Indofuturism

Artists and Creators

• Kai (Kari) Altmann aka Hitashya (US-IN)
• Prateek Arora (IN)
• Maya Arulpragasam aka MIA (SL-UK-IN)
• Nag Aswhin (IN)
• Bloni Atelier (Akshat Bansal) (UK-IN)
• Vimal Chandran (IN)
• Omar Gilani (PK-UK)
• Harshdeep Singh Gill (IN)
• Varun Gupta (IN)
• Akanskha Jain
• Subash Thebe Limbu (NP)
• Sam Madhu (IN-DE)
• Hridaye A Nagpal (IN)
• The Otolith Group (Anjalika Sagar and Kodwo Eshun) (UK)
• Svetha Yallapragada Rao aka Raja Kumari (US-IN)

Theorists & Critics

• Priyanka Bandodkar

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, Tropical Futurism, Afrofuturism, Decolonization, AI, Sci-Fi