Gavati is an artist/filmmaker based in Bangalore, India. With a background in contemporary art practices and experimental cinema, her cross-disciplinary art practice spans film, video, photography, performance, illustration and curation. Gavati uses diverse analog technologies focusing on experimental methods of generating sound, image, and text. She specializes in 16mm cinematography, printing, and hand processing.

Her film, video, and performance work has been exhibited in galleries and film festivals internationally and in India. Her thesis film O Seeker had its world premiere at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival. She currently serves as the Artistic Director at Experimenta – The International Festival Of Moving Image Art In India.

Professional Education

• MFA Film/Video (California Institute of the Arts) - 2022
• B.Cra Contemporary Art Practices (Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology) - 2016

Teaching Courses

• Narrative and Storytelling
• Drawing and Moving Image

Research Interests

• Experimental film history of South Asia, South East Asia
• Analog sound and image
• Cultural interpretations of scientific phenomena in India

Research Projects Undertaken

• Currently researching the social legislature connected with the anti-superstition movement in India.