ARTEAST
FRIDAY 24 & 25
FESTIVAL ? ANNEXE ART GALLERY, GANDHI-KING PLAZA, C.D. DESHMUKH AUDITORIUM, SEMINAR ROOMS I TO III, KAMALADEVI COMPLEX
Curated by Kishalay Bhattacharjee
The festival is an initiative to raise pertinent questions through a series of engagements on art, livelihood, social justice, climate change, communication, history – past and present, issues that have a far reaching impact on every day life of people and of the nation. Organised in collaboration with National Foundation for India; Sasakawa Foundation; and Reachout Foundation
Exhibitions:
Tectonic Live
An exhibition of paintings and puppets
By Jimmy Chishi
The exhibition explores the architecture of forms mimicking human movement and inspired by the constructing powers in nature as well as architecture. It attempts to capture the multi-facetedness of living, which are passive and active, organic and inorganic. The work is inspired by the aesthetics of Bauhaus and traditional Naga renderings
Preview on Thursday, 23rd March 2017 at 18:30
On view 24 to 30 March 2017, 11:00 to 19:00 at the Annexe Art Gallery
Ebb and Flow: Migration, masks and River Stories
Maskmakers and artists from Majuli, the world’s biggest inhabited river island will demonstrate their craft through installations and workshops. Central to their artistic approach is the performative aspect of masks. The Majuli pavilion is an installation on the historical and cultural intersections between monastic art, tribal life, climate change and displacement
On view 24 and 25 March 2017, 11:00 to 19:00 at the Gandhi-King Plaza
Majuli: Hope and Homelessness
An installation in water depicting the homelessness of the people of Majuli with relentless erosion and loss of livelihood and habitat. Everyday objects of home fill up the physical space of memory and identity; a pot, a lantern, a bicycle, a suitcase, the masks that are perhaps no longer required and their gods and goddesses
On view 24 and 25 March 2016 in the Fountains next to the Lounge
Roots: Living Root Bridges of Meghalaya
A photo essay by Ian Khongmen
Bridges in East Khasi Hills of Meghalaya are not built but grown. The photo essay shows how villages in Meghalaya use traditional knowledge to engineer a unique bridge building art with living roots of rubber trees. This ancient and rare art of making the roots grow across a stretch weaving in sticks and stones till they take root on the other side of the river thus allowing the people to cross over
On view 24 to 30 March 2017 at the Quadrangle Garden
FROM 16:30 TO 19:45 AT C.D. DESHMUKH AUDITORIUM
Introduction
By
Mukhabhaona
A traditional mask theatre/dance performance by the mask makers of Majuli. The mukha or mask is an important component of the bhaona – a traditional form of entertainment with a religious message, first created in the 16thcentury by Shankaradeva. The performance is a tribute to Sanjoy Ghose, development activist
Film: Majuli – Land Between Two Rivers
(45 min; 2017; HD; English & with subtitles)
Directed by Parashar Baruah
The film explores the challenges in preserving the island physically and it’s culture of mask making that is as threatened as the island itself. A searing narrative of the survival of art and life itself, told through masked characters drawn from mythology
From 18:00 to 19:15 in Seminar Rooms I to III, Kamaladevi Complex
Discussion on Philanthropy: The Art of Giving
Panelists:
Seven Decades and Beyond: The UN-India Connect
Speakers:
To mark seven decades of the UN, the United Nations Information Centre for India and Bhutan has published this volume on the vibrant UN-India relationship. In 70 theme-based chapters, the book traces the journeys of India and the UN as they have informed and enriched each other over the past seven decades
(Collaboration: UN Information Centre)
Concert
By the Orchestra da Camera di Mantova
Programme includes music by Vivaldi, Rossini and Donizetti
(Collaboration: Italian Embassy Cultural Centre)
Relevance of Traditional Cultures for the Present and the Future
The first copy of the book edited by Ambassador K. Raghunath and Ambassador Nalin Surie, will be received by Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Hon’ble Vice-President of India
(Organised by the IIC International Research Division)
World Press Photo 16
An exhibition of prize winning photographs from the World Press Photo Contest 2016. An annual contest on photojournalism and documentary photography conducted by the World Press Photo Foundation, the contest awards photographers for the best images in visual journalism of the past year. The jury of the 2016 competition gave prizes in eight categories to 41 photographers from 21 countries: Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Iran, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Portugal, Russia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Turkey, and the USA
The prize-winning photographs have been printed on Canon large – format printers and Arizona Flatbed printers by Océ
World Press Photo receives support from the Dutch Postcode Lottery and is sponsored worldwide by Canon
Inauguration on Tuesday, 21 March 2017 at 18:30
(Collaboration: The World Press Photo Foundation; Embassy of The Netherlands; and Adaan Foundation)
The Fall of the Leafe: Music and Poetry of the time of Queen Elizabeth I
Harpsichord: Douglas Amrine and Justin McCarthy
Recitation: Sunit Tandon
Vocalist: Prabhat Chandola
Bharatanatyam Recital
By Mrinalini Biswas from Kolkata, disciple of Guru Yamini Krishnamurthy
Carnatic Vocal Duet
By Sreehari and Sreerag from Delhi, disciples of Ganabhushanam Arjunan Kizhakkanela, and Guru Sri Prashant G. Pai
FILMS ON WILDLIFE AND ENVIRONMENT
Old Man River (52 min; dvd; English)
Director: Gautam Bora
98 year old Kurak Pegu has worked hard all his life to survive and sustain his family along the flood prone Majuli in Assam. He knows that the Brahmaputra river has been both kind and harsh at the same time. He knows the river inside out and believes that the wisdom of this traditional knowledge handed down to him by his forefathers will give him the strength to cope with all the odds of nature
(Collaboration: World Wide Fund for Nature-India)
JASHN E ADAB – POETRY FESTIVAL
Jashn e Adab – Poetry Festival
17:15 -18:00 – Rehman all Unplugged
The fame of Music ka Maha Magable and Amul Voice of Inda
18:00 to 19:00 – Kathak by Vidhal Lal and Abhimanyu Lal
19:00 – 19:30 – Closing Ceremony and Awards
By Shri Anil Baijal, Hon’ble Lieutenant Governor of Delhi
19: 30 – Qawwali by Sabri Brothers