No One Even Has Eyes: The Decline of Hand-Painted Graphics in Mumbai

In this work of creative non-fiction, accompanied by coloring book plates of his own design, the author explores recent changes in Indian visual culture. An investigation of hand painted political graphics in Mumbai revealed very little painting and a great deal about the rapidly advancing digitaliz...

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Published inASIANetwork exchange Vol. 20; no. 2
Main Author Fine, Aaron
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Open Library of Humanities 02.05.2013
Subjects
digital technology
India
political graphics
waste stream
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Summary:In this work of creative non-fiction, accompanied by coloring book plates of his own design, the author explores recent changes in Indian visual culture. An investigation of hand painted political graphics in Mumbai revealed very little painting and a great deal about the rapidly advancing digitalization of visual space in India. As idiosyncratic and individual creative efforts are replaced by mass-produced digital printing in what ways are India’s political networks enhanced; In what ways are India’s creative networks destroyed? Translators, police officers, political activists, and artists are presented through the eyes of an outsider whose own expectations about creative expression and political participation are challenged. The conclusion considers how once recycled visual culture artifacts are now junk destined for the landfill, and urges readers to color-in the whitewashed spaces of the city.
ISSN:1943-9938
1943-9946
DOI:10.16995/ane.90