QISSA KOTHI was formed in 2016 when some artists/researchers/passerby in the city of Mumbai were grappling with a name for their collective explorations. Several names were discussed before one decided upon Qissa Kothi, a name that embodies the tradition of performance in the outside of accepted social life - the Kotha culture and the many said/unsaid qissa that it holds. Qissa Kothi aims at collective explorations of the personal beings of the artists who are housed in this group. These explorations are of course reflective of the society at large. Her Letters, funded by the Tagore Centre in Berlin was its first production. It has recently received the Inlaks- Asia Art Archive Grant for its next project on the performance archive in colonial India.

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