Worldbuilder India

From the streets of Mumbai to the heart of the country! Worldbuilder, Eyemyth’s partner festival — first took shape in Mumbai. Now we’re packing up our ideas, performances, and wild experiments in worldbuilding and bringing them to Delhi, August 22–23. We’re hosting a 2-day symposium + workshop on digital heritage & worldbuilding showcasing how Indian cultural narratives are being reimagined across games, museums, and media. See what creators and designers are building, and get inspired by the possibilities. Come dream, imagine and build new worlds with us in the nation’s capital! 22 August, Alliance Française de Delhi 🎟️ Early Mover & Student Passes available now on Skillbox 🔗 Link in bio (@worldbuilderindia ) 🎥 by @eyeamsid Conceptualised by @antariksha.studio and @greenrainstudios Curated by @unboxculturalfutures and @ghadiok Powered by @unrealengine and Epic Games #worldbuilder #heritagefutures #realtimeworldbuilding #speculativedesign #transmediastorytelling #futureofmemory #delhievents #creativetechnology

Gubbachi and the City | Roundglass Sustain X Worldbuilder In our upcoming game, Gubbachi and the City, you play as a house sparrow navigating the bustling streets of Bengaluru. Where would you choose to live, what would you eat, how would you navigate a rapidly growing cityscape? Play in three timelines, jumping through time in an ever-changing neighbourhood. Discover how rapid growth, climate change, and shrinking green spaces intersect to threaten urban biodiversity and learn simple ways humans can help. Get ready to spread your wings and explore the city, chasing shelter from the heat and rain, finding food in its many forms, and interacting with other species. Game in development. Stay tuned! #Gubbachi #housesparrow #game #roundglasssustain #comingsoon

This World Sparrow Day, Roundglass Sustain and Worldbuilder are excited to announce the development of Gubbachi and the City — a game where you play as a house sparrow navigating the bustling streets of Bengaluru. Discover how rapid growth, climate change, and shrinking green spaces intersect to threaten urban biodiversity and learn simple ways humans can help. Get ready to spread your wings and explore the city, chasing shelter from the heat and rain, nabbing food in its many forms, and interacting with other species. Stay tuned! #WorldSparrowDay #Gubbachi #HouseSparrow #Game

From clouds to biomes to temple towers to a sunrise terrace, the second set of works at Jaipur Arts Week were very exciting. Alap Parikh’s Roots opened a window between worlds, asking what gets lost and what we reach for. Elsewhere in India imagined 2079, where heritage isn’t archived, it’s alive. Antariksha Studio, Anirudh Kanisetti, and Abhinav explored the hidden mathematics of Indian music and sacred architecture. And Karan Parikh’s Mor(e) Punk(h) let a peacock speak for the rest: regal, responsive, and entirely of this moment. Thank you to everyone who made Worldbuilder at Jaipur Arts Week what it was.

Jaipur Arts Week 2026 happened and here’s how it went:- Trisha Chhabra’s Quiet Echoes drew us into the geometry of traditional craft and patterns that have always been there, waiting to hold us. Vedang Supatkar’s Sonic Archives turned touch into a form of memory, where every gesture shaped a world in real time. Cursorama’s Memory Fields put a living plant at the centre of a digital experience, letting ecology lead the story. We are grateful and proud to have these artists as part of Jaipur Arts Week with Worldbuilder.

29th January | 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM Rajasthan International Center, Auditorium Join us for What Worlds Shall We Build?, a panel conversation that explores speculative worldbuilding as a way to rethink heritage beyond the frameworks of preservation alone. Emerging from two in-depth roundtables held in Delhi and Ahmedabad with over 35 practitioners, the discussion brings together voices from heritage, design, architecture, and future-facing practices to imagine new cultural possibilities. The panel is followed by the launch of Worldbuilding for Heritage, Vol. 01—a visual publication conceptualised and curated by Antariksha Studio and Avinash Kumar, powered by Unreal Engine and Epic Games. Developed in collaboration with faculty and students from CEPT University and the National Institute of Design, the publication features contributions by Prof. Tanishka (NID), Ayaz Basrai (Busride Labs), Charuvi Agrawal, Mrinalini Ghadiok, Avinash Kumar, and Prof. Bhargav (CEPT). Accompanying the launch is an immersive media arts space curated by Worldbuilder, translating ideas from the publication into speculative design and fiction—inviting audiences to imagine futures of heritage that are dynamic, plural, and evolving. Facilitated by: Worldbuilder #jaipurartweek2026 #jaipurartweek5 #publicartstrustofindia #worldbuilding #speculativeart

