Monday, December 31, 2012
Saturday, December 29, 2012
Leslie Charlies Trio - Saturday 29th @ 21.00
Leslie Charlies Trio feat Karan Joseph, Fuzzy Logic
Leslie Charles is known for his exceptional groove and feel for R & B and Soul music. He's making a come back into the music scene after a long hiatus.
Ramanan Chandramouli completed his AA arts degree in guitar performance at the LA music academy in Los Angeles, California. He currently teaches at Taaqademy along with Bruce Lee Mani from Thermal and a Quarter. He is actively involved in the music scene and currently plays for Mad Orange Fireworks, Blind Image and Nation Station.
Deepak Raghu is the drummer for Bangalore based heavy rock band Bevar Sea. Faculty at The TAAQ Academy (Taaqademy). Has worked with long-standing musicians such as Vinoo Matthew, Ananth Menon, Vasudev Prabhu, Floyd Fernandes, Karan Joseph. He's known for his versatility and ability to jump between genre boundaries.
Karan Joseph is one of Bangalore's chief collaborators on the keyboard. His genre bending antics on the keys is legendary.
Arfaaz or 'Fuzz' began his musical adventure at the tender age of three, when gripped by an overwhelming urge to determine the mysterious source of music emanating from his father’s wall cabinet, a tremendous fall, (cushioned only by the thick tuft of fuzz on his head) rewired his neuro-impulses causing an undying love for music and a unique approach to sound that he likes to call Fuzzy Logic.
Ojas - Saturday 12th @ 18.30
RUDRAM 2013 presents OJAS by Nirupama Rajendra and Abhinava Dance Company
Nirupama-Rajendra, the dynamic and spell binding dancing couple from Bangalore-India along with Abhinava Dance Company, have over the years, created a wave of excitement on the Indian dance scene. With ?Abhinava Dance Company? firmly established as one of India?s most popular and cutting-edge, the duo have been credited with injecting a great deal of innovation, creativity, enthusiasm and imagination to Classical dance. Their commitment to Excellence in Indian dance is evident in their performances.
They, along with their troupe, have performed to over 5 million connoisseurs across 5 continents through stage performances.
"OJAS" meaning Brilliance in Sanskrit, represents a living tradition through dance & music. The essence of Indian culture, Art & Philosophy are captured and celebrated through exquisite sequences in "OJAS".
The program features vintage and creative dance styles with Indian Classical and World music.
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Friday, December 21, 2012
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Thursday, December 20, 2012
For the travellers : A tea with Nefertiti - Till Sunday March 31st
If you are in the region, don't miss !!
http://www.mathaf.org.qa/mathaf_exhibitions.html
Bengaluru International Film Festival - Starting today
The 5th Bengaluru International Film Festival opens today with Germany as Country in Special Focus. Don’t miss this chance to view top German films!
Please note that Delegate Passes will be issued between 11.00 a.m. and 7.00 p.m. daily at the Bhavan.
Important: Passes will be issued on production of two recent photographs and photocopy of valid ID (PAN card, driving licence, passport etc.)
The Passes are available at the following rates:
Delegate Pass: Rs. 500
Senior citizens, students, members of films clubs and film industry: Rs. 100
All Passes are valid for 160 films across the 7 screens in Inox Garuda; Lido Fame; Sulochana, Info Dept.; Badami House.
For other Pass distribution venues and updated screening schedule, please visit www.biffes.in
Bharathanatyam recital by Susheela Mehta - Sunday 23rd @ 18.00
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and Padmabhushan Kalanidhi Narayanan will perform Krishnãbhisãrã, portraying the four paths followed by Yashoda, Rukmini, Sathyabhãma and Draupadi to reach Krishnã on the occasion of GITA JAYANTI.
Shankar's Cartoons - from Monday 24th
The exhibition is being organised in memory of Sri Shankar Pillai [ Born: July 31, 1902: Demise: December 26, 1989 ]. Father of Indian Cartooning, as Sri Shankar Pillai was popularly known as, he had an itch for the art of cartooning since his childhood. While he was studying in college, he regularly contributed his cartoons to The Bombay Chronicle, The Free Press Journal, The Weekly Herald.
