New practices session 6 Featuring Varun Grover and Anurag Minus Verma

KNMA presents “New practices session 6 Special Edition” Featuring Varun Grover and Anurag Minus Verma

The New Practises talk series is back with a Special Edition where we look at popular cultures and artistic expressions in the form of filmmaking; fictional and documentary narrative style of video art and satire.

This session also invites a larger audience that do not frequent an art museum by habit but can consume and appreciate quality digital content in the form of well-written sets, social satire, and films.

KNMA is delighted to host artists, Varun Grover and Anurag Minus Verma, two critical representatives of the changing landscape of the moving image, that is always pushing the boundaries of visual arts and offer an opportunity of engaging in constructive dialogue.

Anurag Minus Verma is a multimedia artist. He studied Art and Aesthetics at JNU, Delhi, and film editing at FTII, Pune. His video diaries and character videos have gained a substantial social media following. His films have been screened at prestigious festivals worldwide. In addition to his video work, Anurag writes published opinion pieces. His popular podcast invites global thinkers and artists to discuss pressing issues. Anurag has been invited to share his journey at renowned institutions like Harvard, the University of Michigan, and Brandeis University.

Varun Grover is a screen-writer (Masaan, Sacred Games, Sandeep aur Pinky Faraar), National Award-winning lyricist (Gangs of Wasseypur, Dum Laga Ke Haisha, Ankhon Dekhi, Fan, Udta Punjab), stand-up comedian, and short-story writer (short story collection Paper Chor and graphic novel Biksu) based in Mumbai. His debut short film Kiss (2022) has travelled to more than twenty film festivals and has won multiple awards. He is currently finishing his debut feature film All India Rank set to release in 2023.

KISS – synopsis (special screening. Dir- Varun Grover)

At a preview theatre, a young filmmaker waits in the hope of getting his new sci-fi drama certified with ‘no cuts’ by the conservative men of the Indian Censor Board.

The board finds a particular kissing scene in the film beyond the duration stipulated by official, orthodox rules. As the filmmaker and board members argue over the length of the kiss, the laws of physics disintegrate around them.