India-UK Creative Industries at 75

Funded by AHRC and Innovate UK, the project brings together artists in India and the UK across three strands from the creative industries.

[India-UK Creative Industries at 75 @IUKCreative75]

A 🧵 on our talented Strand 3 artists from Fashion! 👏🏾

#IndiaUKCreatives75

[India-UK Creative Industries at 75 @IUKCreative75]

Sweta Kumar is a mindful fashion designer who believes in promoting body positivity through sustainable fashion. Educating young & aspiring fashion designers to work in socially conscious & sustainable ways Sweta champions fashion education & jewellery craft through versatility.

[India-UK Creative Industries at 75 @IUKCreative75]

And now our report is officially out for all to read!! #IUK75

[Rajinder Dudrah @thedr5]

Our @IUKCreative75 end of project reports are now available as free downloads. The summary report has been translated into 6 languages (Bangla, Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil & Telugu). Pls share them with your creative networks, teachers, students etc. https://t.co/MRO3ljlebp

[Rajinder Dudrah @thedr5]

Voices at 75 is an anthology of 3 short docu films made by @ChalchitraAbhi @RaveetaWrites & @LotusVisualPro for our @IUKCreative75 project. Watch their fine films 'The Journeys of 377', 'Manifestations of Caste' & 'The Girl Child' via the project website https://t.co/p86IvpFLWA

[Rajinder Dudrah @thedr5]

I'm liking this! Another of our @IUKCreative75 creative outputs. ‘Rootha Yaar Manawangi/I will Appease my Distraught Beloved’. Odissi dance enacting Sufi poetry inspired by Baba Bulleh Shah & made by @Saurav4590, Sangini Kumar & @anand4560 https://t.co/h8NiJRZzHN

[Rajinder Dudrah @thedr5]

Our @IUKCreative75 project produced a number of creative outputs collaborating with 30+ of our India and UK artists. In the thread below you can see the full list of outputs produced so far (short films, a podcast, music videos, a documentary, dance, presentations on fashion 1/4

[India-UK Creative Industries at 75 @IUKCreative75]

And off we go! The final showcase meeting across our three strands has officially started! You can still register here to join us online for free!

https://t.co/MXmji2VWKT

[PGDAV College DU @pgdav_du]

P.G.D.A.V. College (M), University of Delhi is the proud India partner in this project.
This event is free, you just need to register!

[India-UK Creative Industries at 75 @IUKCreative75]

Strand 1: Screen Industries 🎬
Strand 2: Performance Artists 🎭
Strand 3: Fashion 🪡🧵💍

What have you all been up to?!

Excited to showcase your final outputs this Saturday.

Register online to join and attend our showcase from wherever you are.

https://t.co/MXmji2VWKT

[India-UK Creative Industries at 75 @IUKCreative75]

The India-UK creatives team is getting ready for the final showcase. Sat 10th September. We hope to see you there! #IndiaUKcreatives

[Rajinder Dudrah @thedr5]

Come along to our final showcase event this Sat 10 Sept, free & online. Find out what our 30 India-UK creatives across the screen industries, live performance & fashion have produced together in the form of short creative outputs https://t.co/k8LDyLCUIt #IndiaAt75 #CreativeArts

[Kala Phool @kalaphool]

Come join us this coming weekend - free to join via eventbrite. #indiaAt75 #CreativeArts @IUKCreative75

[India-UK Creative Industries at 75 @IUKCreative75]

Interested in creating art & crafts with hand, artistic work reflects this. Exploring indentured labour, colonial history, peoples stories, working collaboratively with artisans & educating the community through research, exhibition & panelled discussions is of great interest.

[India-UK Creative Industries at 75 @IUKCreative75]

Sweta Kumar is a mindful fashion designer who believes in promoting body positivity through sustainable fashion. Educating young & aspiring fashion designers to work in socially conscious & sustainable ways Sweta champions fashion education & jewellery craft through versatility.

[India-UK Creative Industries at 75 @IUKCreative75]

Dr. Bharti Parmer is a UK based artist of Gujrati-Indian heritage. Neither fashion nor textile, a background in fine art & a profound interest in Indian craft, cotton & politics Bharti creates art, talks art & supports artists. Work informed extensively by practice & academia.