Appreciating his works, Mr. Pothan Joseph, Editor of The Hindustan Times, offered him a job of Staff Cartoonist in 1932. Sri Shankar quit the newspaper to start his own ‘Shankar’s Weekly’, India’s first and only journal of Political Cartoons in 1948. The Weekly became a training ground for many brilliant cartoonists of the country.
Sri Shankar had to his credit many prestigious awards including Padma Vibhushan from the Govt. of India in 1976.
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Bodies and Buildings | Thomas Florschuetz - Wednesday 19th @ 18.30
In his Lecture: Bodies and Buildings, Florschuetz will present a brief overview of his work since the mid '80s. However, the focus of his talk will be on the last five to six years including his works from Ahmedabad and Chandigarh. These will be on view at his exhibition at the Museum in Wiesbaden, Germany in April next year. Florschuetz' work focuses mainly on architecture, but he has also published a large series of photographs titled Jets, some of which are also on display at the Biennale.
Thomas Florschuetz:
1957 born in Zwickau/Sachsen self-taught artist, lives and works in Berlin and Rio de Janeiro
1981 moves to Berlin/GDR
1987 1st. Prize for Young European Photographers, Frankfurt am Main
1988 emigrated to Berlin/ West
1994 Dorothea-von-Stetten-Award, Bonn
1997 Förderpreis der Helmut-Kraft-Stiftung, Stuttgart
2000 Artist in Residence, Villa Aurora, Pacific Palisades, California
2004 German Critics Award for Visual Art, Berlin
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Sunday, December 9, 2012
Bengaluru International Film Festival - from Thursday 20th to Thursday 27th
1. Cinema of the World
2. Asian Cinema
3. Chitrabharati (Indian Cinema)
4. Kannada Cinema
5. Retrospectives
6. Country Focus
7. NETPAC Award Winners
8. FIPRESCI (Critics) Award Winners
9. Special genre: Anti-War Films.
10. Centenary Celebration of Indian cinema
All the details on : http://www.biffes.in/index.html
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Divine Moments | Raghu Rai - Thursday 13th @ 18.30
Raghu Rai (b.1942) originally trained as a civil engineer, before taking up photography at the age of 23, in 1965. A year later, he joined the New Delhi based national weekly magazine ‘The Statesman’ as their chief photographer, moving on after 10 years to become the picture editor with the prestigious Kolkata based weekly, ‘Sunday’. In 1977 he returned to New Delhi to become the picture editor, as well as its active photographer, for the leading national weekly, ‘India Today’. Henri Cartier-Bresson saw an exhibition of Rai’s in Paris at the Galerie Delpire in 1971, and was sufficiently impressed to nominate him to the world-famous Magnum Photo Agency. In the same year he was honoured by the Indian Government with the Padmashree Award.
Raghu Rai will be present at the opening.
The show is on from 14th December to 28th December 2012.
Friday, December 7, 2012
Bangalore Literature Festival - from Friday 7th to Sunday 9th
Beautiful gardens and parks, the gulmohar in full bloom, the most salubrious weather – Bangalore has always inspired creative thinkers and authors.
The Bangalore Literature Festival (BLF) celebrates this creative spirit of the city touted as the Garden City of India and commemorates the literary diversity it offers, bringing it in conversation with the best minds in the world of literature within and outside India.
BLF aspires to be an Annual Flagship event in the cultural calendar of Bangalore and would focus on rekindling the romance with literature and foster reading and writing, especially among the youth. It offers a national platform with a glocal appeal and bridges the gap between literature in English and Indian regional languages.
Schedule : http://www.bangaloreliteraturefestival.org/index.php
Moonarra - Saturday 8th @ 20.00
Walk through | the history of Modern Art - Saturday 8th @ 10.30
The majority of works by Amrita Sher- Gil in the public domain are with the NGMA, which houses over 100 paintings by this meteoric artist. Born of a Sikh father from an aristocratic, land owing family, and a Hungarian mother, Amrita Sher-Gil’s life veered between Europe and India. She was blessed with beauty, breeding, charismatic personality and extra ordinary talent as a painter.
