Book Show-I | Priyesh Gothwal
14 March - 31 March 2024
Book Show I by Priyesh Gothwal opened on 14 March with a wonderful reading session at Project_Space at the FICA Reading Room. We welcomed readers and listeners alike, to an evening of sifting through a remarkable selection of zines, artist books, photo books, comics, poetry, sketchbooks, journals, annotations and more—all brought together by simple acts of collaboration, shared conversations and a keen interest in exploring the book form itself.
We were very pleased to have among us several of the authors and creators themselves, and the reading session was initiated as an open invitation to activating some of the works on display, encouraging new encounters in different voices. This also led to scintillating conversations about processes, methodologies and the curiosities that bind so many artistic practices together—from understanding inspirations, influences and the chaos of references to decisions taken on both micro- and macrocosmic levels of making.
Priyesh Gothwal is a Delhi-based visual artist who works with drawing, text, video, and photography. His practice focuses on the formation of language, fiction, and different narrative configurations. He completed his MFA from Shiv Nadar University in 2017 and was a resident artist in the Ashkal Alwan-Home Workspace program in Lebanon from 2019 to 2020.
Priyesh is one of the founding members of firstdraft and has initiated a curatorial project; a series of book shows. He is currently teaching and managing the BFA program at JSLH, O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat.
Artists involved in the project include: Aasma Tulika, Akshay Sethi, Anarya, Ankit Ravani, Annalisa Mansukhani, Arindam Manna, Divya Singh, Gautami Raju, Johanna Schaible, John Xaviers, Ishita Debnath Biswas, Kattyayani Joag, Kaushal Sapre, Maithili Bavkar, Manika, Meher Afroz Vahid, Mohit Shelare, Moomal, Murli Dhar Chandora, Pavni Anand, Priyank Gothwal, Priyesh Gothwal, Rahul, Rahul Juneja, Renuka Rajiv, Samar Bansal, Sana Bansal, Sarasija Subramanyan, Shveta, Shiraz Iqbal, Sonam Chaturvedi, Soumya, Sourav Sil, Sukanya Deb, Sunil Kumar Kumawat, Suvani Suri, Swati Kumari, Tsering Motup Siddho, Veda Thozhur Kolleri, Vikrant Kano.
In conversation with Priyesh Gothwal