Neighbourhood-Artist Residency!
Koshy Bramatmaj (Textile Artist)
Koshy Brahmatmaj (b. 1992, Mumbai, India) is a multidisciplinary artist, zine maker, and fibre artist living with dynamic disability. Her practice centers around embroidery, bookmaking, and textiles, drawing deeply from her experiences of living with chronic illness. Koshy describes her work as a "letter from me and my neighborhood to my neighborhood and society," blending the deeply personal with reflections on her environment.
Textiles, with their softness and portability, are integral to her practice, offering adaptability to her health and mobility. Whether working from her bed on challenging days, her table on better ones, or even in transit, Koshy uses this medium to create intimate and resilient narratives.
Abhishek Lamba (Game Designer)
Abhishek Lamba is a game designer, writer, performer, and educator. They co-created SHASN:AZADI, a board game about freedom struggles, which went on to become the first board game ever to win a social impact award at Games For Change. They have written, designed, and acted in She Moves Tech, an immersive theater play about gender biases in AI, which has had shows in Delhi and Bangalore. They are also the creator of Artcade Night, a one of its kind event where they gamify art exhibits. Along with that, they are a co-founder of One Last Rule Club: a community of designers and artists in Bombay. They are proudly non-binary.
Sagar Bhoir (Theatre Clowning Artist)
Sagar Bhoir has been actively involved in theatre for the past 14 years. He has performed in various Marathi and Hindi plays and has written and directed an original Marathi play. His comic clown show Job Less Job received notable acclaim. He has also directed over 20 clown performances specifically designed for children.
He has developed strong expertise in theatre clowning, physical comedy, and storytelling—skills he has honed through extensive stage experience, experimentation, and creative engagement. His work blends simplicity, playfulness, and deep emotional resonance.
Sagar is an alumnus of The Drama School Mumbai (2014–15). He received the ‘Gostarang’ fellowship from QUEST (2016–17), where he worked extensively in school and rural theatre. From 2017 to 2019, he collaborated with Clowns Without Borders – Sweden, performing in vulnerable communities across India. Currently, he is pursuing theatre research under the NSAPG Drama School Grant (2024–25).
Aravani Art Society
The Aravani Art Society, a non-profit organization registered under the Society Act of 1960, is dedicated to empowering individuals from the Transgender and LGBTQIA+ communities, alongside allies from the cisgender community. Through art, awareness, and social participation, the society fosters consciousness, well-being, and inclusivity. Led by a collective of cis and transgender women, it provides a creative platform for marginalized communities to connect, collaborate, and express themselves. The society approaches projects through collaborative art, innovative thinking, and community-driven initiatives. Their work is carried out in partnership with trained transgender artists who execute artistic projects with skill and expertise.
Storiculture
Storiculture is building a new-age media company that amplifies narrative power through high-end, impact-driven IPs across diverse mediums. Their previous impact projects have addressed subjects such as AI and Privacy through films 'Humans in the Loop' and 'Taak'. With Auto Queens, they developed a media advocacy and community-led storytelling initiative that culminated in a documentary 'AutoQueens' featuring Chennai’s first women-led auto collective. Their current project, Monsters of My Mind, explores the inner world of young adults through the metaphor of monsters.
Meet the Facilitator
Farha Alam
Farha Alam, an experimental artist and inventor, is driven by a profound desire to engineer new storytelling forms. With a decade of experience in film, animation, digital art, and design, her purpose is to reveal new ways of seeing. This ethos led to her 2025 patent-pending invention, "The Magic Sun Lantern"—the world's first animation and moving image analogue projector that uses raw sunlight as its only light source. Through her company, FirstLight, Alam is developing a range of solar-light-based storytelling devices.
Beyond commissioned projects for clients like RPG Art Foundation and ToonClub, Alam has taught animation and art education in over 200 international workshops. Inspired by artists such as Hilma af Klint and Paul Klee, Alam explores universal themes, believing in a hidden, organized universal order, and that her creations are a reflection of what creates her.
Meet the Guest Facilitators
Rajat Barmecha
Rajat Barmecha made his debut in the film Udaan. His earnest portrayal of the 17-year-old Rohan,struggling to live alongside his authoritarian father and a half-brother he had been unaware of, after being expelled from school had connected deeply with the audiences. He is also known for Shaitan, Girl In The City, among other projects.
Rytasha Rathore
Rytasha is a Singapore born Bombay raised artist known for her work on stage and screen. A graduate of acting from LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore, she has been a working actor for the last decade. She first became a household name in 2016 for her portrayal of village belle Komal in the much acclaimed television series Badho Bahu and since then has gone on to work across mediums.
You might have seen her in OTT shows like Waack Girls and Dahaad on Prime Video, Comedy Premium League and Masaba Masaba on Netflix, as well as on stage in productions like 07/07/07, Shikaar, The Nether, Cock and more. She hopes to have a long and sustained career in the arts telling stories that celebrate our humanness and build a he(art) centred community.