The Inlaks-Asia Art Archive Art Grant (India)

Deadline: 15 November 2024

Submissions are now open for Inlaks-Asia Art Archive Art Grant to encourage artists to propose methods of art-making that incorporate research, collaboration, workshops, and formal experiments to explore the imaginations, architectures, sensoria, and interfaces of the archive.

The Foundation seeks proposals that demonstrate a critical and imaginative approach toward the archive as concept, system, and medium.

Funding Information

The Grant offers support up to INR 2,00,000.
The Grant will be awarded for a period of one year.

Eligible Projects

The applicants are invited to propose projects that engage with any of the following:
- Archives pertaining to any field: such as art, music, cinema, theatre, law, science, medicine, etc.
- Artists’ personal archives: scrapbooks, letters, diaries, photo albums, etc.
- Public libraries, databases, inventories.
- Anthologies, timelines, maps, and bibliographies

Eligibility Criteria

The applicant must be an Indian citizen residing in India.
The applicant’s date of birth must be between 1st January 1989 and 1st January 1999.
Collectives are eligible to apply provided all members meet the criteria mentioned above.

Selection Criteria

Five candidates will be shortlisted for interview. Interviews will be conducted online during early December 2024.
One grantee will be selected from among those interviewed by a panel consisting of one member from Inlaks and one member from AAA in India.

Application Requirements

Applicant Details
Referee Details
Project Details
Documents for Upload, where a single PDF or ZIP file (not exceeding 25MB) can be uploaded, consisting of:
- Two-page CV
- Artist statement describing your practice and areas of interest (up to 500 words).
- Project proposal (up to 1500 words) that includes:
  - a short description of the intended/ongoing project, and your research responding to any of the themes listed in this open call;
  - a timeline for the project’s different stages and potential platforms;
  - a budget of estimated costs for your project based on your proposal and timeline;
  - archives/collections/individuals you intend to access/visit.
- The proposal does not have to be definitive and can change during the course of the one-year period of this grant, in consultation with AAA & Inlaks representatives
Portfolio of three to five of your most recent projects. Audio-video files can be linked to YouTube, Vimeo, SoundCloud, etc.