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'''Siddharth Sivakumar''' is an art writer and curator. He is the founding editor and present [[editor-in-chief]] of the bilingual online cultural magazine [[Tinpahar]].<ref>http://www.tinpahar.com/we</ref><ref>http://artanddeal.in/cms/?p=1819</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/American-College-students-to-launch-Tamil-edition-of-e-zine-from-Shantiniketan/articleshow/31438182.cms|title = American College students to launch Tamil edition of e-zine from Shantiniketan | Madurai News - Times of India|website = [[The Times of India]]| date=5 March 2014 }}</ref> |
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'''Siddharth Sivakumar''' is an art critic, writer and curator. He is presently the Head of Visual Arts and Publication at a Kolkata-based multidisciplinary arts centre, Kolkata Centre for Creativity <ref>https://www.kolkatacentreforcreativity.org/</ref>. Siddharth takes a keen interest in the matters of the art world and regularly writes for art magazines such as Art and Deal,<ref>https://artanddeal.com/</ref><ref>https://artanddeal.com/?s=siddharth+sivakumar</ref> ArtEast, and Art India.<ref>https://www.artindiamag.com/</ref><ref>https://reader.magzter.com/preview/032gnlw6kphb4h0f4q9vf346310120/631012</ref> His articles on socio-cultural issues have appeared in National dailies including [[The Hindu Business Line]],<ref>https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/profile/author/Siddharth-Sivakumar/</ref> [[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thestatesman.co.in/news/45345-letters-to-the-editor.html?page=4 |title=The Statesman: Letters to the editor |accessdate=2014-08-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811203733/http://www.thestatesman.co.in/news/45345-letters-to-the-editor.html?page=4 |archivedate=11 August 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>, The Wire,<ref>https://thewire.in/author/siddharth-sivakumar</ref>and [[The Telegraph (India)]] among others<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.huffpost.com/archive/in/entry/home-exile-and-two-mind-bending-works-of-art_in_5c10ee3de4b085260ba705f0|title=Home, Exile And Two Mind-Bending Works Of Art|website=huffpost.com|date=11 April 2017|access-date=10 December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://humanitiesunderground.org/shibu-natesan-animals-magic-realism-multiple-realities/|title = Humanities underground » Shibu Natesan : Animals, Magic Realism & Multiple-Realities}}</ref>. |
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==Family== |
==Family== |
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Sivakumar is the son of art historian [[R. Siva Kumar]] and [[Mini Sivakumar]].<ref>http://www.yentha.com/news/view/1/Mini-Sivakumar-Passes-Away</ref> He hails from a family of filmmakers that include [[Adoor Gopalakrishnan]] and [[Padmarajan]]. |
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==Early Life and Education== |
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Siddharth spent his growing years in Santiniketan, completing his schooling from Patha Bhavana before pursuing a Bachelor's and Master's degrees in English Literature from Visva-Bharati University. In 2015, he received the Charles Wallace Scholarship<ref>https://www.charleswallaceindiatrust.com/alumni/siddharth-sivakumar</ref> from the [[University of Edinburgh]], Scotland and was also sent to [[Yunnan University]], China as part of a student delegation from Visva-Bharati. He was selected for a short-term course ‘Researching the Contemporary’ offered by the [[Centre for the Study of Developing Societies]] in 2017. |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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Sivakumar regularly writes for art blogs, art magazines such as [[Art and Deal]], online cultural websites such as '''Humanities Underground'''.{{cn|date=August 2023}} His articles on socio-cultural issues have appeared in National dailies including [[The Hindu Business Line]], [[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]] etc.<ref>http://artanddeal.in/cms/?s=siddharth+sivakumar</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/on-campus/are-images-taking-precedence-over-words/article5157149.ece|title = Are images taking precedence over words?| date=22 September 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thestatesman.co.in/news/45345-letters-to-the-editor.html?page=4 |title=The Statesman: Letters to the editor |accessdate=2014-08-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811203733/http://www.thestatesman.co.in/news/45345-letters-to-the-editor.html?page=4 |archivedate=11 August 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://humanitiesunderground.org/shibu-natesan-animals-magic-realism-multiple-realities/|title = Humanities underground » Shibu Natesan : Animals, Magic Realism & Multiple-Realities}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mljohnyml.blogspot.in/search?q=Siddharth+SIvakumar|title=The Art Daily|website=mljohnyml.blogspot.in}}</ref> |
