Lisa Ray Instagram – Repost from @archdigestindia using @RepostRegramApp – If you are a visual artist looking to transform the lockdown into a fruitful burst of creativity but are worried about crippling finances, then Experimenter Gallery’s (@experimenterkol) latest initiative might turn out to be your lifeline. Kolkata‘s cutting-edge gallery has recently announced its open call for Experimenter Labs’ Generator, a one-of-its-kind co-operative art production fund that will help deserving artists realise their dream projects in the time of quarantine. Put together by fellow artists, collectors, well-wishers, connoisseurs and people from within and outside the art world, the production grant’s primary focus is “to help continuity in work production,” says Priyanka Raja, co-founder, Experimenter gallery . # The grant will be given in incremental amounts to see through either new projects or those in limbo. As Priyanka explains, “It is directly given by the granter/s to the artist/s and the fund acts merely like what it is named, a generator—a kind of producer of resources to the artists. There is no age or geographical limitations.” Co-founder Prateek Raja recalls that the idea for the Generator fund was mooted over four years ago. It came up again more recently “in conversation with artist Bani Abidi who firmly believes in the decentralisation and equitable distribution of resources.” Prateek admits that “this conversation was rekindled” when the unparalleled quarantine measures were announced in India last month. “We all felt there is no better time to start this than now,” he says. Artists with no steady income are among the least equipped lot to bear the burden of the lockdown but for many cooped up at home and studio this is also a period of extraordinary creativity and fertility that ought to be captured for posterity. #linkinbio # Photo: A display from Prabhakar Pachpute’s recent solo ‘Beneath The Palpable’ at Experimenter, Ballygunge Place, Kolkata Writer: Shaikh Ayaz #architecturaldigest #ADIndia #experimenter #kolkata #artists