

work in progress: dialogues on curation was hosted by the foundation for indian contemporary art, aka fica, at their reading room. and conceived in collaboration with natasha ginwala.  

of course, it had to rain heavy - by dilli standards - on that same morning.

we just about made it in time to catch the end bits of danila cahen's friendly enemies, 2009. having missed most of the documentary that opened the day's proceedings, i can't write very much about it but one thing i found most irksome. 

at some point in the documentary a chappie - possibly an artist - stuck his face into the camera and insisted half-agitatedly that curators are caretakers. if im not wrong, i think, he repeated it thrice.

got it already, i thought and rolled my eyes.

i don't know if you're with me on this but caretaker just sounds wrong.

it makes me feel as though i'm a maali. 

now, don't get me wrong. gardening is indeed a very noble profession. be that as it may, if i had wanted to be a maali i would just be one. i wouldn't see the point in beating behind the bush. *if you don't like the pun, go read another blog  ^__^*

blogs are not for me but i makes an exception this once

arrived in the dilli from ladakh valley on july 23. 
after a bit of bumming around have finally settled down in gk II.


khoj's first curatorial residency brings me to ze capital, and for 2 months that too. 


hence the blog. it is a matter of upholding duty.  

**blogs can be engaging. but they're not for me. 

don't have time. certainly don't have inclination. 

and every so often, i like not having an opinion on everything from the symbol of the indian rupee to mary-kate olsen's new sunglasses. 

in addition, all my keystrokes get utilised on fb, twitter and the like. 
gah.**