THE IIC EXPERIENCE : A FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS 2017

SATURDAY, 7 OCTOBER 2017

11:00 The Russian State and India – Imperial Encounters to Contemporary Collaboration

Curated by Dr. Hari Vasudevan, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations

between India and Russia. The exhibition includes archival photographs,

maps, illustrations, copies of paintings, portraits and engravings

On view in Conference Room I, 11 am to 7 pm

The exhibition will remain on view until 21 October 2017

(Collaboration: Institute of Foreign Policy Studies, Calcutta University; and Maulana Abul Kalam Azad I

Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata)

12 noon Carrying Roots Around

Contemporary art curated by Manish Pushkale

Participating artists: Ganesh Haloi; Atul Dodiya; Jaishree Chakraborty; V. Ramesh, Veer Munshi; Akhilesh; Nancy

Adajania; J agannath Panda; Mona Rai; and Manisha Parekh

On view at the Art Gallery, Kamaladevi Complex, 11 am to 7 pm

The exhibition will remain on view until 21 October 2017

(Collaboration: Raza Foundation)

2.30 pm A Cinematic Journey Through Cities: A Festival of Films

Italian cities presented by Italian Embassy Cultural Centre Cineclub – Incontri in Biblioteca

Fort Apache Napoli (Fortapàsc)

(113 min; 2009; dvd; English subtitles)

Director: Marco Risi

Multiple award winner including FICE Award for Best Cinematography, FICE – Federazione

Italiana Cinema d’Essai 2009;

Golden Pegasus for Best Director, Flaiano International Prizes 2009;

Golden Globes, Italy 2009 for Best Director; Audience Award, Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival, 2009;

among others

Set in Naples

5.00 pm Rumbles in the Playpen

Contemporary work – Sculptures and Installations by young upcoming artists

Curated d by Tarini Sethi

Participating artists: Harsh Nambiar (visual artist); Ishan Lamba (ceramist); Ayesha Singh (conceptual art); Mehr

Chatterjee (artist & designer); Aditya Dutta (artist); Jaiveer Singh

(solar energy work); Nanaki Singh (conceptual art); Working Hours Collective (zines); and Tarini Sethi

(metal shadow puppets)

During the exhibition there will be performances, live drawing sessions and film screenings on

8th October 2017 – 4 pm to 5 pm

The Un-Recital

Classical and contemporary piano by Sahil Vasudeva

The performance includes works by Rachmaninov, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Debussy, Schumann and the artists

own compositions.

The performance will also feature collaborations

with photographers, Sohrab Hura and Igor Posner

9th October 2017 – 4 pm to 5:30 pm

Live Drawing Sessions

Conducted by

10th October 2017 – 11 am to 3 pm

Film screenings

On view at the Gandhi-King Memorial Plaza

6.30 pm Inauguration of the Festival

By Shri N.N. Vohra, President IIC

‘Where the Streets are Fragrant with Sandal paste…’

New Ensemble works in Bharatanatyam

Choreographed by Justin McCarthy

Artists: Abhinaya Penneswaran, Bharathi Penneswaran, Deeksha Nath, Justin McCarthy, Karuna Singla,

Priya Srinivasan, Surabhi Barua, and Veena Kumar

8.30 pm A Cinematic Journey Through Cities: A Festival of Films

Italian cities presented by Italian Embassy Cultural Centre Cineclub – Incontri in Biblioteca

The Girl by the Lake (La Ragazza del Lago)

(95 min; 2007; dvd; English subtitles)

Director: Andrea Molaioli

Multiple award winner Carmelo Rocca Award, Capri, Hollywood 2007;

Isvema Award & Pasinetti Award

for Best Actor, Venice Film Festival 2007; Golden Globe for Best First

Feature Film & Best Screenplay, Golden Globes, Italy 2008; Silver

Ribbon for Best Actor, Best New Director

& Best Screenplay, Italian National Syndicate of Film

Journalists 2008; among others

Set in Tarviso

Indian Influences on Russian Textiles

Illustrated lecture by Olga Lystsova, formerly with the State Museum of Oriental Art, Moscow

Chair: Ritu Sethi, Craft Revival Trust

(Collaboration: Textile and Costume Research Centre, National Museum)

BHOOMI 2017

Listening to the Mountains

Release of a book: Bhoomi: Listening to the Mountains

Seminar covering Anthropocentric to Earth Centric Paradigm: Recognising The Rights of Mother Earth; GDP to GNH: From Greed to Living Economies; Resurgence of Shakti: Women in Defence of the Earth; The Cry of the Mountains: Climate Change and the Melting of Himalayan Glaciers

After the Flood, a film by Navdanya will also be screened

AT 16:00

Agroecology & Diversity: Towards Poison Free Farming

Closing remarks: Andre Leu, farmer and the President of IFOAM - Organics International & author The Myths of Safe Pesticides

Address by the Ambassadors of the Mountains

AT 18:30

Performances

Songs by Vidya Rao, renowned Thumri, Classical Singer;

Ani Choying Drolma, the Singing Nun & the UNICEF Goodwill

Ambassador to Nepal

(Collaboration: Navdanya)

To Mark World Heart Day 2017

Share the Power

Main Speakers: Dr.Anita Khalil and Dr. A. S. Dave

President & Co Chair: Dr. S. Padmavati and Dr. M. Khalilullah

Check-up of BP, Weight, and BMI

Screening of a film on Diet, Physical Activity and Smoking

(Collaboration: All India Heart Foundation)

Tribute to the Champaran Satyagraha 1917

Film - Then Came Gandhi (12.36 min)

Courtesy: National Gandhi Museum

Champaran se Bapu

Kathak Recital by Shivani Varma

Colours of Imperialism: Memory, Diversity and the Future of Champaran

Speaker: Professor Shiv Visvanathan

(Collaboration: Sarvodaya International Trust)

MOHINIYATTAM COLLECTIVE

Ramcharitramanas (80 min)

Based on Goswami Tulsidas combining classical dance styles, including Mohiniyattam.

(Collaboration: Centre for Mohiniyattam)

MOHINIYATTAM COLLECTIVE: 27 AND 28 SEPTEMBER 2017

WEDNESDAY 27 - 28

Sita Sambhashnam (45 min)

A combined presentation of 3 female classical dance forms of Kerala namely Mohiniyattam , Nangiar Koothu and Sthree Vesham of Kathakali based on an reinterpretation of Ramayana

Followed by

Beyond Grace (50 min)

A documentary film on Bharati Shivaji and Vijayalakshmi by Sara Baur, Los Angeles

Buddha At Work

Dr. Bibek Debroy, Member, Niti Aayog and Ms Sairee Chahal, Founder, Sheroes,
in conversation with Geetanjali Pandit on her new book, Buddha at Work (New Delhi: Hachette India, 2017)

MARITIME ASIA: DIPLOMACY AND CULTURAL HERITAGE

China's 'Maritime Silk Route Diplomacy': Does it Matter?

Speaker: Professor Himanshu Prabha Ray, historian and Member, Board, Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies; Routledge Series Editor, Archaeology and Religion in South Asia; Hony. Professor, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich

Asia's Renaissance: Rekindling the Learning Culture in Monsoon Asia

Speaker: Dr. Iwan Pranoto, Cultural Counsellor, Embassy of Indonesia and a mathematician of some eminence.

Chair: Ambassador Yogendra Kumar

Hindustani Vocal Dhrupad Recital

Hindustani Vocal Dhrupad Recital
by
Sumeet Anand Pandey from Delhi
Disciple of Guru Pandit Abhay Narayan Mallick

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