We are thankful to our mentors Shefalee Jain, Dr Santhosh S., Vidya Shivadas, Kaushal Sapre, Sreejata Roy, Dr. Sandip Luis, Pinak Banik and the faculty and staff of the School of Culture and Creative Expression, Ambedkar University Delhi for their guidance and support throughout this journey in such uncertain times. We would also like to thank our classmates, Mehul Singh and Surabhi Baranwal for being a part of our journey.
We are grateful to Lokesh Khodke, Peter Rösel, C. P. Krishnapriya, Sanchayan Ghosh, Bhooma Padmanabham, Diwas Raja Kc, RV Ramani and Sabih Ahmed for the insightful discussions and workshops.
Moreover, we thank all the administrative and non-teaching staff, and especially our SCCE colleagues and the student body of Ambedkar University, Delhi.
Lastly, we fondly remember Lauren Berlant. Their work 'Cruel Optimism' has anchored us in these turbulent times and helped us create a small heterotopia of care. As they said,
Newsletter conceptualized by Students of MA Visual Art (2019-21), Ambedkar University, Delhi
- Arjun, Avik, Ayushi, Chinmoy, Ghanishka, Hariom, Jeebandhan, Navina, Prabhakar, Shruti, Stuti, Sumit.
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"In scenarios of cruel optimism we are forced to suspend ordinary notions of repair and flourishing to ask whether the survival scenarios we attach to those affects weren’t the problem in the first place. Knowing how to assess what’s unraveling there is one way to measure the impasse of living in the overwhelmingly present moment."