lens-based practice

Techniques & Processes Film & Photography

Any mode of communication or creative expression involving the use of cameras and related technology — spanning across photography, video, film, animation as well as hybrid forms combining these with more traditional modes such as painting and sculpture. Accordingly, the term is often used for courses and degrees in such multimedia practices in contemporary educational institutions.

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Collagraph

A printmaking technique in which colour is applied to a printing surface covered with different materials and texture, then transferred…

Parthian Shot

A cavalry technique wherein the horse-rider would retreat while the archer turns back and shoots at the enemy. It was…

Assemblage

Art made by assembling disparate elements from everyday or found objects. Assemblages are often associated with movements such as Dadaism,…

Screen-Printing

Also known as serigraphy and silk-screen printing, it is a stencil-based technique of printing on a substrate such as paper…

Kinkhwab

Meaning “little dream,” it is a woven brocade, characterised by a dense and rich zari work on the surface that…

Bindu-Varttana

An ancient Indian shading technique wherein the artist retains their brush to paint miniature dots of differing density. The technique…

Engine Oil Painting

Paintings made using engine oil as the pigment binder, instead of typically used oils such as linseed or safflower oil.…

Slit Weave

Also known as slit tapestry, it is a weaving technique which uses multiple weft yarns through sections of the warp,…