Indofuturism

Artists and Creators

• Kai (Kari) Altmann aka Hitashya
• Prateek Arora
• Maya Arulpragasam aka MIA
• Nag Aswhin
• Bloni Atelier (Akshat Bansal)
• Vimal Chandran
• Omar Gilani
• Varun Gupta
• The Otolith Group (Anjalika Sagar and Kodwo Eshun)
• Sam Madhu
• Hridaye A Nagpal
• Svetha Yallapragada Rao aka Raja Kumari

Events

• "The Endless Mind", performance by Vyuti Dance Company, G5A, Mumbai, April 11-16 2023.
• COSMOS Residency and Showcase, Goa, India, Nov 2023.

Discussions

• Kai (Kari) Altmann, Prateek Arora, Naveen Shamsudhin, "XLE.LIFE presents XLE.LIVE: #Indofuturism? #Desifuturism?", XLE.LIFE, Online, Mumbai, Zurich, April 2023.

Publications

Books

• Raminder Kaur, Saif Eqbal, Adventure Comics and Youth Cultures in India, Routledge India, Oct 2018, 240 pp. Publisher.

• Taryne Jade Taylor, Isiah Lavender III, Grace L. Dillon, Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay (eds.), The Routledge Handbook of CoFuturisms], Routledge, Oct 2023, 716 pp. Publisher.

Magazines, Journals, Blogs

• Indofuturism, Priya Bandodkar (ed.), Wordpress, 2020-2021.
• R/Indofuturism, Prateek Arora (ed.), Reddit, 2022-present.

Videos, Podcasts, Radio

• Priyanka Bandodkar, "Indofuturist Manifesto", Vimeo, 2021.
• "Artists – 4/x – Vimal Chandran – Indofuturism pioneer", Floorisrising.com, Nov 11, 2021.

Essays, Book Chapters

• Pravin Pallay, "Consciousness as a Site of Subversion: Rupturing Rational Process and Linearity through Indofuturism", 2005.
• Ryan A D'Souza, "Imagining a Desi Future", South Asian Popular Culture, vol. 17, no.1, Apr 2 2019, pp. 47-59.
• Priteegandha Naik, "Dalit-futurist Feminism: New Alliances through Dalit Feminism and Indian Science Fiction", Journal of International Womens' Studies, Volume 22, Issue 10, Casteing Gender: Intersectional Oppression of Dalit women, Bridgewater State University, Oct 2021.
• Hina Siddiqui, "Cultural Futurism: Possibilities, Probabilities and Potential", ArtNowThus.in, May 2022.
• Rishi Alwani, "What Is Indo-Futurism and Why It Matters for Indus Battle Royale, India, and even You", Indusgame.com, June 24, 2022.
• Akshay Patel, Robi John, "How SuperGaming is Bringing ‘Indo-Futurism’ to Life with Indus Battle Royale", IGN India, Aug 1, 2022.
• Bhuvana Sekar, "Exploring Indo-futurism through contemporary design culture", Aalto University, Medium, Oct 17, 2022.
• Nida Naeem, "Future Frontiers: AI Artists On The Rise Of Indofuturism", Grazia India, Jan 18, 2023.
• Nyshka Chandran, "An Unapologetically Indian universe", BBC.com, Jan 24, 2023.
• "Exploring the Aesthetics of Indo-Futurism: Blending Tradition and Speculation in the Age of AI", Saashed.com, 2023.
• Shilajit Mitra, "‘Kalki 2898 AD’ first glimpse: Prabhas, Deepika Padukone battle a dark dystopia", TheHindu.com, July 21, 2023.
• Srijandeep Das, "Indofuturist Sanctuary: A COSMOS Goa Residency Recap", Le Guess Who, Nov 24, 2023.

Theses

• Priya Bandodkar, "Activating Indofuturism: Applying a lens adapted from Afro-and-Indigenous Futurism", OCAD University, Toronto, 2021. Masters Thesis.

See Also

Desifuturism, South Asian Futurism, New World, Indigenous Futurism, Global South Futurisms, Third Culture, Post Western, Decolonization, AI, Sci-Fi