Oct 05 2024 to Oct 05 2024 3 p.m.

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Price: Free, but registration is required. Book/Buy

Where

Museum of Art & Photography (MAP)

Kasturba Road, Bengaluru 560001

Special Instructions

Suitable for 16 years old and above.

Event Description

Fear, intimidation, objectification and victims are the predominant themes in images used to depict sexual violence against women in the media. Can you visualise images that are more empowering, more nuanced, that show women in all their complexity, that show resilience and resistance? Be a part of challenging and changing this visual discourse Come, share your talent, share your vision in this workshop facilitated by the Hri Institute for Southasian Research in conjunction to their project Challenging Visual Depiction of Women and Sexual Violence in Southasia which aims to challenge gender insensitive visual and aural depiction of sexual violence against women in Southasia. Thanks to robust women’s movements in the region, the rising incidents and brutality of incidents of sexual violence has been met with strong protests and demands for accountability. Considerable strides forward have been made to improve media reporting of sexual violence, making it less sensational, more based on women’s lived experiences, gender-sensitive and ethical. However, images that accompany news-reports tend to remain stereotypical and even damaging by reinforcing stigma, helplessness, shame and victim-blaming. Join this workshop and learn to create a more empowering and compassionate visual narrative. Selected works (sketches, paintings, cartoons, photos) will be showcased on the website of the Hri Institute as part of the pool of stock images that exists. Image used as Event Graphic: MAYA-1- A Vision More than You, Rashmi Bagchi Sarkar, India, MAC.01796, MAP Collection