The summit, spread across 4,500 sq metres, will feature 54 galleries.

Latitude 28, a new venture by Delhi-based art curator-turned-gallerist Bhavna Kakar, will present experimental video projects by leading Indian video artist Surekha and the Propellor Group from Vietnam.

'The Vietnamese group is represented by three artists Tuan Andrew Nguyen, Phu Nam Thuc Ha and Thi Trinh Nguyen -- an advertising photographer, a video artist and a text writer. Their video project 'Uh' is centred around Ho Chi Minh city,' Kakar said.

'The texts pun on rap lyrics and the accompanying photographs show people walking past government buildings and public walls, splashed with the graffiti 'Uh'. It is an expression of people's anguish at the socio-economic problems that ail the country. 'Uh' is a seven-minute video,' Kakar added.

Surekha's new age video 'Bhagirathi' is on female infanticide, while 'Making a Flower' is a statement on ecological conservation.

The shows to watch out for, says the India Art Summit team, are the 'One Year Drawing Project' -- an exchange of experimental drawings between four artists from Sri Lanka --and 'Navgunjar', an interactive art project on the main facade of the British Council Building by Vishal K. Dar.

Other interesting shows are 'Hawkers Ki Jagah' -- a sound installation by Rashmi Kaleka -- and 'Yokomono-Pro', a sound composition of horn patterns of auto-rickshaws by Khoj-International Artist's Association and Mondriaan Foundation.

The idea behind the summit this year, said associate director of the India Art Summit 2009 Neha Kirpal, is to tell the world that the Indian art fair has established itself as a brand like the Dubai, Hong Kong and the European art fairs.

'India has over a 5,000-year-old art history and it needs greater exposure. We want to showcase all the new trends,' Kirpal told IANS.

The Indian art market is estimated at $400 million and has been growing at nearly 30 percent annually.