Manifesto 1.3

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Moodboard

The following images are from my inspiration moodboard which helped me unearth the idea for my personal project on Anti-Racism.

Image from Tate Museum. Original quote “Digital is not better than analogue, but different. What we are asking for is coexistence… for the ascendency of one not to have to mean the extinguishing of the other” – Tacita Dean
A feature from National Geographic‘s October 125th anniversary issue looks at the changing face of America, with portraits of multiracial families by Martin Schoeller, that celebrates the beauty of multiracial diversity and shows the limitations around our current categories when talking about race.
In 2012, digital artist Massimo Pietrobon created “PANGEA POLITICA“, which takes a look at the world as it once was before all the tectonic plates shifted, as the supercontinent Pangaea, but with the country borders of modern age. With this map, Pietrobon also posited whether or not the countries of the world would come together if they all had to share a single piece of land once again.
Image from Olafur Eliasson’s research at his exhibition at his exhibition at Tate Modern. The text reads “…people tend to favour other individuals they view as being similar to themselves and/or who belong to one’s in-group.” This helps me understand the reason behind racism and on the other hand suggests a way in which we can fight against it – Empathy.
Advertisements by Beauty Industries in 1940’s and Today
Titus Kaphar is an American painter whose work reconfigures and regenerates art history to include the African-American subject. 
Manao tupapau (The Spirit of the Dead Keep Watch) (1892) – Paul Gauguin
“I show the contrast between the two worlds that we currently live in by combining photos” -Ugurgallen
Comic representing India’s caste problems today

The following text is from the Article 15 of the Indian Constitution.

Central Government Act Article 15 in The Constitution Of India 1949
15. Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth
(1) The State shall not discriminate against any citizen on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth or any of them
(2) No citizen shall, on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth or any of them, be subject to any disability, liability, restriction or condition with regard to (a) access to shops, public restaurants, hotels and palaces of public entertainment; or (b) the use of wells, tanks, bathing ghats, roads and places of public resort maintained wholly or partly out of State funds or dedicated to the use of the general public
(3) Nothing in this article shall prevent the State from making any special provision for women and children
(4) Nothing in this article or in clause ( 2 ) of Article 29 shall prevent the State from making any special provision for the advancement of any socially and educationally backward classes of citizens or for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes

The caste system in India dates back to 1200 BCE. The term caste was first used by Portuguese travelers who came to India in the 16th century. Caste comes from the Spanish and Portuguese word “casta” which means “race”, “breed”, or “lineage”. Many Indians use the term “jati”. There are 3,000 castes and 25,000 subcastes in India, each related to a specific occupation.
Works by Tejal Shah from the exhibition ‘Kiss my Genders’ at Haywards Gallery. He has created a photo-fantasy of a lifestyle that the queers in India can only dream of.


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