Sandscape 2019 started with an Event at KB Lodge on 13th Feb with Visuals on the Patwa Haveli by Viktor Furiani (France), Samvida Nanda (Delhi) and Param Virdee (Delhi) of the Mosquito Massala. Featuring a narration by Vijay Ballani. Followed by music-and-visual arts by Marta Del Grandi and Cecilia Valagussa of Fossick Project (Italy), and music by Clicks and Errors (Germany), Diana Lovrin (New York), Lucid Raaga AKA Nelson OJ (Mumbai), and Mashter (Delhi).

Other events included a Conference at the Royal Palace on the 14th Feb (discussions around new forms of Tourism, Gender Empowerment, Preservation of Heritage and more), a Royal Dune Party in Khuri on 15th and 16th Feb, and a Music and Lights Show at the Jaisalmer Fort on 18th Feb. Other prominent artists featured in those events, were Queen Harish (Jaisalmer), Ma Faiza (Pune), Cosmic Compass (Delhi), Ind Ra (Mumbai), and all star folk artists Kutle Khan and Band and Gafoor Khan.

Additional pre and post parties were celebrated on 9th Feb at Lush in Jodhpur, and Boxout Wednesdays in Summerhouse Cafe on 20th Feb and Raasta, New Delhi on 22nd Feb.

With Special thanks to Sandscape 2019 main supports: HH Maharani Raseshwari Rajya Laxmi and Yuvraj Chaitanya Raj Singh of the Royal Family of Jaisalmer, and to Jaisalmer Fort Palace Museum - GSDT, Luca Borella, Killa Bhawan and KB Lodge, Instituto Italiano Di Cultura, Embassy of France in India and French Institute in India and Intermod.

Sandscape is made possible thanks to Sir Gajendra Singh Sodha from Mamas Resort & Camps in Khuri; the Indo-European art collective Mosquito Massala, and Mr Nitesh Mathur from Universal Selective, as well as all the Partners of Sandscape.

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From Mama's Resort and Camps, to Amar Sagar, KB Lodge, Gadsisar Lake and more; Jaisalmer and Khuri played host to Sandscape Art Residency #6

Chinese Man's Matteo, and DJ Nina met up with Mosquito Massala's VJ Viktor Furiani, VJ Samvida Nanda and DJ Nelson (AKA Lucid Raaga), for a time of exploration, sharing, creating a DIY sound studio near the Desert, listening and recording with the Folk artists of the Manganiyar and Kalbelia Communities, creating fusion, understanding systems of royalties, discovering spicy foods, playing with spicy technologies, and more... through immersive processes which took place in November 2018.

Special thanks to Gajendra Singh Sodha, Chaitanya Raj Singh, Luca Borella, Bhanu Shrimali and Gently Altered for their roles in hosting and/or supporting this Art Residency!

"The Craft of Khamisha" By Samvida Nanda

A short non-fiction film.
LogLine:Stories by and the story off, Mala Khamisha, a lac-craftsman in Kutch, Gujarat.

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"Mamta" By Samvida Nanda

A short non-fiction film.
LogLine: In Ludiya, a village on the India-Pakistan border of Kutch, Gujarat, my interactions with the headman and his family brought up a discussion about marriage, and its meaning today.

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"The CameraLess Film" By Srishti Film Batch of 2011

An Experimental Film.

PAINTING ON FILM AND CONTACT PRINTING 
Conducted by Sally Golding, Otherfilm, Australia
Srishti College of Art Design & Technology, September 2010

Click here for photo gallery https://www.flickr.com/photos/56576036@N02/

 This Film was Made from scratching and painting on old film footages and splicing these Found Footages together. Played on a 16mm Projector in various live showcases, including one at Jaaga, Bangalore.

Thanks to Shai Heredia of Experimenta

Creators: Samvida Nanda, Shivani Kabra, Shreyasi Kar, Arya Rothe, Anurag Dasgupta, Nirup Divakaran, Kunal Deshpande, Sutanoy Chaudhury, Saudamini Tambay, Nayantara Sarah Surendran, Nicolas Grandi, Shai Heredia, Sally Golding

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"The Frame" By Samvida Nanda

Made in FAMU, Prague, 2013

LogLine:
Gathered together for photographs over different occasions, the family finds it cannot leave the frame set by the photographer.
A short film about a family portrait.

Synopsis:
This short film, is a series of 4 events, that show the evolution of relationships within the family dynamic. Observing key moments and occasions for a family, this homage to silent cinema, deals with the idea of being trapped in a situation. The film plays with the sound and set-design to create an image of society that places people into their roles today.

FAMU International Presents
A Mafia Production:
A Film by
Samvida Nanda, Osasu Igodan, Enrico Granato

Created entirely within a Photo Atelier at FAMU, Prague, Czech Republic, as part of the Summer Filmmaking Workshop 2013.

“The Frame”, was part of the Official selection for the ‘River to River Florence Indian Film Festival’ 2014,

and also screened at Blue Frog, Mumbai 2015, as part of the Festival’s Indian Edition.

It was also an official selection at the Destiny City Film Festival, in Tacoma, USA 2014.

Won the “7th Advantage Short Film Contest” by Pocket Films. 2014

•           Screened on television show “Prime Talkies With PocketFilms” on 9th July 2015 at 9pm

on NDTV Profit Prime Channel followed by an interview with Nagesh Kukunoor and Samvida Nanda.