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Siddharth is presently the Head of the Departments of Visual Arts and Publishing<ref>https://articulate.org.in/author/siddharth/</ref> at Kolkata Centre for Creativity. In his role as the Head of Visual Arts, he has organised and executed over 30 wide-ranging exhibitions. Some of the major ones include a 3-volume Satyajit Ray Centenary Show — the final volume of which travelled to Kochi in collaboration with [[Kerala Lalithakala Akademi]];<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/centenary-show-on-satyajit-ray-at-durbar-hall-in-kochi/article65927935.ece|title=Centenary show on Satyajit Ray at Durbar Hall in Kochi|date=23 September 2022|access-date=10 December 2023|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rsRMx87Mxk&t=5s|title=Satyajit Ray Centenary Show at Durbar Hall Art Centre|website=theweek.in|date=12 October 2022|access-date=10 December 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> a one-of-a-kind immersive exhibition of Nikhil Chopra’s works titled ''The Afterlife of Performance''; a travelling exhibition featuring [[Benode Behari Mukherjee]]’s longest ever scroll, his other handscrolls and some murals — ''Scenes from Santiniketan and Benodebehari’s Handscrolls'' (2023) — that has travelled to [[Santiniketan]] in collaboration with the Santiniketan Society of Visual Art and Design and Durbar Hall at [[Kochi]] in collaboration with the [[Kerala Lalithakala Akademi]]; Raza Festival celebrating the life and works of [[S. H. Raza]] in collaboration with the Raza Foundation;<ref>https://www.therazafoundation.com/</ref> and a 2-year long exhibition, showcased in two phases, titled ''Freedom and Awakening'' at the Alipore Jail-turned-Museum.<ref>http://independencemuseum.in/</ref> He has also, as part of the Museum exhibition, organised two major art camps involving both prominent and promising artists from the state and beyond. As the HoD of the publishing department at KCC, he has also overseen the publication of several catalogues and other publications of the organisation during this time. Siddharth is also passionate about imparting education to young minds. He has had a short stint as a Business Skills faculty at [[Tata Consultancy Services]], [[Trivandrum]] in 2016 and was a Visiting Faculty at the Performing Arts Department at [[Presidency University, Kolkata]] for the even semester in 2022. Siddharth, a creative thinker, has an entrepreneurial streak which led to him becoming the Founding Editor of [[Tinpahar]],<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20150222153749/http://www.tinpahar.com/we</ref> an online publication on art and culture, 14 editions of which he edited between 2012 and 2016. He is also a co-founder of the Yellow Curtain Store and Design Lab (2018-2020). |
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In 2012, Sivakumar founded the cultural website [[Tinpahar]]. He believes,"presently the boundaries between academic disciplines are being redrawn. What were earlier discrete disciplines of literature, linguistics, philosophy, sociology, history, anthropology or art history are coming closer." And he claims in an interview, "Tinpahar aspires to fully erase this boundary, and become a ‘free and fertile’ space for constructive discourses on/in humanity.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thecitizen.in/city/literature-visual-arts-and-music/|title = The Citizen - Independent Journalism | Indian News | the Citizen}}</ref> |
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In his articles he often pledges for a reconciliation between art and society. "Although there are more educated people than ever before, there are not many who visit museums or galleries. There is a disconnect between the common man and art today" he writes in [[The Hindu Business Line]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/on-campus/high-art-for-high-people/article4856353.ece|title = High art for high people?| date=27 June 2013 }}</ref> |
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In 2013 he initiated ''Make My Website Initiative'' to support enthusiastic groups, who are seriously engaged in the creation or promotion of literature, visual arts or specialised studies to build their own websites for free.<ref>http://tinpahar.com/webform/267</ref> Websites of [[Gopi Shankar Madurai]]'s ''Srishti Madurai'' and ''Humanities Underground'' are made under this scheme.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://srishtiglobal.org/main/node/94 |title=Mentors {{!}} Srishti Madurai |website=srishtiglobal.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227212549/http://srishtiglobal.org/main/node/94 |archive-date=2013-12-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://humanitiesunderground.org/sharpnel-minima-the-acknowledgment-page/|title = Humanities underground » Shrapnel Minima: The Acknowledgment Page}}</ref> |
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==Stand against Internal Quota== |
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Following the [[Visva Bharati]] administration's decision to abolish the 50 percent Internal quota<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1141202/jsp/bengal/story_19138127.jsp#.VIWgZzHF-So|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141212154825/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1141202/jsp/bengal/story_19138127.jsp%23.VIWgZzHF-So|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 December 2014|title=Teachers support Visva quota|work=The Telegraph|accessdate=25 December 2014}}</ref> for Visva Bharati's two school [[Patha Bhavana]] and [[Siksha Satra]] in undergraduate and postgraduate courses, around 400<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1141125/jsp/bengal/story_19084150.jsp#.VIWhejHF-So|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141212154820/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1141125/jsp/bengal/story_19084150.jsp%23.VIWhejHF-So|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 December 2014|title=Students protest Visva quota scrap|work=The Telegraph|accessdate=25 December 2014}}</ref> students blocked the entry to the central and vice-chancellor’s offices to protest. The protest has resulted in class and annual examination boycotts. |
