Kalpana Subramanian
Kalpana Subramanian is an artist, filmmaker and researcher presently pursuing a Ph.D. in Media Study at the State University of New York at Buffalo. She is interested in transcultural and interdisciplinary modes of inquiry into the aesthetics of experimental film and media. Her current research reconsiders the materiality of light and embodied practices in American Avant-garde film though the lens of Yoga philosophy. She was a Fulbright Professional and Academic Excellence Fellow at the Stan Brakhage Center in the University of Boulder Colorado in 2015-2016. Her short films has been screened at several international festivals and received various awards. She is also the recipient of the UK Environmental Film Fellowship (2006) and the Audio International Design Award (1996). Her recent films include the series Light Mediated: Eyes on Brakhage (16) and Tattva (18).
Interests
experimental film and media, practice-based research, film phenomenology, transcultural aesthetics, Yoga philosophy, Breath studies, Deleuze, comparative philosophy
Artworks
Highlights
Fulbright Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Fellowship: Visiting Scholar at Brakhage Center, University of Colorado Boulder, Film Studies
Program (2015-16)
Audience Award at Festival del Documentario Storico Archeologico, Perugia, Italy, for video installation Portrait of Yvonne Lo in Assisi (2015)
Merit Award for Conservation Message, IWFF, Montana, USA and Special Jury mention at CMS Vatavaran Film Festival, India, for short documentary Turtles in a Soup
Snaptoons Award and Grant for Animation film series development from Cartoon Network, Turner Entertainment,, Hong Kong (Co-awardee: Prashant Miranda)
UK Environmental Film Fellowship, India, awarded for Turtles in a Soup (2006)
Nomination of The Maze of Lanes for the Ogawa Shinsuke Prize, Yamagata Documentary Film Festival, Japan
Awards for Creative Approach and Cinematography International Wildlife Film Festival of Montana, USA for short experimental film The Maze of Lanes
Team awards for Sacred World Research Laboratory interaction art and design exhibits/museums headed by Ranjit Makkuni: Ars Electronica Award for Interactive Art, Linz, Austria (2002), ID Magazine Award, Gold Prize, New York, USA (2002), Jury’s Recommendation, CG Arts Festival, Japan (2002), ID Magazine Distinction, USA (2005)
Winner of the Audi International Design Award:Team award for interdisciplinary design project (1996)