We’re excited to announce Karan Parikh of Green Rain Studios as part of the digital exhibition Here and Now at Jaipur Art Week 5.0, taking place from 27 January to 3 February 2026, in collaboration with World Builder (@worldbuilderindia ). Parikh led Green Rain Studios, which is a creative-technology studio and India’s first Unreal Authorized Training Center, with deep expertise in Generative AI, Unreal Engine, and virtual production workflows. Led by Karan Parikh, the studio works across film, animation, XR, digital twins, automotive, and immersive media—offering both industry-focused solutions and training programs that enable studios to adopt real-time technologies. Blending cutting-edge tools with narrative and spatial imagination, their practice explores how real-time engines and AI can transform modes of storytelling, production, and experience. Green Rain Studios’ work has been showcased across Netflix, major Hollywood and Bollywood film and television productions, and international media art forums for interactive work. We’re delighted to feature Karan Parikh / Green Rain Studios at Jaipur Art Week 5.0, presenting a practice where technology becomes a dynamic medium for experimentation, learning, and immersive futures. #jaipurartweek2026 #publicartstrustofindia #digitalartist #artistannouncement #karanparikh #greenrainstudios #art #culture #heritage #pinkcity

We’re excited to announce Antariksha Studio × Abhinav Mishra × Anirudh Kanisetti as part of the digital exhibition ‘Here and Now’ at Jaipur Art Week 5.0, taking place from 27 January to 3 February 2026, in collaboration with World Builder (@worldbuilderindia ). Antariksha Studio is an Indian transmedia collective reimagining cultural narratives through video games, performances, and new media. Founded in 2020 by Bharatanatyam exponent Jayalakshmi Eshwar and creative technologist Avinash Kumar, the studio bridges ancient traditions with futuristic visions. Recipients of the Epic MegaGrant, their practice explores Indofuturist themes, decolonial perspectives, and digital repatriation, creating immersive experiences rooted in activism, pluralism, and sustainability. Anirudh Kanisetti is a public historian, author, and columnist specialising in ancient and early medieval India. Author of Lords of the Deccan and Lords of Earth and Sea, he writes the Thinking Medieval column for ThePrint and hosts multiple podcasts on Indian history and culture. His work has been recognised with the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar, Ramnath Goenka Sahitya Samman, and Tata Literature Live Non-Fiction Book of the Year Award. Abhinav Mishra is a UX designer and researcher working at the intersection of interaction design, mixed reality, and cultural heritage. With a PhD from Northumbria University, and prior roles at Microsoft R&D and Samsung Research Institute, his practice focuses on designing meaningful, research-driven immersive experiences through cross-disciplinary collaboration. We’re delighted to feature this collaboration at Jaipur Art Week 5.0, where history, design, and transmedia storytelling converge to create immersive narratives that connect India’s deep past with speculative, inclusive futures. #jaipurartweek2026 #publicartstrustofindia #artistannouncement #art #culture #heritage #pinkcity #antarikshastudio

