Chetan Shastri :: Visual Communication :: IDC

VC M.Des

Chetan Shastri
Gmail-ID:
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+91 9920091384

4 yr. Grad. Diploma,
Exhibition and Spatial Design, NID Gujarat

Address :25/604 East End Apts, Mayur Vihar,Phase1 ext,
Opp: New Ashok Nagar
New Delhi - 96

Interests: Exhibition and Musuem Design, Illustrations, Animation and live action films

RESUME

A short film on Repressive State Apparatus (15 mins approx.)
Guide: Prof. Raja Mohanty

Elysium is a short (15 mins approx.) experimental fiction film. 'Elysium' means any place or state of perfect happiness; paradise. The film delves into spatial and conceptual models of society and reality.

Two important ideas that the film explores are 'Panopticism' a word coined by Michael Foucault and Plato's Allegory of the Cave. The story weaves around social dilemmas and the human condition. It attempts to tackle controversial questions in a more expressive and engaging manner. It leans towards a dark humor.

The wicked jackal
Guide: Prof. Nina Sabnani

An illustrated story book for children: "The wicked Jackal", was designed at the request for a pitch by Tulika Publishers. The book was to use a maximum of three colors for screen printing. The old story of the jackal was re contextualized and executed in a new style using vector graphics.

The exciting part was to develop double spread graphics even though each page of the story was treated as a separate event in the story.

Gandhi Museum at Agakhan Palace, Pune
Guide: Prof. Kirti Trivedi

The Aga Khan Palace was built in 1892 by Imam Sultan Muhammad Shah Agakhan III. Post the Quit India movement in 1942, Mahatma Gandhi, his wife Kasturba and his secretary Mahadevbhai were interned at the palace from 9 August, 1942 to 6 May, 1944. Mahadevbhai and Kasturba passed away while in captivity at the Agakhan palace and their samadhis are located in the campus. Aga Khan palace is now a National Monument of India’s freedom movement and this project is sponsored by the Survey of India.

I am conceptualizing, designing and detailing the exhibits in the first two galleries of the museum. The first gallery is an experiential installation and the second gallery houses a narrative of 'Mahatma Gandhi's life'.