In 1929, she joined the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. Her painting skills were recognized and acclaimed; she loved the bohemian life of artists in Paris. Sher-Gil’s painting style at this time reflected the European idiom with its naturalism and textured application of paint. Many of the paintings done in the early 1930s are in the European style, and include a number of self portraits. There are also many paintings of life in Paris, nude studies, still life studied, as well as portraits of friends and fellow students. Of these, the self portraits form a significant corpus. They captured the artist in her many moods- somber, pensive and joyous- while revealing a narcissistic streak in her personality.
Her style underwent a radical change by the mid- 30s. she yearn for India, and by 1934, the family returned. This time, she looked at India with the eyes of an artist. The colours, the textures, the vibrancy and the earthiness of the people had a deep impact on the young artist. In India, she appropriated the language of miniatures.
The complexities of her life- she was of mixed parentage and her art school background in Paris made her both, an insider and outsider, as did her ambivalent sexuality- promoted her to constantly reinvent her visual language. She sought to reconcile her modern sensibility with her enthusiastic response to traditional art-historical resources.
Adil & Vasundhara - Friday 7th & Saturday 8th @ 20.30
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Samyoga - Sunday 9th @ 18.30
Music and dance that is probably the epitome of synchronised movement and timing. Choreographed by Surupa Sen, `Samyoga` has a live music score composed by Pandit Raghunath Panigrahi.
In Samyoga, Surupa Sen and Bijayini Satpathy reached the very apogee of synchronised movement and timing, supported by superb percussion and singing.`` -- Shanta Gokhale.
Terence Lewis' master class - Sunday 23rd @ 16.00
A chance to learn from the Master himself- Terence Lewis and his Toli of super instructors in an exclusive master class!
After teaching the world over, Master Terence comes to your very own city with a specially designed class just for you. Indo- contemporary technique, tips from the guru himself, then topped off with an exclusive phrase of choreography.
Calling all dancers- be the chosen one to be selected by Master Terence himself for an exclusive performance scholarship- the Terence Kare Talaash- the TKT Scholarship, a one and a half year of training and hands on experience under the arc lights!
The Terence Lewis Master Class....could be your key to the future!!
Please wear comfortable clothes and shoes (track pants and sports shoes) and carry water with you. Do not carry any valuables with you as we will not be responsible for the same.
Directed by: Terence Lewis Academy
The 39th step - Saturday 8th @ 19.30
A story filled with sex appeal, spies, Scotland yard, love, betrayal, car chases train chases, silk stalkings, plane crashes, damsels in distress and Murder! You will experience a play, that'll leave you going 'Wow', *and* smiling.
Written by Patrick Barlow
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Monday, December 3, 2012
Samhara - Saturday 8th @ 19.30
Nrityagram's "Samhara" is making waves in the dance world! Conceived right here in Bangalore, Samhara has travelled the world and has won accolades from dance enthusiasts everywhere. In Samhara, Surupa Sen's choreography has reached heights not scaled so far. The imagination, innovation and creativity she brings into merging two different dance forms (Odissi and Kandyan from Sri Lanka) have won the piece a nomination for the Bessie Awards, considered the Oscars of Dance. The five dancers display unmatched skill and perfection. The delightful live music adds to the rare experience that Samhara is.
Artistic Director/ Choreographer: Surupa Sen
Music: Pandit Raghunath Panigrahi
Ticket from Rs 300
Friday, November 30, 2012
Yoga Nidra - Saturday 1st @ 7.00 am
From Sowmya Ayyar (http://www.sowmyaayyar.com/)
ICYAS Pre-Conference Workshop, a Yoga Nidra session conducted by Madeleine Sears, Certified Yoga Teacher from Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. A relaxing and meditative practice taking you through the layers of the body.
Register for the programme : +91 78 29 42 77 42
This program is held as a pre-conference event to the International Conference on Yoga, Ayurveda, and Spirituality for the 2012-2013 year.
