Bhagath Subramanian is a writer and independent researcher. They are primarily concerned with cinema form, the aestheticization of politics, and the socio-geographic repercussions of the digital reproduction of art. More recent interests include xenocognition and memetics, explored in the recent essay Shadow Earth.
They have worked as an editor and curator for writing workshops, and as lead writer and writing mentor on collaborative writing projects including SISATA Open-Air Theatre’s adaptations of The Tempest. They served as a judge for the first ever Bournemouth Writing Festival in 2023.
Film projects include Letters to the Family, an experimental docufiction short film concerned with reproducing complex narratives through the use of inanimate objects.
Upcoming projects include a short film shot on DS8 titled Drunk Bumblebee, a screenplay for an upcoming short film titled Rubric, and an essay titled Infinite Cinema.