A student of psychology at Symbiosis is also a meme-maker and curator of a series of exhibitions in Goa | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

A student of psychology at Symbiosis is also a meme-maker and curator of a series of exhibitions in Goa | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

Written by Dipanita Nath |Updated: May 21, 2019 9:30:51 am

A student of psychology at Symbiosis is also a meme-maker and curator of a series of exhibitions in Goa

One of the aims of the exhibition is to set a precedent for memes to be recognised as a legitimate art form. There is a curatorial walk, where visual and audio aspects of memes are explained, from the old jokes to historical landmarks.

An exhibition in Goa, curated by Anuj Nakade, is celebrating the meme as a democratic art form.

According to internet lore, behind every meme is a person trying to make somebody laugh. Anuj Nakade is such a person. In a cafe in Pune’s Kalyani Nagar, Nakade is trying to connect his laptop to the wi-fi. “Do you want to go to the junkyard? I won’t budge,” he tells it. The machine yields. Nakade, 22, disappears in it. A student of psychology at Symbiosis, he is also a meme-maker and curator of a series of exhibitions in Goa, titled “Meme Regime”, which explore the importance of memes. Organised by Pune-based TIFA Working Studios, the exhibition will end on May 22. Excerpts from a conversation with Nakade: