Afterlives of a Newspaper: Creative Archiving of Today’s News
 Afterlives of a Newspaper: Creative Archiving of Today’s Newsby Indira GovindanIndira Govindan’s book is the culmination of a three-year project of collage-making, using one source. The book is also a celebration of print-news media, as well as a book of memories and an excavation of forgotten bits from the past, connecting them to the present. Three years ago, after four decades of living in the US, Govindan moved back to India and domiciled in Chennai, a coastal city in the coastal state of Tamilnadu. Though the artist spoke the local language, the city was not familiar to them and in order to understand the city, its culture and its people they subscribed to the print version of The Hindu, a storied newspaper that was founded more than 150 years ago, still chugging along. Govindan clipped articles, started making mixed-media collages from them and ended up with about a hundred collages. Afterlives of a Newspaper evolved organically over time.  Collage and mixed media; 2022-2024 ABOUT THE BOOK Purchase the book directly from the artist by emailing the artist HERE. |