We’re excited to announce Murthovic and Thiruda of Elsewhere in India as part of the digital exhibition ‘Here and Now’ at Jaipur Art Week 5.0, taking place from 27 January to 3 February 2026, in collaboration with World Builder (@worldbuilderindia ). Elsewhere in India is a collaborative electronica and transmedia project that brings together artists, technologists, and cultural preservationists to reimagine cultural narratives. Led by Murthovic and Thiruda, the project operates at the intersection of digital art, traditional Indian performing arts, new media, and cultural studies. Using tools such as game engines, motion capture, and AI, their multidisciplinary team constructs immersive, speculative worlds where cultural legacy encounters futuristic scenarios. Rooted in deep research and collaboration, their work seeks to bridge India’s rich past with imagined futures—inviting audiences to experience heritage as something living, evolving, and recontextualised. We’re delighted to feature Elsewhere in India at Jaipur Art Week 5.0, presenting a practice where technology becomes a vessel for memory, speculation, and the continual re-shaping of cultural narratives. #jaipurartweek2026 #publicartstrustofindia #elsewhereinindia #worldbuilder #digitalexhibition #artistannouncement #art #culture #heritage

e’re excited to announce Trisha Chhabra as part of the digital exhibition ‘Here and Now’ at Jaipur Art Week 5.0, taking place from 27 January to 3 February 2026 in collaboration with World Builder (@worldbuilderindia ). Trisha is a self-taught artist and creative coder working across AR, VR, and generative systems. Her practice explores the intersection of technology and nature, blending computational logic with the organic spontaneity of living systems. Drawing inspiration from climate conservation, cultural digitalization, and intelligent natural patterns, her work embraces unpredictability, evolution, and generative processes to reimagine how art is experienced in everyday environments. She has collaborated on internationally recognised projects with ARTECHOUSE, the Microsoft Mixed Reality Team, Phoria, and the UK Government for the Dubai Expo. Originally from Bhilwara, Rajasthan, and currently based in Bengaluru, Trisha’s practice bridges tradition and emerging technology with a distinctly future-facing lens. We’re delighted to feature Trisha at Jaipur Art Week 5.0 and present a body of work where technology becomes an organic, evolving medium, inviting new ways of seeing, sensing, and engaging with the world around us. #jaipurartweek2026 #publicartstrustofindia #hereandnow #digitalartistannouncement #art #culture #heritage #trishachhabra

We’re excited to announce Alap Parikh as part of the digital exhibition ‘Here and Now’ at Jaipur Art Week 5.0, taking place from 27 January to 3 February 2026 in collaboration with World Builder (@worldbuilderindia ). Alap is an artist and technologist whose practice explores novel forms and structures of story-driven immersive experiences, shaped equally by creative intention and contemporary technology. His projects investigate how narrative, interaction, and emerging media can converge to create deeply engaging and experiential worlds. His work has been showcased globally at leading festivals and museums, including the Cannes Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, the Victoria and Albert Museum, and the Orlando Museum of Art, contributing to international conversations around immersive storytelling and new media art. We’re delighted to feature Alap at Jaipur Art Week 5.0 and share a body of work where technology and narrative come together to expand the ways we experience, inhabit, and imagine stories. #jaipurartweek2026 #publicartstrustofindia #cursorama #hereandnow #digitalexhibition #artistannouncement

We’re excited to announce Cursorama as part of the digital exhibition ‘Here and Now’ at Jaipur Art Week 5.0, taking place from 27 January to 3 February 2026, in collaboration with World Builder (@worldbuilderindia ). Cursorama (Yash Chandak) is a media artist whose practice explores the convergence of nature, technology, and metaphysics through generative video art and interactive systems. Working across live audiovisual performances and immersive multimedia installations, his work creates synaesthetic experiences that blur the boundaries between the digital and the elemental. Having presented work at major music and art festivals, exhibitions, and cultural spaces in India and internationally, Cursorama brings a deeply experiential approach to new media. He previously co-founded Ocupus Studio, a Goa-based new-media practice focused on projection mapping and interactive installations. We’re delighted to feature Cursorama at Jaipur Art Week 5.0 and present a body of work where technology becomes a contemplative medium, inviting audiences into layered realms of perception, presence, and transformation. #jaipurartweek2026 #publicartstrustofindia #cursorama #hereandnow #digitalexhibition #artistannouncement #yashchandak