Treasures of Ancient Rome (2012)

23 May 2022, 12:00 am
Treasures of Ancient Rome (2012)
Programme Type
Films and Exhibitions, Webcasts
End Date
29 May 2022, 11:59 pm

A three-part documentary series presented by Alastair Sooke, taking an in-depth look at the art of the Roman Empire. In the documentary Sooke sets out to "debunk the myth that Romans didn't do art and were unoriginal". This is based on the view that Romans heavily incorporated Greek style in their art, and hence produced nothing new or original. 

Episode 3: The Empire Strikes Back (59 min) | Click here to watch
Director: Tim Dunn

In the third and final part of the series, Alastair Sooke charts the decline and fall of the Roman Empire through some of its hidden and most magical artistic treasures. He travels to Leptis Magna in Libya shortly after the overthrow of Gaddafi and finds one of the best preserved Roman cities in the world and the cradle of later Roman art. Sooke discovers glorious mosaics which have never been filmed before, but also finds evidence of shocking neglect of Libya's Roman heritage by the Gaddafi regime.

His artistic tour takes him to Egypt and the northern frontiers of the empire where he encounters stunning mummy paintings and exquisite silver and glassware. As Rome careered from one crisis to another, official art became more hard boiled and militaristic and an obscure cult called Christianity rose up to seize the mantle of Western art for centuries to come.

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x30xwqf

Dancer (UK)

23 May 2022, 12:00 am
Dancer (UK)
Programme Type
Films and Exhibitions, Webcasts
End Date
29 May 2022, 11:59 pm

Dancer (UK) | Click here to watch
(85 min; 2016; English/Russian/Ukrainian
Director: Steven Cantor

Recipient of the Critics Award, Barcelona-Sant Jordi International Film Festival 2017

Ukrainian-born "bad boy of ballet" Sergei Polunin became the Royal Ballet's youngest ever principal dancer at the age 19. But two years later - at the height of his success - he walked away from it all, resolving to give up dance entirely. Steven Cantor's Dancer tracks the life of the iconoclastic virtuoso, from his prodigal beginnings in the Ukraine to this awe-inspiring performances in the U.K., Russian, and eventually the U.S., where he went viral after David LaChapelle filmed him dancing to Hozier's "Take Me to Church." Yet beyond celebrating the raw talent and wild ambition of Polunin, Dancer considers how wealth and success may not be enough when it comes to finding personal and professional identity.

https://vimeo.com/496354413

Waban-Aki

23 May 2022, 12:00 am
Waban-Aki
Programme Type
Films and Exhibitions, Webcasts
End Date
29 May 2022, 11:59 pm

Waban-Aki: People from Where the Sun Rises (Canada) | Click here to watch
(104 min; 2006; French/English with subtitles)
Director: Alanis Obomsawin 
Producer: National Film Board of Canada

Alanis Obomsawin takes us home to her Abenaki community of Odanak, Quebec. She skillfully weaves the richly-textured history of her formerly prosperous basket and canoe-making community with an exploration of contemporary Aboriginal identity and official 'status'. The Abenaki once numbered over 50,000 with a territory that stretched across New England, the Maritimes, and southern Quebec. Both their territory and numbers have been drastically reduced through wars and diseases, but their biggest threat today falls between love and legislation. Through the colonial mandate of the Indian Act, First Nations children continue to lose their Aboriginal status when their parents marry outside of their community, threatening their links to their culture, and even their rights to live in their family homes. Through a series of intimate interviews, elders and young people candidly share their stories, grounding us in the realities of their lives and the complex future of all Aboriginal people.

https://www.nfb.ca/film/waban-aki_en/
 

Lost Kingdoms of Africa (2010-2012/UK)

23 May 2022, 12:00 am
Lost Kingdoms of Africa (2010-2012/UK)
Programme Type
Films and Exhibitions, Webcasts
End Date
29 May 2022, 11:59 pm

An eight-part BBC series in which British art historian Dr Gus Casely-Hayford explores the pre-colonial history of some of Africa's most important kingdoms.

Episode 1: Nubia (59 min)Click here to watch
Director: David Wilson

The first episode looks at Nubia, in what is now northern Sudan, a kingdom that dominated a vast area of the eastern Sahara for thousands of years. Its people were described as barbarians and mercenaries, and yet Nubia has left us with some of the most spectacular monuments in the world.
Casely-Hayford traces the origins of this fascinating kingdom back to 10,000 BC. He explores how it developed and what happened to it and its people, discovering that its kings once ruled Ancient Egypt and that it was defeated not by its rivals but by its environment.

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3ki5xo

FOCUS ON WESTERN CLASSICAL MUSIC COMPOSERS

23 May 2022, 12:00 am
FOCUS ON WESTERN CLASSICAL MUSIC COMPOSERS
Programme Type
Films and Exhibitions, Webcasts
End Date
29 May 2022, 11:59 pm

Stravinsky (Canada) | Click here to watch
(49 min; 1966; b/w; English)
Directors: Roman Kroitor & Wolf Koenig

This documentary is an informal portrait of the great modern composer Igor Stravinsky. Proudly American, though still very much an Old World figure with a long and alert memory for people and events in music, literature and art, Stravinsky is depicted here conducting the CBC Symphony Orchestra in a recording of his Symphony of Psalms.

https://www.nfb.ca/film/stravinsky/
 

Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life (USA)

23 May 2022, 12:00 am
Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life (USA)
Programme Type
Films and Exhibitions, Webcasts
End Date
29 May 2022, 11:59 pm

Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life (USA)
(165 min; 1996; English)
Director: Michael Paxton

Recipient of the Golden Satellite Award for Best Motion Picture, Documentary, Satellite Award 1999

An Academy nominated feature-length documentary that illustrates the well-known author’s sense of life. It paints a portrait of a woman whose work has remained in print for over eighty years and continues to inspire new generations of readers. It incorporates interviews with the people who knew Ayn Rand best, photos from her personal archives, film clips, and original animated sequences to tell her remarkable story – a story of a “life more compelling than fiction”.

https://youtu.be/-OE4FPylYno

ART MATTERS

20 May 2022, 06:30 pm
ART MATTERS
Programme Type
Discussions
Venue
Seminar Rooms II, Kamaladevi Complex, IIC

PHYSICAL PROGRAMME

Do Art Books Matter?

A discussion with Malvika Singh, author and publisher; Dayanita Singh, well-known photographer; Pramod KG, Managing Director, Eka Archiving Services, founder Director, Anokhi Museum of Handprinting and author and editor of several publications; Bhavna Kakar, Founder and Director, Latitude 28, and Editor and Publisher, TAKE on Art magazine; and Akshay Pathak, Head, Pro Helvetia, Swiss Arts Council

Chair: Ashok Vajpeyi

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)

 IIC DIAMOND JUBILEE LECTURES ON DIGITAL GOVERNANCE

20 May 2022, 06:30 pm
 IIC DIAMOND JUBILEE LECTURES ON DIGITAL GOVERNANCE
Programme Type
Discussions, Webcasts

 

IoT Security’s Hidden Depths - How regulators can enable a secure IoT 

Speaker: Dr. Richard Hayton, Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer and Chief Information and Security Officer, Trustonic

Chair: Ms Mahima Kaul, Head Public Policy, APAC Bumble

 

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