WORKSHOP & FILM SCREENINGS
SUNDAY 24
WORKSHOP & FILM SCREENINGS: 11:00 TO 14:00 AND 15:30 TO 17:00
Organised in collaboration with National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), the workshops will be conducted from 11:00 to 14:00 at NGMA, Jaipur House, Shershah Road, near India Gate
On 24 July 2022 at NGMA from 11:00 to 14:00
NGMA Lecture: Remembering Ramkinkar Baij
Speaker: A. Ramachandran, painter, sculptor, graphic artist, litterateur, and teacher
Curated gallery walkthrough: Viewing of NGMA’s Permanent Collection
Conducted by Sushmit Sharma, Deputy Curator NGMA
Pottery Lab: inspired by the NGMA Collection
From 15:30 to 17:00 at C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium, IIC
Film and discussion: Ramkinkar Baij (30 min; 1975; English)
A film by Ritwik Ghatak
Introduced by K.S. Radhakrishnan, sculptor and curator
This film by legendary filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak sought to unravel the man behind the persona, but remained incomplete due to Ghatak’s sudden death. The Ghatak Memorial Trust has put together this version using available film footage.
K.S. Radhakrishnan will also screen his own short documentary on the artist
IIC DIAMOND JUBILEE – CULTURE AND CREATIVITY: LEGACY AND CHANGE
WORKSHOP & FILM SCREENINGS: 11:00 TO 14:00 AND 15:30 TO 17:00
Art Appreciation Workshops and Screening of Films on Artists: 23 to 25 July 2022
Organised in collaboration with National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), the workshops will be conducted from 11:00 to 14:00 at NGMA, Jaipur House, Shershah Road, near India Gate
On 23 July 2022 at NGMA from 11:00 to 14:00
NGMA Lecture: Amrita Sher-Gil’s Artistic Legacy
Speaker: Arpana Caur, artist and scholar
Chair: Adwaita Gadanayak, sculptor, curator and Director-General, NGMA
Curated gallery walkthrough: Kshetragya
The oeuvre of ten masters of Contextual Modernism
Conducted by Meghna Vyas Arora, Curator, NGM
Live studio session inspired by Amrita Sher-Gil and Nicholas Roericj
From 15:30 to 17:00 at C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium, IIC
Film: Amrita Sher-Gil: Une Rapsodie Indienne
(52 min; 2002; French with English subtitles)
Director: Patrick Cazals
Introduced by Yashodhara Dalmia, art historian and curator
Shot in New Delhi, Mumbai, Simla, Budapest and Paris, the film unfolds the complex life and extraordinary oeuvre of an artist who became a legend in her lifetime, but tragically died when she was only twenty-eight
TALKING ARCHITECTURE VIII
Designing for Rural Resilience
A talk by Kalyan Akkipedi, engineer, social entrepreneur and a fellow of the Aspen Global Leadership Network, who since August 2010, has been leveraging local social leadership capacities in a remote drought-prone area of one of the poorest districts in India, to co-create ProtoVillage -- the prototype of a resilient village.
Followed by a dialogue with Anisha Shekhar Mukherji, Conservation Architect, Author and Visiting Faculty at S.P.A. Delhi.
The eighth in the bi-monthly series structured around dialogues that endeavour to present the role of architecture in contributing positively to society and to culture. Conceptualised by Anisha Shekhar Mukherji, the series, through interactions with practitioners and scholars, intends to engage with a wide variety of people - professionals and lay-persons alike.
Fear/ La Paura (German-Italy)
Fear/ La Paura (German-Italy) | Click here to watch
(83 min; 1954; Italian with English subtitles) Directed by Roberto Rossellini
Irene, the wife of a prominent scientist has managed to keep her affair with a handsome younger man a secret from her spouse—until her lover’s jealous ex initiates a blackmail scheme.
Let’s Get Lost (USA)
(120 min; 1988; English)
Written and Directed by Bruce Weber
Recipient of the BSFC Award for Best Documentary, Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 1990; IDA Award, International Documentary Association 1989; and Cinecritica Award, Venice Film Festival 1988
Bruce Weber's documentary looks at the life of jazz trumpeter Chet Baker. It juxtaposes footage from his early life with interviews with him and his family in his last years. Baker's life was packed with incident, including three marriages, four children, heroin use, imprisonment in Italy, and an impressive body of music.
The Ascent of Money (USA)
Series director: Adrian Pennink
Recipient of the International Emmy 2008 for Best Documentary
A six-part documentary presented by Niall Ferguson. Based on his book The Ascent of Money: The Financial History of the World, the film examines the long history of money, credit, and banking. Throughout the series, Niall Ferguson examines the origins of the pillars of the world’s financial systems, and how behind every great historical phenomenon – empires and republics, wars and revolutions – there lies a financial secret.
Episode 1: Dreams of Avarice (47 min)
From Shylock's pound of flesh to the loan sharks of Glasgow, from the "promises to pay" on Babylonian clay tablets to the Medici banking system. Niall Ferguson explains the origins of credit and debt and why credit networks are indispensable to any civilization.
The Rainman Twins (USA)
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(50 min; 2003; English)
Director: Dave Wagner
The fascinating story of the only identical twin autistic-savant sisters known to exist. Over 50 years time, Flo and Kay have literally memorised the world around them. They never forget a date, or a song, what they ate or the weather on any given date.
The Day After Trinity (USA)
(88 min; 1981; English)
Director: Jon H. Else
Recipient of the Eddie Award for Best Edited Documentary, American Cinema Editors, USA 1982; and Peabody Award, Peabody Awards1982
Scientists and witnesses involved in the creation and testing of the first ever atomic bomb reflect on the Manhattan project and its fascinating leader, J. Robert Oppenheimer, who upon completion of his wonderful and horrible invention became a powerful spokesperson against the nuclear arms race.
The Worlds of Umberto Eco: Signs and Secrets (Germany)
(41 min; 1995; English)
Director: Gero von Boehm
Film on Umberto Eco, one of the world's best-selling novelists. His fiction displayed a dazzling erudition, which ranged across science, history, mythology, religion, and modern technology. Fascinated by medieval aesthetics, this profile of Eco highlights his many passions and concerns. It also looks at his novels, particularly The Island of the Day Before, a suspenseful, seafaring adventure that is full of the elements that have delighted millions of readers.