Atlantis by Amruta Patil
First appeared in Forbes Life, (February-April 2011 issue) © Amruta Patil
Auteur : Amruta Patil
Amruta Patil is a writer and painter. She is the author of graphic novels 'Kari' and 'Adi Parva: Churning the Ocean'. Adi Parva was selected as one of 2012’s Best Graphic Novels by comic book historian Paul Gravett. Patil is currently completing Adi Parva’s sequel, 'Sauptik: Blood and Flowers' (to be released Fall 2016). Recurring themes in her work include memento mori, sexuality, myth and sustainable living. http://amrutapatil.blogspot.com
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Bibliography:
- Parva : L’Éveil de l’Océan, éditions Au Diable Vauvert, 2012.
- Adi Parva : Churning of the ocean, éditions HarperCollins India, 2012.
- Kari, éditions HarperCollins India, 2008.
- Kari, éditions Au Diable Vauvert, 2008.
- Nel Cuore di Smog City (Kari), éditions Metropoli D’Asia, 2010 (Italian)
‘Disaffection: Musings on Sedition’ by Amruta Patil (2011)
Appeared in Himal Southasian © Amruta Patil 2011
‘Noah and the Ship of Fools’ by Amruta Patil (2010)
This 2-pager, distilled from 24-pages-done-in-24-hours (the clause was to include a pirate ship in the story), appeared in UK’s Art Review magazine in March 2010.
Podcast on High-Frequency Colours (Amruta Patil, 2015)
Sauptik’s Devlok: high-frequency colors I will be adding to this list of very-short art podcasts on my Sound Cloud page. This one is about the high-frequency colours used in my forthcoming graphic novel ‘Sauptik: Blood and Flowers’ (HarperCollins, to be released September 2016)
‘Memento Mori’ by Amruta Patil (2010)
One of the early explorations on the theme of ‘memento mori’ (remember your mortality), something that has gone on to become one of the primary focuses of my work.
‘Family Album’ by Amruta Patil (2008)
24 pages done in 24 hours back in 2008: In which I use a video game analogy. And talk about Love v/s Convenience, Family v/s Solo, Losing Babies. Having Babies. And my favourite theme, ever, Unreliable Bloodlines. Slightly-garbled rough work column to a lot of matters resolved in the 8 years since, a […]
‘Transit Maps’ by Amruta Patil (2013)
What does the idea of ‘roots’ mean to a woman with no ancestral home, who speaks five languages, has lived in 3 countries, 10 cities and 23 (+) houses. I explored this in a piece for the Independence Day Special Issue of Open magazine | © Amruta Patil 2013
‘Navigation / Safe Passage’ by Amruta Patil (2010)
Set of four stories + four photographs by Amruta Patil. Created for ‘Transportraits’ – an exhibition on women and safety/mobility curated by Gauri Gill – Alliance Francaise (New Delhi), 2010.
‘The Unblinking Hive’ by Amruta Patil (2010)
Created for India Today magazine in 2010.