Cost: Rs 250
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Greening with Goethe - Saturday 1st @ 10.00
The University of Bremen, Germany and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore present the 2nd International Environmental Youth Conference “Greening with Goethe” - the interdisciplinary environmental project that has been awarded the UNESCO tag of Project of the Decade.
“Greening with Goethe“” is a part of the Year of Germany and India 2011-2012: Infinite Opportunities.
How can we interest children and teenagers in environmental protection? What happens when they experience and comprehend that this issue has a critical bearing on their present and future? “With this project we want to awaken interest in the environmental sciences, as well as work toward improving the climatic balance”, says Dr. Anne Schönhagen, Project Head and Deputy Director, Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan Bangalore.
Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, former President of India has kindly consented to interact with the young delegates during the grand finale. Excited about the young students’ commitment, Dr. Kalam will deliver a Keynote Address and debate the role of politics in environmental protection with the delegates.
Acknowledging the significance of the project, UNESCO awarded “Greening with Goethe” with the title: Project of the Decade "Education for Sustainable Development”. According to Prof. Dr. Gerhard de Haan, Chairman of the National Committee and Jury of the UN Decade in Germany, “Greening with Goethe” portrays fantastically, how future education is going to be spread. The jury rewards the project for the reason that it comprehensibly conveys how people can act sustainably.”
For detailed information on the Conference and project, please call the Bhavan: 2520 5305/6/7/8 or visit our websites: www.goethe.de/india/greening-
To learn with each other and from one another – the idea behind “Greening with Goethe“ is as simple as it is original: young students from across schools in Germany, Czech Republic and Sri Lanka, along with students from PASCH schools (Partner schools) in all major Indian metros identify and research an environmental problem.
The project began in 2011 with an international group of environmental scientists guiding the students and encouraging them to claim responsibility for their neighbourhood and city perhaps for the first time in their lives. At the 1st International Environmental Youth Conference “Greening with Goethe” in 2011, students were accorded the chance to discuss common issues, develop a catalogue of measures and commit to solving their chosen problem. The project continues with its young protagonists realising new ideas during a one-year implementation phase.
A huge success from the very start, “Greening with Goethe” was able to extend its collaboration in 2012 to partner schools in the Czech Republic and Sri Lanka. 400 young students representing four nations are involved in the project this year. 150 of these will participate in the 2nd International Environmental Youth Conference to be held from December 1 to 3, 2012 in Bangalore. They will present their projects in workshops and cluster meetings, exchange ideas and discuss possible measures for the future with the help of 25 environmental scientists and experts. Elected delegates will convene a Senate on Day 2 to compile the outcome of both workshops and cluster meetings and prepare the catalogue of measures.
With the world-renowned Indian Institute of Science (IISc) on board as a partner, this year’s Conference will take place on the IISc Campus, with its scientists and research specialists offering invaluable support during the workshops.
“Greening with Goethe“” is a part of the Year of Germany and India 2011-2012: Infinite Opportunities.
How can we interest children and teenagers in environmental protection? What happens when they experience and comprehend that this issue has a critical bearing on their present and future? “With this project we want to awaken interest in the environmental sciences, as well as work toward improving the climatic balance”, says Dr. Anne Schönhagen, Project Head and Deputy Director, Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan Bangalore.
Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, former President of India has kindly consented to interact with the young delegates during the grand finale. Excited about the young students’ commitment, Dr. Kalam will deliver a Keynote Address and debate the role of politics in environmental protection with the delegates.
Acknowledging the significance of the project, UNESCO awarded “Greening with Goethe” with the title: Project of the Decade "Education for Sustainable Development”. According to Prof. Dr. Gerhard de Haan, Chairman of the National Committee and Jury of the UN Decade in Germany, “Greening with Goethe” portrays fantastically, how future education is going to be spread. The jury rewards the project for the reason that it comprehensibly conveys how people can act sustainably.”
For detailed information on the Conference and project, please call the Bhavan: 2520 5305/6/7/8 or visit our websites: www.goethe.de/india/greening-
To learn with each other and from one another – the idea behind “Greening with Goethe“ is as simple as it is original: young students from across schools in Germany, Czech Republic and Sri Lanka, along with students from PASCH schools (Partner schools) in all major Indian metros identify and research an environmental problem.
