In the Kannadi wardrobe, a sunshine place stuck in the tambaram, every corner and in its big, huge room paint a buttercup yellow plot. I present an old television before the flatscreen era, a red spherical mat, which was covered with a small zeen from its latest zeen club meeting, which was spread on the floor, stretched on the floor, piles of newspapers, a small wooden drawer, was filled with torn bits of paper, which is a collection of rocks on performance, and a certain form on performance, and a certain form, and a certain form, a glasses A glass cupboard.
The brain yield of brothers and sisters, Prasanna Venkatesh and Kirthana, were conceived as a ‘Rose Gallery’. “With both of us designs being students, we were very interested towards self-published materials such as photobuke, artbook and zen, which we found very satisfactory to work. In various cities, I was made aware of small, more domestic places, which encouraged it, hosted pop-ups and soolo shows, and there were no differences in the setup of the traditional, white box gallery.”
They were convinced that Chennai needed a place in such a way that could grow to become a community-building place in the long run. “When we started, I was not sure where it was taking us, but it was all about achieving space and working on the basics,” Prasanna says. When the space was launched in December, they did so with Callback for the Kannadi wardrobe; A glass cupboard was found in every house. “We reached a host of producers and about 50 people sent us an object from a glass cupboard in our homes. We kept all of them in an interactive setup and welcomed people to come and see in our space,” Prasanna says. The glass wardrobe in everyday gallery still has a mixture of these objects, dolls, ceramic, artwork, crafts, cassettes and more, a representation of Indian houses across the country.
Meeting a Zeen Club in Pragati | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
Nearly six months, the Kannadi wardrobe now hosts regular zen club meetings, where everything comes to the sight of prasanna and karthana to encourage self-published and creative. “From cloth waste to posters to posters, we use a host of different materials to work in every session. The zain traditionally is magazines, but for me, it is in any form in any form, it is self-published material, no size and anything is included. Even non-traditional artists who want to express themselves through the zen, can do it,”. All Zines built in the Zine Club have a house online, as well as in Instagram handle @ONESIDEPER.
The Kanadi wardrobe is also set to host several artists Shoches at the end of this week, with an exhibition titled Mayai, a Chennai -based artist Garibwaja Rathi, where she tries to bring through her reflections on the duality of the city. More;
Art of Putravaja Rathi | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
Considering the vision of being a developed place for the community of Prasna, a one who encourages people of different foci to work, work out and perform, the line of the Kanadi wardrobe of upcoming events is different and interesting.
When he hosted a Mango Potalk in June, with a shrimp and mango stew, a mango trace from Mango BHEL and a Thai raw mango salad was brought everything, a salad Potalk is on the calendar for July 12. Announced his annual self-published book Fair Padithwoodan Kizithuvidavam.
“As we grow, we are re-starting the whole idea behind this place and constantly hosting all the ideas that we can design and publish with solo-shows and clubs. We hope that groups, discussions, and generally conversations are usually encouraged by the city, its creators, its creators, steps and how.
The Kanadi wardrobe is in the second floor, 49, Venkatson Street, New Market, West Tambaram. Garibwaja Rathi’s show Mayai will be held on July 5 and 6 from 11 am to 8 pm.
Published – July 02, 2025 03:50 PM IST
