New York: Teamwork Arts, producer of the iconic annual Jaipur Literature Festival and international editions of JLF, returns this year to New York with the 6th edition of JLF New York that combines the heady energy of New York City with the rich literary heritage of South Asia. Internationally acclaimed authors, scholars, and thinkers will address this edition of JLF New York that is scheduled to take place from September 12-14th, 2022 in partnership with Asia Society, New York; The National Arts Club, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, Engendered, and Avid Learning.
The scale of programming remains as grand as ever, covering subjects such as Fiction, Non-Fiction, Technology, History and Art among others.
On September 12th the first panel called State of the Contemporary: NFTs and the Global South will be presented by Engendered and Avid Learning. TECHNÉ DISRUPTORS is one of the first art, tech & NFT shows from the Global South with a focus on South Asia by international curator & cultural producer Myna Mukherjee. The show engages Indian futurisms, indigenous technologies, and future-forward aesthetics while retaining the notion of cultural perpetuity. This panel will feature some of the most illustrious names in art & tech, including Professor Pattie Maes, till recently Chair of the MIT Media Labs & editor of three books, Anand Venkateswaran, CEO E-Dao & the famed crypto investor who bought Beeple’s record breaking NFT at Christie’s online auction for 69.3 million USD, Madeleine Pierpoint, Web3 MOMA and till recently Lumen Art Projects, artists Raghava K.K & Harshit Agrawal and Arpit Sharma, Vice President, Global Enterprises, Polygon Technologies. The session will be moderated by Asad Lalljee, CEO AVID Learning.