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According to Sivakumar the need to cling on to the quota arose from the students' fear of competition.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/deserting-the-classroom-for-the-streets-115021401378_1.html|title = Deserting the classroom for the streets|newspaper = Business Standard India|date = 14 February 2015|last1 = Ghosh|first1 = Kamalika}}</ref> While distinguishing the protests of Visva Bharati from [[Hokkolorob]], he emphasised on the betterment of the schools rather than endorsing the demand of retaining the 50% internal quota.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tinpahar.com/height-india/483 |title=Some thoughts on the Internal Quota at Visva Bharati | Tinpahar |accessdate=2015-02-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220202010/http://www.tinpahar.com/height-india/483 |archivedate=20 February 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> |
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In an article published in [[YouthKiAwaaz.com]], he writes, "Their hopelessness nonetheless seems reasonable to me, being a product of the same system and realising that the students have reason to believe that the administration has let them down. But the onus lies with the university administration as much as it does with the schools themselves."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2014/12/visva-bharati-university-internal-quota/ |title=Why Tagore Wouldn't Have Stood With The Protestors At Visva Bharati University |website=www.youthkiawaaz.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213083638/http://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2014/12/visva-bharati-university-internal-quota/ |archive-date=2014-12-13}}</ref> Speaking against the Internal Quota, [[Amartya Sen]] had remarked, "If our interest lies not in the greater good of the society, if our only concern is limited to the academic opportunism that would benefit our own children, and to this end we employ Quotas, then it is safe to say that there is a fundamental lack in the thought process".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tinpahar.com/height-india/502 |title=STOP Boycotting Classes! | Tinpahar |accessdate=2015-02-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220191754/http://tinpahar.com/height-india/502 |archivedate=20 February 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> |
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In the second phase of the protests when classes were forcibly shut down Tinpahar published numerous articles severely criticising, what Arani Chakravarty, a senior teacher of the physics department, called `Goondagiri'<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tinpahar.com/height-india/504 |title=Arani Chakravarti on the ongoing 'Goondagiri' at Visva Bharati | Tinpahar |accessdate=2015-02-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220192018/http://www.tinpahar.com/height-india/504 |archivedate=20 February 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> at Visva Bharati. According to an article published in [[The Times of India]], Sivakumar refutes the very idea that the entire student community was involved in class boycotting: "The large number of students accused of avoiding the protest are actually the silenced majority who oppose the agitation and yet, cannot attend classes fearing the consequences. A '[[boycott]]' has to be a voluntary decision and should not be imposed through fear by bringing in outsiders. While the protesters have the right to express their views, if they are democratic as they claim, they should respect the rights of others to attend classes if they wish to.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/VB-protesters-lay-siege-to-VC-quarters/articleshow/46150068.cms|title=VB protesters lay siege to VC quarters | Kolkata News - Times of India|website=[[The Times of India]]|date=7 February 2015 }}</ref>" |
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==See also== |
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* [[Fahad Shah]] |
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* [[Gayatri Sinha]] |
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* [[Nancy Adajania]] |
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* [[R. Siva Kumar]] |
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Revision as of 05:48, 11 December 2023
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Siddharth Sivakumar | |
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| Born | Kerala, India |
| Education | Visva Bharati University |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, editor-in-chief |
| Family | R. Siva Kumar |
| Website | http://tinpahar.in/ |
Siddharth Sivakumar is an art writer and curator. He is the founding editor and present editor-in-chief of the bilingual online cultural magazine Tinpahar.[1][2][3]
Family
Sivakumar is the son of art historian R. Siva Kumar and Mini Sivakumar.[4] He hails from a family of filmmakers that include Adoor Gopalakrishnan and Padmarajan.
