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TRANSFERENCEIn the ceaseless pouring of our inner worlds into lived experience, our days unravel around quiet, continuou...
11/10/2025

TRANSFERENCE

In the ceaseless pouring of our inner worlds into lived experience, our days unravel around quiet, continuous acts of transference. In architecture, design and art, transference is not just a metaphor, it’s the medium through which stories are carried, reshaped, and remembered.

This week’s STIRfri unpacks transference in its layered forms, and with a lingering question: What does a space remember, and what of ourselves do we unknowingly leave behind in it?

—> A SHIFT in the art of architecture at the 2025 Chicago Architecture Biennial

—> In Ghotul, indigenous traditions model safe sexual exploration and bodily autonomy

—> TOITO architekti turns an abandoned bunker in Slovakia into an experiential dwelling

—> Countermapping a Geology of Britannic Repair at Venice Architecture Biennale 2025

—> Fragmented histories: Reliving The Many Lives of the Nakagin Capsule Tower at MoMA

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11/10/2025

“Ghotul reminds us of the need to bring those honest, caring conversations back into our homes.” – Swati Bhattacharya

To mark the International Day of the Girl Child, Ghotul asks us to remember what was lost—and what can still be reclaimed. Ghotuls were spaces where young people could meet, question, and explore their sexuality freely—where curiosity, choice, and consent were not just allowed, they were celebrated.

The short film, inspired by the traditions of central Indian tribes, brings a little of that back. It shows that honest conversations, care, and guidance aren’t luxuries - they’re essential, and imagines a world where one can grow, learn, and claim their own power without fear or silence holding them back.

Watch full video at t.ly/jHqYZ
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Video: Good Morning Films and UNAIDS India
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TRANSFERENCEIn the ceaseless pouring of our inner worlds into lived experience, our days unravel around quiet, continuou...
10/10/2025

TRANSFERENCE

In the ceaseless pouring of our inner worlds into lived experience, our days unravel around quiet, continuous acts of transference. In architecture, design and art, transference is not just a metaphor, it’s the medium through which stories are carried, reshaped, and remembered.

This week’s STIRfri unpacks transference in its layered forms, and with a lingering question: What does a space remember, and what of ourselves do we unknowingly leave behind in it?

—> A SHIFT in the art of architecture at the 2025 Chicago Architecture Biennial TOITO architekti turns an abandoned bunker in Slovakia into an experiential dwelling

—> In Ghotul, indigenous traditions model safe sexual exploration and bodily autonomy

—> TOITO architekti turns an abandoned bunker in Slovakia into an experiential dwelling

—> Countermapping a Geology of Britannic Repair at Venice Architecture Biennale 2025

—> Fragmented histories: Reliving The Many Lives of the Nakagin Capsule Tower at MoMA

Make your Fridays matter with a well-read weekend.
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09/10/2025


With ‘Cholte Cholte 40’, Asian Paints marks four decades of Sharad Shamman—‘Kolkata’s most iconic celebration of Durga Pujo creativity’—by turning the city’s beloved yellow taxis into moving archives. In a city where colour is rhythm, memory and devotion, 40 taxis became storytellers—blending contemporary art and design with cultural heritage.

As Amit Syngle, MD & CEO of Asian Paints, shared: “Kolkata has always been more than a city; it has been a muse, shaping our understanding of colour as culture and of homes as worlds of meaning. On this milestone year, the yellow taxi felt like the most fitting tribute.”

Each cab, interpreted by a contemporary Indian artist, is transformed into a living time capsule, features immersive interiors layered with wallpapers, textiles and finishes from Asian Paints’ collections. From Sabyasachi’s Heartland and Paris–Calcutta lines to Royale Glitz textures and Magnolia Home wallpapers, each detail recreates the spirit of four creative decades, one ride at a time.
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Images: Asian Paints
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05/10/2025

Supported by JSW (.group), ~log(ue) manifests as a deep dive into a universe of pluralistic thought and collective ideas, making the medium the message, with the audience shaping the discourse through interactive formats. Part of ADFF:STIR Mumbai’s public programme, it is carefully curated to invite makers, participants, and visitors to engage deeply, question freely, and explore the creative possibilities that emerge from a gathering of minds across disciplines.

Through experimental formats, ~log(ue) encourages collaborative interactions across architecture, design, film, theatre, and culture. The audience is never just a bystander - they actively shape discussions, participate in workshops and partake in what comes next, turning each session into a collective exploration of ideas.

Join us from January 9-11, 2026, as the JSW ~log(ue) programme returns to NCPA for ADFF:STIR Mumbai, bridging people (log/लोग) and discourse (~logues) to inspire meaningful engagement and fresh perspectives.

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LOCATION Location, Location, Location. Playing a crucial role in both filmmaking and architecture, location ensures that...
04/10/2025

LOCATION

Location, Location, Location.

Playing a crucial role in both filmmaking and architecture, location ensures that the built environment is never just a backdrop, but a protagonist in its own right. From drone shots that set the mood to plazas, towers and facades that frame our lives, location situates, defines and perpetuates meaning, making it inseparable from the act of placemaking.

This week’s dispatch traverses varied global locations: from Copenhagen to Delhi, from Taiwan to London, scouting for the new.

This week on STIRfri:

—> The Mindcraft Project 2025 situates design at the seams of nature and material enquiry

—> ADFF:STIR’s London Curtain Raiser sets the stage for 2026 with dialogue and community

—> When function fails, All the Beauty in the World reveals new meaning

—> Witnessing conflict through form: Mona Hatoum meets Alberto Giacometti

—> On the poetics of fracture and possibility at the 14th Taipei Biennial

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03/10/2025

Gordon & MacPhail reveals ‘Artistry in Oak’—a decanter designed by American architect Jeanne Gang, to cradle the world’s oldest single malt Scotch whisky. Suspended within four spiralling bronze branches inspired by American oak, the mouth-blown glass vessel transforms the ritual of drinking into an encounter with time, nature and craft. With only 125 editions produced, the release continues the distiller’s tradition of pairing rare whisky with an equally rare design.

Decanter #1, one among the 125 made, will be auctioned by Christie’s whose proceeds support American Forests and the restoration of white oak forests, ecosystems vital to sustainable whisky barrel production.

Read More: ibit.ly/7ZJDW
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Images: Gordon & MacPhail
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03/10/2025

Published by Middle East Archive, photographer Charbel AlKhoury’s ‘Not Here Not There’ archives an alternate Lebanon in liminal, fragile architectures. Shot amidst instability and political unrest between 2019 and 2021 across Byblos, Beirut and Zouk Mosbeh, the images unfold as sites of memory, capturing instability and uncertainty as well as traces of resilience through everyday mundanity. A paradise already known for its self-deception, Lebanon appears in folds of reality where life lingers, resists and continually reimagines itself.

Read more at ibit.ly/OjYib
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Images: Charbel AlKhoury
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