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"2B or not 2B" By Samvida Nanda

Made in Srishti, Bangalore, 2011

LogLine: A man draws a double of himself into the animated world with a magic 2B pencil. But who is the double really? The one that is drawn? Or the one that drew him.

Direction: Samvida Nanda
Image, Camera: Shivani Kabra, Samvida Nanda
Animation: Mitalee Rawat, Samvida Nanda
Story and Script: Samvida Nanda
Editing: Samvida Nanda
Sound: Saurabh Levin, Samvida Nanda

Director's Note:
I wanted to investigate the mix of mediums of film and animation to create layers within a story. Each form can represent a different state of reality. Where do these realities meet? Can a hat that a character draws in the animation, become his prop in the film? How do objects travel across mediums? 
The result is a short fiction film about a man who discovers and (mis)uses a magic 2B pencil which links the animated world to his world. He ignores the words of caution spoken by his double (who he drew into the animated world). When events escalate to affect the girl he loves, he is confronted with a choice of relinquishing his new found power to his double, or to lose her forever. But is the double truly seeking to fix the wrongs? Or does he have another agenda of his own? Which world is within the other? Who is the double really? The one that is drawn? Or the one that Drew him.

My diploma project film “2B or not 2B” was:

.       Telecast on NDTV Prime on 7th August 2014 .  .

·       Presented at 66th Cannes Film Festival (or Festival de Cannes) at the Short Film Corner, 2013

·       In Competition at the 10th Indian Film Festival Stuttgart, Germany, 2013

·       Won the “5th Advantage India”, A Short Film Contest, 2012.

·       Screened at the River to River, Florence Indian Film Festival 2012

·       Won an Award of Excellence For The Indie Fest  (May 2012) www.theindiefest.com

·       Official selection for the Tacoma Film Festival, 2012, Seattle, USA.

·       Screened at BYOFF 2012, in Puri, Orissa.

·       Screened by Filmbooth at the First Cut Festival at India Habitat Centre on 14th July, 2012,

·       Screened at the Bangalore Shorts Film Festival, 2012

·       Selected for Miniboxoffice International Film Festival-2012

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"Dog" By Julia Frumy and Samvida Nanda

Made in Srishti, Bangalore, 2010

LogLine: A lonely 40 year old man, adopts a stray dog , a companion who disturbs and compromises his social life. He attempts to control the dog who is possibly only a figment of his imagination, and the absurdity of the situation perpetuates.

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A Photograph entitled "Painting With Light" by Samvida Nanda of the Mosquito Massala Art Collective was Exhibited in Times Square, New York, (as part of ARTISTS WANTED presented by chashama.) 

The result: On June 18th, some of the most iconic billboards in Times Square were transformed into an immense display of art, 2012.

A photograph by Samvida, titled "Cityscape in a Room in Mumbai" was also part of a curation shown at the Louvre Museum, in Paris, 2015.

It was also printed in a book. Pages from the book titled "Night Photography Collection", are below.

For the full book, please visit

https://issuu.com/exposureaward/docs/the_night_photography_collection

When working on a series of Fashion Shoots, to cover the Behind The Scenes for MAXIM India. Featuring Kalki Koechlin, John Abraham and Anushka Manchanda

Photographed by Jatin Kampani

Styled by Shaleena Nathani

Hair & Make-Up by Rebecca Fay Doney

Videography by Samvida Nanda

This was a special Cover Star Shoot

Starring John Abraham.

Photographed by Jatin Kampani

Grooming by Sapna Bhavnani

Styled by Shaleena Nathani

Videography by Samvida Nanda

Part of the campaign #MakeHerSmile
This is with Anuska Manchanda.

Art Direction by Sunanda Vaid

Photographed by Taras Taraporvala

Styled by Shaleena Nathani

Hair & Make-Up by Sonam Chandna

Videography by Samvida Nanda

VJing is an art which combines many skillsets.

Mosquito Massala's Samvida Nanda started out with a base in Design and Filmmaking. An exciting project wherein she worked as the DA with the Production House, Melting Clock in Mumbai, saw the creation of ad commercials for sharings as TVCs and Digital contents for SMAAASH. The campaign was around welcoming all the sports fans out there to "Hit Your Play Button!"

It was a great experience for her to work on the shot breakdown, and lights, and sceneography, for an ad series which mixed film and animation; and featured the iconic cricketer Sachin Tendulkar!

SMAAASH - TEASER

SMAAASH - REVEAL 

A great way to start the New Year with some girl power! Jan 2nd 2019, Mixtaped curated music by Kashish at The Den in Bandra, Mumbai.

Mosquito Massala did the VJing and Visual Mapping for her set!

Moments from a site-specific performance task, created by students during the first part of the training

at The DUENDE School of Ensemble Physical Theatre in India 2018.

It took place at The Company Theatre's (FB) Training space in Kamshet. 

Video Shot and Edited by Samvida Nanda of the Mosquito Massala.

The DUENDE School India 2018: A Performance Task from John Britton 

Sony Music presents The Yellow Diary's new EP Izafa’ (‘advancement’ in Urdu) – with 3 new songs.

Samvida Nanda of the Mosquito Massala, worked with

Director - Vishal Handa

and Production House - Little Duck Productions

to create Visuals for the LED backdrop for all three videos.

01 - Dheere Se - The Yellow Diary | Izafa 

02 - Buniyaad - The Yellow Diary | Izafa 

03 - Tere Jeya Hor Disda - The Yellow Diary | Izafa | Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan