RANJANI RAMACHANDRAN
Collaborative Projects
Ranjani curated a multi-media exhibition focusing on the contributions of Hindustani music khyal vocalists Vidushi Dr. Veena Sahasrabuddhe, Pandit Shankar Shripad Bodas and Pandit Kashinath Bodas. The exhibition featured a variety of archival materials sourced from private collections and public archives in the form of photographs, notations, rare audio and video recordings. The visual interpretation and design of the exhibition has been done in collaboration with visual artist Sanchayan Ghosh, thus enabling the interpretation of the archival materials as an interdisciplinary encounter. Two editions of the exhibition have been held in Kolkata in September 2024 and in Santiniketan in March 2025.
Collaborator as Vocalist in the soundscape of the Installation-exhibition "Ways of Remembering Jallianwallah Bagh & Rabindranath Tagore's Response to the Massacre" curated by Sarmistha Dutta Gupta and Artistic Direction Sanchayan Ghosh held in Victoria Memorial, Kolkata; 2020 Click here to listen to the soundscape.
Ranjani participated as a vocal artiste/composer in the visual art exhibition "LAND, Natural , Gendered", curated by Amit Mukhopadhyay at Nandan Gallery, Kala Bhavana, Santiniketan West Bengal, 2015 and Art Konsult Gallery New Delhi, 2016.
Ranjani collaborated and participated as a Performing musician in the essay film "O Horizon" directed by The Otolith Group, UK, Commissioned by Bauhaus Imaginista (Berlin), and co-produced with the Rubin Museum (New York), with support of Project 88, Mumbai. Click here to watch the film O Horizon by The Otolith Group, UK
Ranjani participated and contributed as Hindustani classical music vocalist in an online global event organized by Music 4 Climate Justice (M4CJ) streamed live during the United Nations Conference of the Parties (COP-26) held in Glasgow, Scotland. “ Journey around the world in Space and Time. Evening Performance. Music 4 Climate Justice”. More than 350 musicians participated in this music event to raise their voice against climate change.