09 October 2014, 05:30 am
THE IIC EXPERIENCE : A FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS
Programme Type
Festivals
Pahari Imli – Window to a Lost World 
4:30 pm E
xhibitions

An exhibition of photographs, books, frontispieces and objects from the collection of the Hazrat Shah Waliullah Public Library; and from the private collections of Abdul Sattar and Naseem Beg Khan Changezi
 
Photographs by Neeraj Singh; Saurabh Prasad and photographs of Matia Mahal by Ram Rahman
 
Demonstration by Shri Ammeenur Rahman, calligrapher from Pahari Imli on Friday, 10 October and Sunday, 12 October from 11 am to 6 pm
 
Inauguration by Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan, Chairperson IIC Asia Project and Life Trustee IIC
 
On view in Conference Room I 
 
5:30 pm
Emergence 
A multi-media installation by Pierre Legrand and Anuradha Majumdar
 
The installation invites the viewer to walk through light, translucent architecture, made of poetry and experience, a porous, luminous and musical space
 
Inauguration by Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan 
 
On view in the Gandhi-King Plaza
 
6:30 pm
Inauguration of the Festival
By Shri Soli J. Sorabjee, President IIC
 
Concert
Presented by Rida and The Musical Folks from Meghalaya
Rida Gatphoh (songwriter & vocals); Bah Rojet Buhphang and Bah S. Malngiang (duhalias – traditional folk musicians); Peter Marbaniang (duitara & guitar); Amarnath Hazarika (composer & guitar); Sean Menzies Nongrum (percussion & bass); Benedict Skhemlang Hynniewta (flute); Bahduh Risingbor Kurkalang (duhalia artist; duitara, maryngod & sitar); and Shaun Nonghuloo Morehead (percussion & ksing)
 
The artists will present an evening of music, story-telling and recitations from the Khasi and Jaintia traditions
 
 
8:00 pm
People, Places and A War: A Festival of Films
The Grand Illusion (La Grande Illusion; France)
(114 min; 1937; dvd; b/w; English subtitles)
Director: Jean Renoir
 
Recipient of the NBR Award for Best Foreign Film & Top Foreign Films, National Board of Review, USA 1938; Award for Best Overall Artistic Contribution, Venice Film Festival 1937; and NYFCC Award for Best Foreign Language Film, New York Film Critics Circle Awards 1939

FOOD FESTIVAL: FOR IIC MEMBERS ONLY
8:00 pm
Food Festival: A Taste of Europe and the Swedish Smorgasbord 
Prepared by Vijay Thukral, Executive Chef IIC and Embassy of Sweden