Media
The work and activities of the Godrej India Culture Lab have drawn the attention of the media ever since our inception. Here is a selection of some of the coverage we’ve received. If you’re from the press and would like to visit our lab, attend some of our events, or would like specific images of certain events, please mail us on indiaculturelab@godrejinds.com
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Word's Worth
Based on a research paper by Yale student Nitika Khaitan, Godrej India Culture Lab is looking at performance poetry in various languages, speaking to 40 poets in the city. The event will see young talent push boundaries in performance poetry.21 July 2015
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10 takeaways from Henry Jenkins’ Masterclass on Culture and Convergence in the Digital Era
Over the last three decades, Dr Henry Jenkins has been the leading voice on participatory culture, media convergence, transmedia storytelling, and more. At the Godrej India Culture Lab Masterclass on Friday, the man widely regarded as the world’s ‘Convergence Culture Guru’ discussed what these ...13 July 2015
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The India Culture Lab: A curious cultural cauldron in Mumbai
A little off Mumbai's Eastern Express Highway is the Godrej industrial campus, lush with flora and stippled with flat-roofed short buildings. One would expect the Godrej India Culture Lab to be housed in a similarly boxy structure, with high walls and floor-to-ceiling windows. However, unlike i...5 July 2015
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Coming soon, Henry's greatest hits
On July 10, American media guru Henry Jenkins will speak at the Godrej India Culture Lab on media convergence and what it means for India. Jenkins, the provost's professor of communication, journalism, and cinematic arts at the University of Southern California, was the founder of MIT's compara...2 July 2015
Read MoreThe Indian Express
The Light of Life
Amravati-born Priyamvad Deshmukh, one of Hollywood’s leading graphic programmers, talks about balancing technology and art and the lack of it in Indian animation movies at a lecture at the Godrej India Culture Lab 1 July 2015
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WETA Digital Shader Writer Priyamvad Deshmukh on the Art and Science of VFX
We got a chance to talk to Priyamvad Deshmukh, who works as a Shader Writer for Peter Jackson's WETA Digital in New Zealand. Deshmukh was in India on the invitation of Godrej India Culture Lab, a design and media lab run by Godrej that brings about interactions between the creative industries, ...29 June 2015
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Small Talk : Talking for Effect
In town to give a talk at the Godrej India Culture Lab on the VFX industry, shader-writer Priyamvad Deshmukh on his journey from Amravati to LA.21 June 2015
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All the raging pit stops
They are Mumbai's alternate spaces that provide a platform for theatre, films, art shows and music gigs and, more important, meet the demand for intellectual and creative stimulation. Simi Kuriakose does a recce of some of Mumbai's cultural hubs including the Godrej India Culture Lab.14 June 2015
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