ARTSKONNECT
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Strengthening the cultural ecosystem in Bengaluru
At ArtsKonnect, we are passionate about connecting you with the vibrant world of art. Through our magazine, we offer insights, interviews, and features that celebrate creativity in all its forms. Join us as we explore the narratives that shape our artistic landscape.This founding edition of ArtsKonnect begins with a simple recognition: Bengaluru’s cultural life is vibrant, complex, and constantly evolving, yet it is not always documented with continuity.
In this edition
In Between, On Purpose
with Revanth
Revanth Revanna on doubt, distance, and the slow making of an artist
There is a certain kind of artist who does not arrive with certainty. Who resists the urgency to declare, to produce, to belong. Instead, they hover — between disciplines, between identities, between definitions of what it means to be an artist at all. Revanth Revanna is one of them.
In this edition
The Permission Revolution
with Bhoomika
How Dr. Bhoomika turned a mural workshop into a movement — and what that tells us about who art is really for
Dr. Bhoomika isn’t painting walls. She’s painting possibilities. In classrooms across Bengaluru, children walk past a 15-foot astronaut — painted by 15 strangers in 3 hours — and absorb a different message than the cartoon characters it replaced. Instead of passive consumption, they see collaborative creation. Instead of imported imagery, they see professions they might actually pursue.
In this edition
Begin Anyways
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What these stories share — and what they leave open
Read these stories together and a pattern begins to emerge. Not of success, exactly — but of a particular kind of stubbornness.Sohini Karanth didn’t wait for a stage. She filmed herself in a rented house during a lockdown, one video at a time, until a stage grew around her. Bhoomika didn’t wait for a grant.
In this edition
The Synthetic Renaissance
with Shamaa S Pavagada
On AI, artistry, and what gets lost when creation becomes frictionless
Walk through any digital gallery today and you will encounter it: the uncanny sheen of what critics have started calling AI slop. Ghibli-style landscapes that lack Miyazaki’s soul. Hyper-saturated, multi-limbed avatars clogging feeds. In 2026, AI is no longer a futuristic concept. It is a messy, intrusive, and inescapable part of the creative landscape.
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