VIDEOGRAPHY
CROSSINGS by RANBIR KALEKA
4 channel video projection on 190 x 250cm, (75 x 98 inches) acrylic paintings, 15 minute loop with sound
2012
Singapore Art Stage, Special Project, Singapore, presented by Volte Gallery 12 January to 15th January 2012
2011
Guangdon Museum, ‘Back to Basics - The Museum Per Se’, 4th Guangzhou Triennial, Guangzhou, China
(curators: Asish Rajadakshia, Pooja Sood - catalogue), September 22 - November 27 2011
Vancouver Biennale and Surrey Art Gallery, ‘In Transition: New Art from India’, Vancouver, Canada
(curator: Jordan Strom), January 22 to March 27 2011
2009
ESSL Museum, ‘Chalo! India: A New Era of Indian Art’, Vienna, Austria (curator: Miko Akiko - catalogue)
February - November 2009
National Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘Chalo! India: A New Era of Indian Art’, Seoul, Korea
(curator: Miko Akiko - catalogue) April 17 - 7 June
2008
Mori Art Museum, ‘Chalo! India: A New Era of Indian Art’, Tokyo (curator: Miko Akiko - catalogue)
November 22 2008 – March 15 2009
Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, ‘New Narratives - Contemporary Art from India’, Rutgers University,
New Jersey, USA (guest curator: Betty Seid - catalogue) April 12 - July 31 200
Salina Art Center, ‘New Narratives - Contemporary Art from India’, Salina, Kansas, Chicago, USA
(guest curator: Betty Seid - catalogue) January 10 - March 16 2008
Kunstmuseum Bern, 'Horn Please: Narratives in Contemporary Indian Art', Switzerland
(curator: Bernard Fibicher - catalogue) September 21 2077 - January 6 2008
2007
Chicago Cultural Institute, ‘New Narratives - Contemporary Art from India’, Chicago
(guest curator: Betty Seid - catalogue) July 26 - September 23 2007
Busan MOMA, 'Hungry God - Indian Contemporary Art', Korea (curator: June Y. Gwak - catalogue)
Dec 22 2006 - Feb 19 2007
2006
Arario Gallery, 'Hungry God - Indian Contemporary Art', Beijing, China (curator: June Y. Gwak - catalogue)
September 3 - November 15
2005
Bose Pacia Gallery, New York, Sep 15 -Aug 29 (catalogue)
2005
iCon India Contemporary, Venice Biennale, (curators: Peter Nagy, Julie Evans, Gordon Knox - catalogue)
June 12 - July 3
acknowledgements:
camera: Abbas Muzaffar, Chico, Celia Lowenstein, Ranbir Kaleka music: Madan Gopal Singh sound designer: David Fulton
audio engineer: David Fulton editor/compositor Steffen Frech performance: Dr Ahmar Raza, Nuzhat Kazmi, Shantanu
Lodh, Subba Ghosh, Jasbir Kaleka, Jagroop Kaur Kaleka, Robbie Kaleka, Vikram Kaleka, Rishi Soni, Prashant, Aban Raza,
Aman Mann, Gurnam Singh Mann, Manmeet Singh post production services: City Centre Digital Oakland, California
special thanks to Deepinder Mann, Riverbank Studios, New Delhi installation stills/video stills: Arnie Bose, Carlos Martín,
Enrica Cavarza
MAN WITH COCKEREL-2 2004
Singel channel video, 6 minute loop with sound. Back projection on a screen fitted in a constructed wall, (variable).
exhibition
Resonance Golden Jubilee
Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi Aug 2005
curator K T Ravindran
acknowledgements
actor Ram Gopal Bajaj cockerel Mustapha digital compositing Riverbank Studios, New Delhi
video stills Riverbank Studios, New Delhi
MAN IN WATER 2003
two channel video, 13 minutes loop with sound
exhibition
Liminal Zones, Apeejay Media Gallery, Delhi Nov 16 - 17 2003
curator Pooja Sood
acknowledgements
digital compositing Riverbank Studios, New Delhi installation stills courtesy Apeejay Media Gallery, Delhi
special thanks to Gautham Pandey and Mike Pandey
WINDOWS 2002
single channel video/sculpture 244 x 122 x 122 cm, (96 x 48 x 48 inches),6 minute loop with sound
exhibitions
Edge of Desire: Recent Art in India
curator Chaitanya Sambrani
Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific film Archive
University of California, USA June 14 - Sep 17 2006
Tamayo Museum
Mexico City Aug 25 - Nov 20 2005
Museum of Contemporary Art (MARCO)
Monterrey, Mexico Jan 26 - Apr 30 2006
Queens Museum of Art
New York Feb 27 – Jun 5 2005
Asia Society
New York Mar 1 - May 30 2005
Museum of Western Australia
Perth Sep 25 2004 - Jan 9 2005
10th Biennial of Moving Images
Centre for Contemporary Images
Saint-Gervais, Genéve, Switzerland Nov 9 - 18 2003
curator Mumta Murti
Root en Route, British Council, New Delhi, Chennai
Sakshi Gallery, Bangalore, Mumbai Feb 2003
curators Alka Pande, Sushma Bahl
KHOJ International Workshop
Mysore, India Oct 19 - Nov 1 2002
curator Pooja Sood
acknowledgements
camera Krupakar/Senani performance Dwarki, S Shambhavi, Basu, Raju, Puttana Char, artists from Rangayana (theatre group), Bangalore compositing Gautam Pandey, Riverbank Studios, New Delhi
produced at Khoj International Workshop, Mysore, Riverbank Studios, New Delhi
installatin & video stills Eileen Costa, courtesy Queens Museum of Art, New York
MUSIC ROOM 2002
single channel video, 13 minute loop with sound.
conversion into CD-ROM, commissioned by Artpix, Houston
exhibition
10th Biennial of Moving Images
Centre for Contemporary Images
Saint-Gervais, Genéve, Switzerland Nov 9 - 18 2003
curator Mumta Murti
acknowledgements
compositing Gautam Pandey performance Abhishek Raghuvanshi, Doel Trivedy
Special thanks to Riverbank Studios
VIDEO LOUNGE 2002
6 channel video, (variable), looped with sound
collaboration with Silen TV
Michel Mallard, Olivier Reneau, Denis Chevalier
exhibition
Silen TV video lounge, Alliance Francaise, New Delhi
MAN WITH COCKEREL 2002
2 channel video, 19 minute loop
exhibitions
Solo Show
Bose Pacia Gallery, New York Sep 15 - Aug 29 2005
LA FREEWAVES 9th Biennial Festival of Film, Video and New Media: How Can You Resist?
MOCA's, Geffen Contemporary, Los Angles Nov 2004
curator Pooja Sood
tour exhibition, (LA FREEWAVES), curator Anne Bray
venues: Center for Contemporary Art Tel Aviv, Israel 2005
cheLA (Corriente Hipermediatica Experimental Latin Americana), Buenos Aires Argentina 2005
Huffmans House, Encuentro Internacional de Espacios Independientes, Valparaiso Chile 2005
Zoom! Art in Contemporary India
Culturgest-Lisbon Museum
Portugal Apr 7 - Jun 6 2004
curator Nancy Adajania
Visual Performance
Walsh Gallery, Chicago Apr 30 - Jul 10 2004
curators Wu Hung, Julie Walsh
10th Biennial of Moving Images, Centre for Contemporary Images, Saint-Gervais, Genéve Switzerland Nov 9 - 18 2003
curator Mumta Murti
Crossing generations: diVERGE
NGMA, Mumbai Dec 2 - 14 2003
curators Geeta Kapur, Chaitanya Sambrani
BODY•CITY - subTerrain: artworks in the cityfold
House of World Culture, Berlin
Germany Sept 20 - Nov 16 2003
curator Geeta Kapur
InteractivA‘03, Museum of Contemporary Art (MACAY), Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
Jul 10 to Aug 28 2003
curator Raul Ferrera-Balanquet
An Apparent Calm, Grantpirrie
Sidney May 13 - June 14 2003
curator Peter Nagy
Video Art Roadshow, Mumbai Apr 2003
curator Shilpa Gupta
Private Mythologies of the personal and the political
Apeejay Media Gallery, New Delhi Nov 24 2002
curator Pooja Sood
Kapital & Karma, Contemporary Art from India
Kunsthalle wien, Vienna Austria Mar 29 - Jun 09 2002
curators Angelika Fitz, Michael Wörgötter
acknowledgements
actor Ram Gopal Bajaj cockerel Mustapha produced at Riverbank Studios
installation still Bose Pacis Gallery, New York, Chris Meerdo, Walsh Gallery, Chicago, Culturgest-Lisbon Museum, Portugal
POWDER ROOM 1999/2000
Single channel video/sculpture Installation, 3 minute loop with sound
exhibitions
Boxwallahs, The DeEgo-Cube, Indo-Austrian Art Projects in Public Space
Gurgaon, India Oct 1999 - Jan 2000
curators Angelika Fitz, Michael Wörgötter
Embarkations-The Millennium Show
Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai Jan 2000
curator Yashodhara Dalmia
acknowledgements
camera Rahul Rewal; Abbas Khan
performance Michael Wörgötter, Mansi Kochar, Prima Kurien, Pratosh Gargi, Bhopal
MAN THREADING A NEEDLE 1998/1999
Single channel video projected on 59 x 91 cm, (23.3 x 35.8 inch) oil painting , 6 minute loop with sound
exhibitions
Solo Show
Bose Pacia Gallery, New York Sep 15 - Aug 29 2005
BODY•CITY, - subTerrain: artworks in the cityfold House of World Culture
Berlin, Germany Sept 20 - Nov 16 2003
curator Geeta Kapur
Edge of the Century
British Council, New Delhi Dec 1999
curator Amit Mukhopadhyay
Kapital & Karma, Contemporary Art from India
Kunsthalle wien, Vienna Austria Mar 29 - Jun 09 2002
curators Angelika Fitz, Michael Wörgötter
Art and Technology, Max Mueller, Mumbai 2000
curator Girish Shahane
acknowledgements
camera Rahul Rewal, man Sadanand
installation still Manmeet Singh