(Left to right) Gaurav Ogale, Mira Felicia Malhotra and Varun Desai
| Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
With one of the largest annual art events in the country, India Art Fair’s return to New Delhi’s NSIC Grounds, Okhla, is speckled with artsy escapades that explore new dimensions of identity, culture and existence, while touring the digital realm like never before. The fair’s first-ever Digital Artists in Residence programme spaes a lasting romance between art and technology in India.
Testing the waters, the fair made an open call for the programme under the theme ‘Finding the Extraordinary in the Ordinary’ last year. It received, as press coordinator Gautami Reddy puts it, an overwhelming response with “over 200 applications”. Out of these, only three tech artists — Gaurav Ogale, Mira Felicia Malhotra and Varun Desai — have made it to the fair’s Digital Residency Hub. The artists will showcase immersive digital projects and installations created on the iPad, while engaging with the audience in workshops and sessions presented by the culture and creative…