Pushpamala N. in Conversation with Brenda Longfellow
Pushpamala N., The Navrasa Suite (Krodha Rasa), 2000, sepia-toned black and white photograph.
Film Screening and Discussion
Doris McCarthy Gallery, UTSC.
Free shuttle bus to DMG departs 401 Richmond St. W. at 6:30 pm
Free admission
Pushpamala N. studied sculpture at the highly regarded MS University, Baroda. In recent times she has achieved critical acclaim and interest for her photo-performance works in which she adopts ironic roles and popular culture personas as a vehicle by which to examine issues of gender, culture and history. Her work has been exhibited widely and included in several major international exhibitions: Century City (Tate Modern, London 2001), Edge of Desire (Asia Society, New York, 2005) and Indian Summer (Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris 2005). She is the winner of numerous Indian national awards and fellowships.
In Toronto, Pushpamala will screen two recent film works, Paris Autumn and Rashtriy Kheer and Desiy Salad, and engage in a discussion with Brenda Longfellow.
Brenda Longfellow is an award-winning filmmaker, writer and film theorist. Her productions include Our Marilyn (1987), an experimental documentary on Canadian swimmer Marilyn Bell; the feature-length drama Gerda (1992), on the life and times of Gerda Munsinger; A Balkan Journey/Fragments From The Other Side of War (1996); and the Genie Award-winning documentary Shadow Maker: Gwendolyn MacEwen, Poet (1998). Her most recent film is the critically-acclaimed Tina in Mexico (2002), a feature documentary on the silent film star and avant-garde photographer Tina Modotti, which won Best Arts Program at the Yorkton Film Festival, Bronze at the Columbus Film Festival, and a Golden Rose at the Montreux Television Festival.
