‘Also the real thing' at INSERT2014'

Also The Real Thing is a collaboration between the Indian artist and theatre director Zuleikha Chaudhari and Swiss theatre director Boris Nikitin.

'Also the real thing", a collaborative presentation by Zuleikha Chaudhari and Boris Nikitin at INSERT2014

Date: 1 February, 3 to 6 February 2014 / Time: 12 - 5 pm, each day 
INSERT2014 opening on 31 January 2014 
Venue: 
Auditorium and Library, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, 1, CV Mess, Janpath, New Delhi

'Also The Real Thing' is the first collaboration between the Indian artist and theatre director Zuleikha Chaudhari and Swiss theatre director Boris Nikitin. The project creates an artistic and sociological perspective on the cultural constructs of two highly codified spaces: the theatre and the library.

These spaces are treated as spatial installations. Both as places of representation are carried to extremes and the fictional character of the real situation - architecture, politics of the gaze, codes of behaviour - are revealed. The rules, assumptions and undiscussed agreements - the framing of both spaces/places becomes experiential and sensual.

Also The Real Thing establishes a look on "theatre" and "library" as remarkable cultural inventions, "sculptures" and strange places. They become installations - pieces of art.

About INSERT 2014 
The presentation 'Also The Real Thing' is part of INSERT2014. INSERT2014 unfolds a series of unexpected encounters with contemporary art in the public domain. Within its purview, several exhibits, symposiums, workshops and performances will take place over one month at cultural sites across Delhi, bringing together a diverse group of international experts and contemporary artists to inaugurate a re-thinking of the city's cultural infrastructure.
More: insert2014.org

Partners / Organisers: Part of INSERT 2014 / supported by Pro Helvetia - Swiss Arts Council; Artistic directors: Raqs Media Collective, presented by the Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation