Antariksha Studio / Goa, India

Culture, imagination
and other futures.

An intergenerational collective reimagining cultural narratives through games, performances and new media.

Founders / Creative forces

Founded in 2020, Antariksha Studio explores South Asian futurism, decolonial perspectives and digital repatriation through emerging media.

Jayalakshmi Eshwar

Dance

Jayalakshmi Eshwar

A Bharatanatyam artist, choreographer and teacher. Her production Antariksha Sanchar seeded this world; her knowledge of gesture and storytelling shapes Jeymi and the game’s movement.

Jayalakshmi Eshwar
Avinash Kumar

Dreams

Avinash Kumar

A designer, researcher, visual artist and co-founder of Quicksand. Avinash develops ANTARA across games, live visuals, performance and artistic collaborations.

Quicksand
Murthovic

Music

Murthovic

Sri Rama Murthy, known as Murthovic, connects Carnatic traditions, field recordings and electronic composition. His music spans albums, live performance and play.

Murthovic

Collaborators / Building the world

Many hands.
One world.

Chris Solarski

Gameplay director

Chris Solarski

An author, artist and teacher working at the intersection of art and video games. His experience includes character and environment art at Sony Computer Entertainment in London.

Praphul P.A.

Lead 3D artist

Praphul P.A.

A 3D artist with experience across more than eight AAA games through Dhruva Interactive, including work associated with the Forza series and Quantum Break.

Yuvraj Jha

Storytelling director

Yuvraj Jha

Working as Monkeyverse, Yuvraj is a concept designer and illustrator, and a long-standing member of the Antariksha team. Trained at the FZD School, his practice spans worldbuilding, art and film.

Monkeyverse

3D art

Sarbeswar Kalita

A character artist and founder of Crazylion Art Studio. Sarbeswar contributes to the project’s 3D art and character development.

Artist portfolio

Game development

Gomathi Shanker

A game developer and co-founder of Dwarven Brothers, contributing to the project’s experiments in interactive play.

Developer profile

Creative technology

Varun Ramanna

A creative director and multidisciplinary artist working across animation, visual effects and interactive entertainment. Varun founded Shapeshifter Digital.

Artist portfolio

Collaborating studios

Nadabrahma Studio · Shapeshifter Studio
Dwarven Brothers · Grizzly Bear Studio

IP & concept

  • Antariksha Studio

Cultural director

  • Jayalakshmi Eshwar

Creative director

  • Avinash Kumar (Thiruda)

Art director

  • Yuvraj Jha (Monkeyverse)

Music director

  • Sri Rama Murthy (Murthovic)

Concept artists

  • Avinash Kumar (Thiruda)
  • Yuvraj Jha (Monkeyverse)
  • Abhinav Mishra
  • Bhaskar Rac
  • Dhruv Chakkamadam
  • Girish Krishnan Ramdas
  • Painter Rajeev

3D artists

  • Sarbeswar Kalita
  • Praphul P. Ambika
  • Ragha Krishnamoorthi
  • Ashish Kashyap

Game programmers

  • Romit Raj
  • Gomathi S. Krishnamoorthi

Animation

  • Yash Chandak
  • Navdeep (Vero9)
  • Aural Eye Studio
  • Saket Ghaisas
  • Underground Worm

Illustrators

  • Rahul Arora
  • Derek Domnic D’souza
  • Aashit Singh
  • Gaurav Wakankar
  • Santanu Hazarika
  • Ghost Animation
  • Svabhu & Viplov
  • Abhishek Singh
  • Supreetha CK

Dancers

  • Jayalakshmi Eshwar
  • Sakshi Anandam
  • Anannya Chatterjee
  • Shwetha Gopalakrishnan
  • S. Sushmita
  • Subasree Arvind
  • Nandita Nambiar
  • Maya Ratnam

Research

  • Salil Parekh
  • Jarudhi Negi
  • Kabir Lessel David

Arts management

  • Jyoti Narayan
  • Shilpi Gupta
  • Kenneth Lobo

Incubated by

  • British Council & AHRC
  • Quicksand
  • Unbox Cultural Futures
  • Red Bull Music India

In print.
In conversation.

Selected press, films and talks trace the world’s journey from Antariksha Sanchar to ANTARA.

Press, media & talks

Support & partnerships

Work with the studio.

For artistic commissions, performances, publishing and cultural partnerships, get in touch with Avinash.

Ways to support ANTARA

Or email avinash@quicksand.co.in

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Incubated by

Antariksha Studio
Quicksand
Epic MegaGrants recipient

Seeded by

Unbox Cultural Futures
British Council
UKRI Arts and Humanities Research Council