Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan Mumbai

Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Mumbai commissioned the short film What Are We? to commemorate the centenary of the death of Rainer Maria Rilke. The film pays tribute to the poet’s enduring legacy and lasting influence on world literature. Rilke passed away from leukemia on 29 December 1926 in Montreux, Switzerland.
The film What Are We has been awarded a diploma in the Best Educational Film category at the International Film Festival of Educational Films & Innovative Educational Content - KINOINTELLECT 2026. The festival is organised with the support of the Ministry of Science & Higher Education of the Russian Federation.

Team:
Presented by Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Mumbai
Directed by Nikhil Katara
Written by Himali Kothari
Cast: Nikhil Katara & Ajinkya S. Ovhal
DOP: Nilay Surya ( aye / oye )
Assistant Director: Mayank (मयंक)
Editors: Messiii & Sweedel Dcosta
Special Thanks: Melissa Melvin

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Amruta Nemivant - Senior Manager Gallery and Cultural Programmes at the Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Mumbai reflects on the second BreAIk, ChAInge, RegenerAIte Residency in Kolkata highlighting how this residency addresses critical societal issues through artistic production and cultural exchange while fostering capacity building.

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Hear from the participants as they reflect on their creative inquires, experiments, works-in-progress or processes from their time spent at the second BreAIk, ChAInge, RegenerAIte Residency in Kolkata.

About Yatharth:

Yatharth is a researcher, designer and artist based in Bengaluru, India. He has worked with various non profits, research institutes, design schools and design studios in the roles of media educator, qualitative researcher, curator, creative coder and designer.

His research practice explores: auditability of AI systems, impact of AI on creative economy, caste on digital platforms and design injustice in digital technologies. His creative practice uses media arts, critical research and participatory research to interogate issues of digital media, caste, labour and gender in digital economy. He also teaches modules exploring critical apporaches to AI and Algorithimic creativity for design students.

To know more about Yatharth's work : https://strangerobot.design

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Video Credit: Rajat Dey

Stay tuned, as we will also introduce the participants' work and take you through their creative practices and processes in the lead up to the Festival of Ideas in Mumbai.

For more info, check out : https://www.goethe.de/india/ai

Hear from the participants as they reflect on their creative inquires, experiments, works-in-progress or processes from their time spent at the second BreAIk, ChAInge, RegenerAIte Residency in Kolkata.

About Sukanya Wattal:

Sukanya Wattal (b. 1999) is a contemporary visual artist hailing from Jammu and Kashmir whose practice explores mental health, q***r grief, female subjectivity, cultural displacement, memory, burnout, and the sociopolitical implications of technology across drawing, mark-making, painting, installation, sculpture and performance.

Having studied computer science engineering and gained professional experience across multinational technology firms, Sukanya approaches AI from a developer’s perspective, critically interrogating algorithmic structures while reimagining ethical engagements with data through poetic and process-driven art. Employing symbolism, metaphor, and abstraction, her work creates contemplative spaces for those who live in the in-between of entrenched societal binaries.

Copyright: Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Mumbai and Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Kolkata

Video Credit: Rajat Dey

Stay tuned, as we will also introduce the participants' work and take you through their creative practices and processes in the lead up to the Festival of Ideas in Mumbai.

For more info, check out: https://www.goethe.de/india/ai