In the 1990s, India's metropolises were caught in the grip of an enormous push towards globalisation. Global television stations, commercials, the Internet, video and computer games, have become important points of reference. The relationships between world and nation, between individual and community, between politics, economy and culture are being redefined. The artists participating in "Capital & Karma" confront these changes with varying strategies, transferring "Indian" and "Western" elements into a globalised context ...
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In the 1990s, India's metropolises were caught in the grip of an enormous push towards globalisation. Global television stations, commercials, the Internet, video and computer games, have become important points of reference. The relationships between world and nation, between individual and community, between politics, economy and culture are being redefined. The artists participating in "Capital & Karma" confront these changes with varying strategies, transferring "Indian" and "Western" elements into a globalised context of symbols. Essays by Indian and international authors address the conflicting effects of the new flows of capital in art, popular culture, politics and urban development, as well as in Indian cinema and other forms of mass media.
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