Banquet

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Banquet

Synopsys

The word “authanakoota” (banquet) in the local language (Kannada) refers to a large gathering that comes together for a ceremonial meal. Smriti Mehra’s documentary is situated on a pig-farm on the outskirts of Bangalore city in India. There is no dialogue, no narration and almost no people in frame: just the pigs living through their daily “gatherings” and “meals”.

Filmmaker

Smriti Mehra

Smriti Mehra is a video artist who lives and works in Bangalore, India. She holds an MFA in Media Art from NSCAD University at Halifax in Canada. She is currently an artist-in-residence at the Centre for Experimental Media Art and she teaches at the Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology where she studied as an undergraduate.

 

 

 

Filmography

2015 – Banquet
2013 – Red is not a Colour
2011 – Ink
2010 – Impediment
2009 – The Flower Trail
2007 – Sound Unsound
2006 – All that is Solid Melts into Air
2004 – WaterStone
2004 – Deadbeat

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