Reading Circle with Kuhu Kopariha
Thu, 12 Feb
|JOJO Library & Bookshop
Join us for a special Reading Circle featuring books published by the Archive of Modern Conflict(AMC) at the JOJO Library and Bookshop. The Reading Circle will be led by researcher Kuhu Kopariha .This spotlight selection of AMC publications will continue for all of February at the library.
Time & Location
12 Feb 2026, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
JOJO Library & Bookshop, Kanji Bhuvan, Keluskar Rd N, opposite The Park Club Ltd, Mahim West, Shivaji Park, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400028, India
Guests
About the Event
Since the early 2000s, Archive of Modern Conflict (AMC) has been working to give a voice to its UK-based archive through the form of photobooks. A collection of vernacular photographs, ephemera, artefacts, and curiosities that find their way to the printed page, weaving a personal, social, or political story often situated in the space between reality and fantasy.
This spotlight section features AMC journals, narrative-driven photobooks, and artistic collaborations. Amc2 began with AMC Journals, each representing the archive’s diverse collections and its contemporary interests. The journals are often produced within a thematic framework, for instance, the AMC Issue 14: Me Nu displays a collection of Chinese food photographs in the form of a restaurant menu. Narrative-driven photobooks fall under a plethora of styles: elliptical storytelling, stream of consciousness, and social commentary, edited and curated by the AMC team (including Timothy Prus, Kalev Erikson, Ruben Lundgren) or by invited curators (Thomas…