What the pandemic has revealed about the arts in India https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/india-covid-19-pandemic-arts-7710489/ 7 Jan 2022
T M Krishna writes: that the pandemic has highlighted the inadequacies of our cultural space, the lack of economic support for artists and the dangers of allowing social media to dictate art-making
with public spaces becoming no-entry zones, artistits remain at home, unable to sing dance or act. This caused emotional distress .. there has been no mind space or incentive to train, imagine and create..
the pandemic has highlighted the inadequacies of our cultural space, the lack of concern, and the dangers of allowing socila media to dictate art-making..
In our culture, the temptation to just let things be in the hope that it will slide back to the way it was.... Artist and art forms will disappear and we will not get to know until it is too late, Whenever we archive or document an artist or art form we have lost, we are not saving anything or anybody. We are merely registering our collective failure.
COVID-19 and the Creative Industry: Art in Times of Social Distancing | Shubha Mudgal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0LzmsJpa1w Apr 29, 2020
increase in the creation, sharing, and consumption of all forms of art digitally as people find new ways to unite and cope with the pandemic. Given that art is an experience that can stir people emotionally, what learnings can we take from famous artists making their art accessible to all through virtual concerts during the crisis? Does online consumption of physical arts manage to provide a sense of community to the people? How can we create a platform which can make all forms of art reach its audience? Do we have sufficient resources and capability to marry professional production with a virtual audience? How is physical distancing going to impact the gathering of communities post-crisis? What possibilities can the govt explore vis-à-vis providing resources and a stage to artists? Is this paradigm shift limited to physical art forms or is it uniform across the board including events like literature festivals that have more possibility of online engagement? Can we create a space for artists to come together irrespective of differences?
Maya Mirchandani, Senior Fellow at ORF, in conversation with Shubha Mudgal, Hindustani Classical Singer, Dinesh Patnaik, Director General of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) and Sanjoy Roy, Co-Founder and MD, Teamwork Arts and President, Event and Entertainment Management Association (EEMA), explores the dynamic and changing role of the creative industry in India and the impact of the Coronavirus crisis on artists, associated professionals and all art itself.
It is not just entertainment. It is creation, emotional, "Art could be dark" . https://youtube.com/embed/x0LzmsJpa1w?start=1875&end=2242
I like the argument that reaching homes does not necessarily means that artist have to get down from their pedestal of purity of form. That there is sufficient space for a sufficient number of people to follow.. Implying that you need not go by the "number" of likes, but by its quality of the accidental audience! and the Ludianvi couplet after that