Mirrors Fellowship

The Mirrors fellowship is currently supporting 12 individuals  to create artistic works, exploring multiple experiences and expressions of masculinity.  This fellowship program creates an open space for diverse expressions of masculinity. We believe there is no fixed definition, no single experience of masculinity.  We wish to challenge ‘ideals’ of masculinity that make people conform. We also hope to illustrate the playful imagnations around masculinity to break down structures that are rigid, oppressive and moralistic. The fellowship is a way to  creatively question the daily performance of masculinity, through habits, practices, norms, symbols and visuals. You can pick any form you wish – dance, theater, comedy, film, visual art, painting, writing, music etc to create a piece of work. We hope these works will allow us to unsettle our ways of seeing and thinking, and sense the fluidity in the world around us, through diverse sounds, textures and colors. These do not need to be fully finished works, but can also be presented as the birth of an idea, something on the verge of ‘becoming’.  The final showcase will take place in October Jam 2024, maraa’s annual arts festival.

The mirrors fellowship is supported by Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies and Edelgive Foundation