Death at a 30 Degree Angle
Mixed Media Video Art Project
India & Germany, Feb 2012

Director: Bani Abidi
Art Director/ Line Producer: Sidharth Mathawan
Produced by: Studio db



Death at a 30 Degree Angle is an mixed media project by Pakistani artist Bani Abidi, that is the fictitious account of a small time politician's attempt to commission a monumental official public statue of himself. he work will be realised as an installation that includes multiple video screens and sounds that gently satirize the struggle for power, self-aggrandizement, sycophancy and paranoia of politicians, while exploring the conceptual and visual vocabulary of authority and power.

ABIDI was born in Karachi, Pakistan, in 1971. She recieved her BFA degree from the National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan in 1994 and an MFA from the School of Art Institute of Chicago, USA in 1999 . Abidi has worked primarily in video for the past 7 years and her videos have been exhibited widely in solo and group shows internationally.

It will debut at Documenta 13, Kassel, Germany in June 2012.

Bani Abidi

KHOJLIVE 12
Performance Art Festival
Blue Frog, Delhi, Jan 2012

Curator: Pooja Sood
Art Production: Sidharth Mathawan
Produced by: KHOJ



A unique and challenging event, KHOJLIVE12 is an attempt to further explore the possibilities of the genre of performance art, specifically within the context of contemporary cultural production in India.

KHOJLIVE12 showcased thirteen works by artists working across contemporary dance, sound, fashion and gaming. While a number of artists push the boundaries of their respective practices using choreography, design and languages of the digital era, others actively seek interaction and audience participation, challenging the traditional relationship of audience as passive spectator.

Through the course of the evening performances will unfold across the venue, transforming The Kila’s diverse set of spaces – a state of the art music club, a sprawling terrace, a central courtyard, a museum of film and art and a store for designer wear – into an active laboratory of new ideas, forms and experiences for artists and audiences alike.

A unique public event, KHOJLIVE12 wishes to provide an expanded articulation of time based art, its possibilities and potential.

KHOJLIVE12 was a collateral event of The India Art Fair

MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN
Feature Film, Period Drama, Fiction, 35mm,
Sri Lanka, Canada, UK & India, Release Oct 2012

Director/ Writer: Deepa Mehta
Story: Salman Rushdie
Producer: David Hamilton
Cinematography: Giles Nuttgens
Production Designer: Dilip Mehta
Art Director: Sidharth Mathawan
Asst. Set Decorator: Sandra Pfeil


Midnight's Children is an upcoming film adaptation of Booker prize winner writer Salman Rushdie's 1981 epic novel Midnight's Children. Written and directed by Deepa Mehta. The film began principal photography in Colombo, Sri Lanka in February 2011 and wrapped in May 2011.

The film features an ensemble cast of Satya Bhabha, Shriya Saran, Anupam Kher, Shabana Azmi, Seema Biswas, Shahana Goswami, Samrat Chakrabarti, Rahul Bose and Darsheel Safary. Shooting was kept a secret as Mehta feared protests by Islamic fundamentalist groups. It is scheduled to release in late 2012.