ARTEAST FESTIVAL 2018: 1 TO 3 FEBRUARY 2018

 

Exhibition & Workshop

Of Pinecones and Sacred Forests

Presented by Rida and the Musical Folks and Dak_ti Craft

 

Black Clay Poetry/Pottery

An exhibition of traditional tableware and cookware range developed by Dak_ti Craft and a team of women potters from Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

 

Potters: Milda Shylla, Yophie Shylla

Designer: Rida Gatphoh

 

On view at the Gandhi-King Memorial Plaza, 2 & 3 February 2018, 11:00 to 19:00

 

FROM 11:00 TO 13:00 AT GANDHI-KING MEMORIAL PLAZA

Lecture Demonstration by Rida and the Musical Folks

A musical storytelling session followed by the story of the instruments, the skit (beat and rhythm) and the craft of creating them

 

Presented by Rida Gatphoh – singer, writer and composer

Instrument making by Bah Rojet Buhphang and Risingbor Kurkalang

 

Shaun Morehead – bom (traditional big drum) and ksing (traditional medium drum); Bah Rojet Buhphang – tangmuri (traditional shehnai) & padiah (traditional small drum); Risingbor Kurkalang – maryngod (traditional violin) & sitar (traditional sitar); Amarnath Hazarika – duitara (traditional guitar) and acoustic guitar

 

INTER/SECTIONS FROM 15:45 TO 18:00 IN SEMINAR ROOMS I TO III, KAMALADEVI COMPLEX

Beyond the Bengal Famine – Film and Panel Discussion

 

Bengal Shadows (45 min; 2017; dvd; English)

Directed by Partho Bhattacharya & Joy Banerjee 

 

Screening of the film will be followed by a panel moderated by Shiv Visvanathan in conversation with Partho Bhattacharya; and Prof. Rakesh Batabyal, Associate Professor, Centre for Media Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University and author of Communalism in Bengal: From Famine To Noakhali, 1943-47

 

The Great Bengal Famine of 1943 is considered by many to be one of the worst holocausts in modern history owing to what is perceived as either the wilful negligence or the active connivance of the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.  Yet many questions remain around the famine. Was it even a purely localised Bengal famine or were its effects felt further afield? What was the real cost of these million deaths from mass starvation and why is it an almost forgotten episode of history?

 

FROM 18:00 TO 18:30 IN THE QUADRANGLE GARDEN

Sha Shiahkrot

Khasi traditional tea ceremony presented by Dak_ti

 

AT 18:30 IN C.D. DESHMUKH AUDITORIUM

Ima Sabitri (Manipur)

(57 min; 2017; dvd; English subtitles)

Directed by Bobo Khuraijam

 

Film on the actor Heisnam Sabitri and her incredible sixty years in theatre