Pallavi Agarwala
MA work
MA work
The Return of the Papercut Hero
My final project is an animation where military statues casually make their way across territories of occupation, returning to become elevated as a heroes.Â
The technique of the filmmaking uses process as a narrative metaphor: the soldier actively disrupts his environment, shown through his piercing of the landscape. The film is a metaphor for ongoing colonial intervention, and the way it disturbs the landscape in which it occurs.
Composed of on-site photography of statues from Central London and postcards of India, South Africa, Afghanistan, Iran and Syria, it uses paint and a scalpel to carve out a dialogue between the statues and their corresponding landscape interventions.
Info
Info
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MA Degree
School
School of Communication
Programme
MA Visual Communication, 2016
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Contact
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+44 (0)7479 015408
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Studied and worked as a graphic designer in India, but since coming to the Royal College of Art, works within narrative using drawing, cut-ups and collage.Â
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Degrees
- BA Graphic Design, Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology, Bangalore, India, 2009
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Experience
- Graphic designer and art director, Penguin Books, India, 2013–2014; Graphic designer, Gopika Chowfla Design, Delhi, India, 2010–2013; Freelance illustrator, Daily Dump, Bangalore, India, 2007–2014