Maraa
They are a media and arts collective based in Bangalore, founded in 2008. Diverse, playful, and intersectional in nature, they employ different lenses of caste, labor, gender, and culture in curation, production, and research. Attentive to structural violence and inequality, their work centers around freedom of expression through language, form, subjectivity, and oral histories. Committed to focusing on practice and process, they foster a strong culture of dialogue and mutual sharing of knowledge with everyone they work with.
City
Bangalore
Country
India
Region
Asia
Year of Creation
2008
Featured Project
October Jam
October Jam is an independent arts festival based in Bangalore, curated around a philosophical question that is collectively discussed. These questions arise from current concerns, the political climate, or a shared sentiment. Artists from various disciplines are invited to learn from and share their creative responses to the question. The festival presents ideas, provocations, noise, and silence through creative practices in found, open, and public spaces to reach diverse audiences. Supported by artists and friends of maraa, the festival covers production costs. October Jam exists out of curiosity, restlessness, and a free-spirited approach, independent of competing agendas and market pressures.
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