Media Lab
Department of Design, IIT Guwahati
People / Research scholars / Ashish Mathai
Media research, film studies · Teaching assistant
Audio-visual narratives, cybernetics, media psychology, cultural studies
“The world needs creators, storytellers. People willing to contribute something original and powerful.”
— Ashish Mathai
Ashish combines artistic skill with a passion for audio-visual storytelling, media research, filmmaking, and fine and digital art.
A self-taught art and design enthusiast, he worked for many years as a self-employed art and design tutor and freelancer. His research interests are audio-visual narratives, cybernetics, media psychology and cultural studies. Through Media Lab projects in audio-visual narratives and new media studies, he has explored the connections between art, science, innovation and technology.
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Ashish Mathai
The very concept of film as an art form misleads many people into considering only the films which resemble traditional art forms — free creations rather than…
Theyyam as an Environmental Theatre: History, Perception and Future
Theyyam, a folk ritual, as an art form and a force in society — its cultural anthropology, visual aesthetics and perception as an environmental ritual.