Career
Sivakumar regularly writes for art blogs, art magazines such as Art and Deal, online cultural websites such as Humanities Underground.[citation needed] His articles on socio-cultural issues have appeared in National dailies including The Hindu Business Line, The Statesman etc.[5][6][7][8][9]
In 2012, Sivakumar founded the cultural website Tinpahar. He believes,"presently the boundaries between academic disciplines are being redrawn. What were earlier discrete disciplines of literature, linguistics, philosophy, sociology, history, anthropology or art history are coming closer." And he claims in an interview, "Tinpahar aspires to fully erase this boundary, and become a ‘free and fertile’ space for constructive discourses on/in humanity.[10]
In his articles he often pledges for a reconciliation between art and society. "Although there are more educated people than ever before, there are not many who visit museums or galleries. There is a disconnect between the common man and art today" he writes in The Hindu Business Line.[11]
In 2013 he initiated Make My Website Initiative to support enthusiastic groups, who are seriously engaged in the creation or promotion of literature, visual arts or specialised studies to build their own websites for free.[12] Websites of Gopi Shankar Madurai's Srishti Madurai and Humanities Underground are made under this scheme.[13][14]
Stand against Internal Quota
Following the Visva Bharati administration's decision to abolish the 50 percent Internal quota[15] for Visva Bharati's two school Patha Bhavana and Siksha Satra in undergraduate and postgraduate courses, around 400[16] students blocked the entry to the central and vice-chancellor’s offices to protest. The protest has resulted in class and annual examination boycotts.
According to Sivakumar the need to cling on to the quota arose from the students' fear of competition.[17] While distinguishing the protests of Visva Bharati from Hokkolorob, he emphasised on the betterment of the schools rather than endorsing the demand of retaining the 50% internal quota.[18]
In an article published in YouthKiAwaaz.com, he writes, "Their hopelessness nonetheless seems reasonable to me, being a product of the same system and realising that the students have reason to believe that the administration has let them down. But the onus lies with the university administration as much as it does with the schools themselves."[19] Speaking against the Internal Quota, Amartya Sen had remarked, "If our interest lies not in the greater good of the society, if our only concern is limited to the academic opportunism that would benefit our own children, and to this end we employ Quotas, then it is safe to say that there is a fundamental lack in the thought process".[20]
In the second phase of the protests when classes were forcibly shut down Tinpahar published numerous articles severely criticising, what Arani Chakravarty, a senior teacher of the physics department, called `Goondagiri'[21] at Visva Bharati. According to an article published in The Times of India, Sivakumar refutes the very idea that the entire student community was involved in class boycotting: "The large number of students accused of avoiding the protest are actually the silenced majority who oppose the agitation and yet, cannot attend classes fearing the consequences. A 'boycott' has to be a voluntary decision and should not be imposed through fear by bringing in outsiders. While the protesters have the right to express their views, if they are democratic as they claim, they should respect the rights of others to attend classes if they wish to.[22]"
See also
References
- ^ http://www.tinpahar.com/we
- ^ http://artanddeal.in/cms/?p=1819
- ^ "American College students to launch Tamil edition of e-zine from Shantiniketan | Madurai News - Times of India". The Times of India. 5 March 2014.
- ^ http://www.yentha.com/news/view/1/Mini-Sivakumar-Passes-Away
- ^ http://artanddeal.in/cms/?s=siddharth+sivakumar
- ^ "Are images taking precedence over words?". 22 September 2013.
- ^ "The Statesman: Letters to the editor". Archived from the original on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ^ "Humanities underground » Shibu Natesan : Animals, Magic Realism & Multiple-Realities".
- ^ "The Art Daily". mljohnyml.blogspot.in.
- ^ "The Citizen - Independent Journalism | Indian News | the Citizen".
- ^ "High art for high people?". 27 June 2013.
- ^ http://tinpahar.com/webform/267
- ^ "Mentors | Srishti Madurai". srishtiglobal.org. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013.
- ^ "Humanities underground » Shrapnel Minima: The Acknowledgment Page".
- ^ "Teachers support Visva quota". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 December 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
- ^ "Students protest Visva quota scrap". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 December 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
- ^ Ghosh, Kamalika (14 February 2015). "Deserting the classroom for the streets". Business Standard India.
- ^ "Some thoughts on the Internal Quota at Visva Bharati | Tinpahar". Archived from the original on 20 February 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
- ^ "Why Tagore Wouldn't Have Stood With The Protestors At Visva Bharati University". www.youthkiawaaz.com. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014.
- ^ "STOP Boycotting Classes! | Tinpahar". Archived from the original on 20 February 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
- ^ "Arani Chakravarti on the ongoing 'Goondagiri' at Visva Bharati | Tinpahar". Archived from the original on 20 February 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
- ^ "VB protesters lay siege to VC quarters | Kolkata News - Times of India". The Times of India. 7 February 2015.