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 EshwarAntariksha 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.
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
Music
Murthovic
Sri Rama Murthy, known as Murthovic, connects Carnatic traditions, field recordings and electronic composition. His music spans albums, live performance and play.
MurthovicCollaborators / Building the world
Many hands.
One world.
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.
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.
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.
Monkeyverse3D art
Sarbeswar Kalita
A character artist and founder of Crazylion Art Studio. Sarbeswar contributes to the project’s 3D art and character development.
Artist portfolioGame development
Gomathi Shanker
A game developer and co-founder of Dwarven Brothers, contributing to the project’s experiments in interactive play.
Developer profileCreative technology
Varun Ramanna
A creative director and multidisciplinary artist working across animation, visual effects and interactive entertainment. Varun founded Shapeshifter Digital.
Artist portfolioCollaborating studios
Nadabrahma Studio · Shapeshifter Studio
Dwarven Brothers · Grizzly Bear Studio
The makers.
Credits from the Antariksha Sanchar project archive.
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 & talksSupport & partnerships
Work with the studio.
For artistic commissions, performances, publishing and cultural partnerships, get in touch with Avinash.
Ways to support ANTARAOr email avinash@quicksand.co.in
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