The project began in 2011 with an international group of environmental scientists guiding the students and encouraging them to claim responsibility for their neighbourhood and city perhaps for the first time in their lives. At the 1st International Environmental Youth Conference “Greening with Goethe” in 2011, students were accorded the chance to discuss common issues, develop a catalogue of measures and commit to solving their chosen problem. The project continues with its young protagonists realising new ideas during a one-year implementation phase.
A huge success from the very start, “Greening with Goethe” was able to extend its collaboration in 2012 to partner schools in the Czech Republic and Sri Lanka. 400 young students representing four nations are involved in the project this year. 150 of these will participate in the 2nd International Environmental Youth Conference to be held from December 1 to 3, 2012 in Bangalore. They will present their projects in workshops and cluster meetings, exchange ideas and discuss possible measures for the future with the help of 25 environmental scientists and experts. Elected delegates will convene a Senate on Day 2 to compile the outcome of both workshops and cluster meetings and prepare the catalogue of measures.
With the world-renowned Indian Institute of Science (IISc) on board as a partner, this year’s Conference will take place on the IISc Campus, with its scientists and research specialists offering invaluable support during the workshops.
Raag Rang Samay Yatra - Friday 7th @ 18.30
Raag Rang Samay Yatra
A 90 minute Hindustani Music Program that highlights the
Time Cycle of Ragas
With a commentary by Vidhushi Lalith J Rao
and demonstration by her Disciples
Pick up Something - Sunday 2nd @ 12.00
German illustrator Nadia Budde sees word and illustration as a unity. No wonder her pictorial narratives for children and young people receive both comic and literature awards.
She will conduct a creative workshop for children which will include drawing based on her comic stripes Urban Zoo and her book “One two three me” for children of age group 6-11 years.
For older children 12 – 18 years age group – they develop their very own and personal graphic novel under the topic of childhood memories. The basic concept of the workshop is developed from Nadia Budde’s book “Such dir was aus aber beeil dich” (“Pick something but hurry”) which is an account of her own childhood in Berlin.
For Age Groups 6-12
Call 080-41400793/4 for limited reservations.
The Chronic Blues Circus - Friday 30th @ 21.00
The Chronic Blues Circus, Bangalore's foremost Blues Band comprises of: Miriam John - vocals, harp, guitar, Owen - bass, guitar,Sudhakar - drums, Mukut - vocals, Keys and Peter Isaac on vocals, guitar, harps and saxophone.
They are best known for their original music; a natural, clean sound and powerful vocals combined with their unique arrangements. They are probably the only Blues band around with four lead vocalists, who have completely different styles which reflects on the overall sound of the band.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
For the travellers : Kochi Muziris Biennale - till March 3rd
Artists working on new commissions for the biennale include Sudarshan Shetty (India), Sanchayan Ghosh(India), Subodh Gupta (India), Hossein Valamanesh (Iran/Australia), Ariel Hassan (Argentina), Amanullah Mojadidi (Afghanistan), Anita Dube (India), Jyothi Basu (India), Tallur LN (India), Vivan Sundaram (India), Sheela Gowda (India), Joseph Semah (Netherlands), Nalini Malani (India), Atul Dodiya (India), UBIK (Dubai), Rigo 23 (Portugal), Jonas Staal (Netherlands), Dylan Martorell (Scotland/Australia), Ernesto Neto (Brazil), Reghunathan (India), PS Jalaja (India) and Mathangi Arulpragasam (M.I.A.) (UK).
'Let’s Talk,' Kochi-Muziris Biennale’s daily programme of talks, presentations, performances,
conversations and panel discussions featuring artists, academics, curators and critics, will be held at the Outset Carnoustie Pavilion.
The BRICS Project, a collateral exhibition curated by Alfons Hug, director of the Goethe-Institute in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, features artists from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, and Germany.
Ten international films selected by renowned filmmaker Adoor Gopala krishnan will be screened as a special programme at the biennale.
Artistic Director: Bose Krishnamachari
Director of Programmes: Riyas Komu
http://kochimuzirisbiennale.org/
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