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*ALL WELCOME. ENTRANCE IS FREE BUT SPACES ARE LIMITED. RSVP ESSENTIAL. Please email **[log in to unmask]* <[log in to unmask]> *INDIA MEDIA CENTRE, UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER, PRESENTS:* * * *Return of the Phantom Lady: AN EVENING WITH PUSHPAMALA N* Tuesday 12th March, 6pm – 8pm, The Old Cinema, University of Westminster, 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2UW * * *PUSHPAMALA N*, INDIAN PHOTO-, VIDEO- AND INSTALLATION-PERFORMANCE ARTIST, WRITER AND CURATOR, WILL DISCUSS RECENT PHOTOGRAPHIC PROJECTS, ‘AVEGA: THE PASSION’ and ‘RETURN OF PHANTOM LADY’, FOLLOWED BY A SCREENING OF ‘PARIS AUTUMN’ (35 mins). The evening will be chaired by Rosie Thomas, Co-Director of the India Media Centre. From 1996 to 1998 Pushpamala created *Phantom Lady or Kismet*, the artist’s first “photo-performance” work comprised of 25 black-and-white prints. Billed as a Photo Romance and shot in the *film noir* style, the thriller starred Pushpamala as not only the Phantom Lady but also her doppelganger, the lost twin sister The Vamp. The work acquired a cult status and has been exhibited all over the world, prompting the artist to create its sequel. In *The Return of the Phantom Lady (Sinful City), *a set of 21 colour photographs, The Phantom Lady gets caught again in a dark web of murder, intrigue and foul play in contemporary Mumbai. Shot in seductively rich colours in various cinematic sites of the city, the work has been exhibited at the National Gallery of Modern Art in Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore and elsewhere. Pushpamala N. (born 1956 in Bangalore) is one of India’s most acclaimed contemporary artists and lives and works in Bangalore and Delhi. She uses women's stories and women's material as a device to explore history, memory and contemporary society. Her work has been shown at numerous international exhibitions, museums and biennials, including Photo-Espana (2012), Centre Pompidou (2011), Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (2010), Tate Modern London ( 2006), Saatchi and Saatchi, London (2010), National Portrait Gallery, Canberra (2011), Mori Art Museum Tokyo (2008), USA, China and Brazil. Her work is part of major collections in UK, USA, France, Australia and India. *ALL WELCOME. ENTRANCE IS FREE BUT SPACES ARE LIMITED. RSVP ESSENTIAL. Please email **[log in to unmask]* <[log in to unmask]> Dr. Daisy Hasan Programme Coordinator (Chevening South Asian Journalism Programme) India Media Centre University of Westminster, Watford Road, Northwick Park, Harrow HA1 3TP United Kingdom email:- [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] Ph: - 07724003897 -- -------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA mailing list -------------------------------------------------------- To manage your subscription or unsubscribe from the MECCSA list, please visit: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=MECCSA&A=1 ------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA is the subject association for the field of media, communication and cultural studies in UK Higher Education. Membership is open to all who teach and research these subjects in HE institutions, via either institutional or individual membership. The field includes film and TV production, journalism, radio, photography, creative writing, publishing, interactive media and the web; and it includes higher education for media practice as well as for media studies. This mailing list is a free service from MeCCSA and is not restricted to members. For further information, please visit: http://www.meccsa.org.uk/ --------------------------------------------------------