Gender Equity is about Women and Men being treated fairly according to their needs, compensating, proportionally, for the historical and social disadvantages Women have been for ever enduring.

Get to know Frederic Martin Duchamp through a photographic journey which led to an even greater cause inspired by the women of India. Click and watch the video below.

Email: fredduchamp15@gmail.com
Please visit my website for more info: https://bit.ly/fmdphotography

Gender Bender 2021 invites applications from artists and individuals working at the intersection of art and technology.

Faced with the challenges in the past year and a half, a shaky present and an uncertain future, the only thing we are certain of at this point is that we must continue the work however and whenever possible. These difficult times have only taught us how much more we must persevere to further the gender discourse in the hope of contributing to a better understanding of gender and art.

Gender Bender 2021 is envisioned as a digitalmanifestation of the physical festival – an interactive online space for audiences to engage with. Keeping this in mind, this year, only applications for ideas that can be realised in the digital space will be considered.

The Gender Bender grant (Rs. 25,000 – Rs. 75,000) is awarded to individuals/groups who are selected by an independent jury of eminent artists and scholars from across India.

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Timeline:

Deadline for applications: October 10, 2021
Final selection: October 30, 2021 
Festival: December 10 – 12, 2021

Submission Guidelines:

Who can apply: (Former grantees are not eligible)

* Digital and multimedia artists, animators, coders and gamers
* Solo artists or a group of artists or artists and tech collaborators
* Artists working at the intersection of art and technology
* Individuals working in the field of technology looking to apply their skills in an arts space
* AR / VR designers

What the application should include:

* A vision for the project
* A critical approach to the theme, and questions of gender
* Works that are interactive, engage the audience and ask questions
* A clear understanding of how to navigate and effectively make use of the online space
* A budget for all overheads + a note on how the trigger grant will help realise a part of or the whole project

How to apply:

* Fill in the application form: https://forms.gle/mg8nA9Db1fgYJDAA7
* Applications may be submitted in any Indian language (including English).
* Applications must include a proposal detailing the project idea, as well as a budget.

Address any queries to: sandboxcollective.projects@gmail.com.

Gender Bender is a joint project of the Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan and Sandbox Collective and is conceived, conceptualised, and curated by Sandbox Collective.

Previous editions:
Gender Bender 2020
Gender Bender 2019
Gender Bender 2018
 

“What a mystery it is to be a boy…so uneducated and therefore so fresh and uncynical. We should end our disparagement of the boy, of our own immaturities, of our tardiness in growing up…We could speak words of encouragement to this boy where we find him – in our friends and students, in our institutions, and in our own hearts. If we do not speak to him in this way, he will be lost, and we will have lost with him, all tenderness and grace.” Thomas Moore Quoted by Bell Hooks in ‘The Will to Change’, a book in which she stresses on the importance of seeing boyhood differently – as a time when boys can revel in giving and receiving love, rather than a time of indoctrination into manhood.

Here are some recommendations on 16 children’s books about boys being boys. https://prism.chennaiphotobiennale.com/2021/06/17/books-about-boys-being-boys/

You can also check out their list of books about children who challenge gender stereotypes. https://prism.chennaiphotobiennale.com/2021/03/19/15-storybooks-for-children-challenging-gender/

They suggest a list of beautiful films featuring boys and men challenging traditional gender roles.

• Hair Love: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNw8V_Fkw28 A film about a father learning to braid his daughter’s hair
• Luca: https://www.hotstar.com/in/movies/luca/1260063730/watch A film about friendship, running away, and boys who are different finding acceptance
• My Father After Dinner: https://gldysng.com/My-Father-After-Dinner A portrait of an ageing father, delicately captured through the eyes of his daughter
• The Little Prince(ss): https://www.hotstar.com/in/movies/the-little-prince-ss/1260063088/watch A film about a boy who is gender non-conforming
• Billy Elliot and Yeh Ballet: https://mubi.com/films/billy-elliot and https://mubi.com/films/yeh-ballet Films about boys who love ballet
• In a Heartbeat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2REkk9SCRn0 A film about a boy with a crush on another boy
• Stand by Me: https://mubi.com/films/stand-by-me A timeless film about a boy who’s sensitive, a boy who’s ‘tough’, a boy who’s flamboyant, and a boy with a penchant for humour (with a young Will Wheaton and a young River Phoenix!)

“Gafas Violetas” (Violet Glasses) is a film series created by the National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts of Argentina from a gender perspective, bringing to the audience a wide range of movies focused on diverse aspects of the issue.

The promotion of the women’s empowerment, sexual diversity, non-binary identities as well as the objection of gender stereotypes through the aesthetic and narrative proposals are aspects addressed on the titles available at the full catalogue. “Gafas Violetas” also seeks to promote equity in the cinematography sector, as the majority of films are directed by women.

The six programs chosen for this catalogue tackle issues about children and adolescents from a gender perspective necessary to understand the gender inequality in our societies.

Each program is composed by a feature and a short film which complement (and reinforce) the message and the idea exposed on the movie.

“Violet Glasses” is done in partnership with Indo Cine Appreciation Foundation

Programme:

Saturday, November 14th: A Fly in the Ashes (2010) – Colonia Delicia (2017)
Sunday, November 15th: Nosilatiaj. The Beauty (2012) – Princesses (2015)
Saturday, November 21st: Interlude (2017) – All my Joy (2017)
Sunday, November 22nd: Hive (2018) – Chike (2016)
Saturday, November 28th: The Pretty Ones (2016) – The Queen (2013)
Sunday, November 29th: The Sleepwalkers (2019) – Aldana & Leon (2019)

The movies will be available throughout the whole day on Vimeo.

Registration at: thangaraj_icaf@hotmail.com or on Instagram @EmbArgIndia