Outside of my research, I have volunteered to work on the MA Applied imagination Festival as part of the class committee. The festival will be taking place in the beginning of December 2024 and will showcase the work of our cohort. I am excited to participate and will have some of my time divided between the two projects.
I also attended my cousin’s wedding in India this July. This was the first marriage in my immediate family and it gave me to opportunity to travel to my state in India, which I had not visited since childhood. The trip was marked by celebration, but also took me back to where I come from. It was truly humbling as I recounted my journey from Bihar/Jharkhand to Delhi, Mumbai and now London. They seem like worlds apart, not only because of the physical distance between them, but also the stark difference between the development of a major global city in the west and a rural town in one of the poorest states of India. This has been a great opportunity for me to reflect on my journey so far, and my individual voice in the larger world. I found a great many visual and cultural artefacts that I realised have shaped my aesthetics and world view. These were perhaps locked away somewhere in my mind, till I saw them again and could make the connection.
Finally, my tenancy at the student accommodation at UAL halls is also coming to an end in august and I will have to find alternative accommodation. This will surely be time consuming, as it is my first time house hunting in London, but I am hoping it goes by smoothly.
Back to work ^_^