K. M. Madhusudhanan

Madhusudhanan (born 1956 in Allapuzha) is an Indian film maker and artist, known for his films, paintings and art installations. His film, Bioscope has received several awards.

Madhusudhanan
Madhusudhanan at Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2014-2015
Born
Alapuzha Kerala, India
OccupationFilm director, painter
Awards

Biography

K. M. Madhusudhanan was born in 1956 in Alappuzha, a coastal district in Kerala.[1] He studied Painting at Fine Arts College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, and Print Making at the Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University, Vadodara, Gujarat. He lives in his home state of Kerala.[1]

Oeuvre

Madhusudhanan has been involved in various mediums in art and cinema, including video art and narrative feature film. His work confronts India's film history, her colonial period and contemporary war politics. Marxism and Buddhism have been decisive influences on Madhusudhanan's art. He has made several paintings based on Indian cinema such as a series of paintings and drawings titled "Archeology of Cinema" and some of the paintings and drawings from this series have been exhibited at several places in India and abroad.

"Self Portrait", scripted and directed by Madhusudhanan tells the story of a street photographer through news of global wars. The protagonist sees his own image in the pictures of the dead he is called to take for police records. The film was shown at over a dozen international film festivals and received the best film award from Greece. Was selected by the Museum of Modern Art, New York (MoMA) as part of a selection of Outstanding Short Films from International Festivals.

In 2006, scripted and directed a silent film "History is a Silent Film". The life story of a cinema projector repairer. Of him discovering his father, who disappeared during the India Pakistan partition, in a newsreel that comes to him in a projector for repair. This film was also shown at the MoMA, New York, besides other film festivals.

"Bioscope", a narrativa feature film, directed in 2008 is also based on visual images.

"Shambharik Kharolika", or the Magic Lantern, is a film constructed around the 19th century magic lantern slides, a forerunner of modern cinema. The magic lantern slides, originating in Europe, were historically developed in India by Mahadeorao Patwardhan (who named it Shambharik Kharolika) and his sons during the British era. The father and sons performed the magic lantern slide shows all across the country in India. These historical figures and their lives provide the broad storyline for this film, while their lives are seen in the film through the eyes of two robbers.

"The Logic of Disappearance - A Marx Archive", is an ongoing project comprising drawings, sculptural installations and video installations 90 charcoal drawings shown at the Kochi Muziris Biennale: 'Whorled Explorations' 2014-15, curated by Jitish Kallat. Selection of 30 charcoal drawings shown at the Venice Biennale: 'All the World's Futures', 2015, Curated by Okwui Enwezor.

His new series titled Penal Colony, based on the Wagon Tragedy, an incident that took place in Kerala in 1921 under the British rule. This work has as its backdrop, Kafka's celebrated story "In the Penal Colony".

Exhibitions
  • 56th Venice Biennale, Italy: 'All the World's Futures', Curated by Okwui Enwezor: 9 May 2015 - 22 November 2015[2]
  • Kochi Muziris Biennale, Noida, India: 'Whorled Explorations', curated by Jitish Kallat: 12 December 2014 - 29 March 2015[3]
  • Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, Noida, India: Pond Near the Field: 25 November 2015 - 29 February 2016[4]
  • Delhi Art Fair, Vadehra Art Gallery: 28 January 2016 - 31 January 2016[5][6]

Filmography
  • Balamaniyamma, Documentary, English, Malayalam, 1997[7]
  • O.V. Vijayan, English, Malayalam, Documentary, 2000[8]
  • Self Portrait, Short Fiction, Hindi, 2001[9]
  • History is a Silent Film, Short Fiction, Silent, 2006[10]
  • Mayabazaar, Documentary, Telugu, English, 2006[11]
  • Razor, Blood and Other Tales, Short Fiction, Silent, 2007[12]
  • Bioscope, Feature Film, Malayalam, Tamil, 2008[13]

Awards and recognition

Self Portrait, 2001[14]

• Best Film, Thessaloniki Festival, Greece
• Outstanding Film from International Festivals, MoMA, New York

History is a Silent Film, 2006[14]

• Outstanding Film from International Festivals, MoMA, New York

Bioscope, 2008[14] Osian Cinefan International Film Festival, NETPAC Jury Award for Best Asian Film[15] Special Mention Jury Award, Mannheim-Heidelberg International Festival, Germany[16] Best Cinematography Award, SAIFF, New York[17] 5 Kerala State Film Awards[18]

o Special Jury Award for Direction
o Best Cinematography
o Best Editing
o Best Background Score
o Best Film Processing Lab

Special Jury Award, National Film Awards[19]

Books and articles
• On Bioscope: Rhythm of Light, Malayalam, Dr. V. Sanil
• The Gaze of Cinema, Malayalam, Dr. K. Gopinathan
• K.M. Madhusudhanan’s Bioscope, English, Shekhar Deshpande
• Scholars Watching Elephant, English, Leo Bankersen
• Bioscope Script, Malayalam, Published by Mathrubhoomi Books
•• A Turning Point, Interview, Screen India[20]

References

Listology.com[21]

Yes India Film Festival[22]

Films and Festivals[23]

The Hindu[24]

Kerala.gov.in[25]

Arcadia.edu[26]

India Video[27]

Willem Baars Projects[28]

Gallery Espace[29]

Ojas Art[30]

  1. "KM Madhusudhanan - Bio". Vadehra Art Gallery. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  2. "Biennale Arte 2019 - Homepage 2019". La Biennale di Venezia. 1 February 2018.
  3. https://kochimuzirisbiennale.org/the-kochi-muziris-biennale/
  4. "Jansatta (New Delhi edition) Today in Delhi - Kiran Nadar Museum of Art - Kiran Nadar Museum of Art". www.knma.in.
  5. "India Art Fair 2016 : Delhi abuzz with art – Part I". Times of India Blog. 28 January 2016.
  6. "Homepage". India Art Fair.
  7. "Balamaniyamma, Documentary, English, Malayalam, 1997". Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
  8. "O.V. Vijayan, English, Malayalam, Documentary, 2000". Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
  9. [Self Portrait, Short Fiction, Hindi, 2001]
  10. "Calendar - MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art.
  11. "Mayabazaar, Documentary, Telugu, English, 2006" (PDF).
  12. "Razor, Blood and Other Tales, Short Fiction, Silent, 2007" (PDF).
  13. "NFDC: Cinemas of india". www.nfdcindia.com.
  14. "CINEMA". madhusudhanan.
  15. Osian Cinefan International Film Festival, NETPAC Jury Award for Best Asian Film Archived 21 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  16. Special Mention Jury Award, Mannheim-Heidelberg International Festival, Germany
  17. "SAIFF 2018".
  18. 5 Kerala State Film Awards Archived 2 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  19. Special Jury Award, National Film Awards
  20. A Turning Point, Interview, Screen India
  21. "Listology". www.listology.com.
  22. "Short Bio on India Film Festival website".
  23. "Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival".
  24. "The story of moving images". 12 June 2009 – via www.thehindu.com.
  25. Kerala State Film Awards Archived 2 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  26. "Quality Academics - Arcadia University". www.arcadia.edu.
  27. "O. V. Vijayan , Indian author, Malayalam Literature, Biography, Cartoonist, Video". IndiaVideo.
  28. "EVERYTHING 2008, 12 Artists from India, Curated by Bose Krishnamachari, 2008, Amsterdam".
  29. "Video Wednesdays by Gallery Espace, 29 July – 1 August 2009" (PDF).
  30. "Freedom to March (2010), Curated by Anubhav Nath and Johny ML, 12 November – 18 November 2010".
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