W.I.P Labs

Work in progress

The full Dastaan LIVE band on a low stage under pink and blue light, seated singers in front and guitarists behind, the audience in silhouette
Kabira Khada Bazaar Mein, Courtyard Koota, Bengaluru

W.I.P Labs is an artist-run collective in New Delhi. We make, curate and teach experimental work in sound, performance, film and the moving image.

shows and concerts
500+
film screenings
70+
festivals
5
About W.I.P Labs

What's on

November 2026

Gali Gali Cinema

A four-week short film intensive in the lanes of Lado Sarai, with weekday and weekend cohorts.

W.I.P aDDa, Lado Sarai

About the course: Gali Gali Cinema

Everything on

What we do

Two hip-hop dancers under purple stage light
Modulated Movements at British Council, Creative Convergence 2026

Productions

Work we create and tour: Dastaan LIVE: Kabira Khada Bazaar Mein, the Dilli Improvisers Orchestra, Modulated Movements, Playground, En Passant and more.

Two bare-chested performers kneel together on a dark stage as a plume of white powder falls beside them.
Bali by Adishakti, W.I.P alt.FEST Bengaluru, December 2024

Festivals and platforms

W.I.P alt.FEST, Moving Otherwise, Listening Otherwise and PORTALS, plus festivals we co-produce and guest-curate.

Soumik Datta plays the sarod on the floor while Common Breath participants sit and listen around him.
Soumik Datta with Common Breath participants, Triveni Kala Sangam, December 2025

Co-Creation Lab

Artists from different forms making one work together. Common Breath, with Soumik Datta Arts, explored sound, ecology and climate justice.

Students around a laptop, speakers and a grid controller in a live coding studio
Live coding studio, CEPT University, Ahmedabad

Creative Arts Exploration

Studio teaching for universities, Naya Canvas for schools, and public workshops and SKULs.

A performer holding up an empty frame in a shaft of light
From an ART Immersion programme

ART Immersion

Artist-led programmes for organisations, on leadership, voice and equity.

The Dilli Improvisers Orchestra playing in the studio, projections on the wall behind
The Dilli Improvisers Orchestra at W.I.P aDDa, June 2026

W.I.P aDDa

Our studio in Lado Sarai for critical work, which also opens as a performance and screening room. We run it jointly with Vaibhav Batra.

Giant woven bamboo ears lit from within at night, the dome of Vidhana Soudha behind them
Bamboo Ears, Vidhana Soudha, Bengaluru, December 2024
A rapper performing under red light
Modulated Movements, Creative Convergence 2026
A live radio-style session at W.I.P aDDa
W.I.P Odd Hours at W.I.P aDDa