Sivakasi is a small village in Tamil Nadu which is the centre of India’s printing industry, currently producing about 70% of the prints produced within India. Our work on the Sivakasi press is a testimony to its contribution to Indian … Continued »
CIViC has in its collection a wide range of lithographic and photographic prints commencing from the 19th century when modern and mechanical technologies of representation entered the Indian sub-continent. The history of these objects is tied not only to the … Continued »
The traditional folk Surabhi theatre company was founded by the Vanarasa Govinda Rao family in 1889 in Surabhi village, Andhra Pradesh, over a hundred years ago. It imbibes the true spirit of a living tradition as it has been in … Continued »
Textiles in India are intimately connected with the life-force of the people as cultural and social artifacts. We locate the significance of the visual practices related to the textile industry in colonial and early post-Independence India. We specifically explore the … Continued »