Thursday, July 30, 2015
Monday, July 27, 2015
Thursday, July 23, 2015
Let’s paint the KOTE red! | Miriam Jakobs & Gerhard Schick | bangaloREsidents - Friday 24th @ 23.00
Let’s paint the KOTE red!
The existence, significance and importance of the old Bangalore Fort is all but forgotten but this bangaloREsidency project will symbolically retrace the borders of the KOTE with a human chain and other artistic expressions. For a few hours in the night of July 24th, the Kote will come alive – and you are warmly invited to be a part of the celebration! This project is initiated by German documentary filmmakers Miriam Jakobs and Gerhard Schick, bangaloREsidents@Suchitra/MOD and supported by B.PAC.
Bangalore is a modern and vibrant city that moves with great pace and rapid strides into the future. But it also has a long history and a grand past. The KOTE is the place where the city once took form. The fort played a crucial role in the history of city, and it is the core of its identity as a cosmopolitan metropolis – but today only few parts of it are still visible, by which it is hard to measure its former extension.
To re-visualize the KOTE’s significance, we will mark the borders of the old fort in red on Friday night and awaken it for this one moment in time. This artistic action will see symbolic red lines in places where it will not do any harm and otherwise comprise other forms of artistic expression.
Participants are invited to come dressed in red or wearing a piece of red, bring a torch, flashlight or candle, red paint or red rope. And most important: Bring friends! As special guests and “ghosts of the past”, actors and artists will be present to bring the fort alive.
Note: Neither the monument of the old fort nor any other building will be touched or painted. "Let's paint the KOTE red" is a measure to celebrate the heritage of the city.
Wednesday, July 22, 2015
Sunday, July 19, 2015
Friday, July 17, 2015
Speaking of Theatre - Saturday 18th @ 15.00 and Sunday 19th @ 17.00
India Foundation for the Arts (IFA) will be at 'Speaking of Theatre' a unique two-day confluence that will engage theatre makers, performers and audiences through panel discussions, lectures, debates and of course, performances organised by Tahatto and AttaGalatta. Join us as we screen The Nine Months supported by IFA and for a special session, where Arundhati Ghosh, Executive Director (IFA) will be in conversation with our grantee Sharanya Ramprakash.
The Nine Months
A film by Merajur Rahman Baruah
(77 Minutes), Assamese with English subtitles
Saturday|July 18, 2015 |03:00PM
The Nine Months by Merajur Rahman Baruah, examines the history, form, style and aesthetics of the mobile theatre of Assam. It explores the various kinds of plays staged by the mobile theatre, their concerns and the genre's transformation from presentingmythological and folk stories to contemporary themes with social and political implications. The film also captures the experience and perspectives of mobile theatre promoters, directors, actors, technicians, and stagehands, while documenting the impact of globalisation on its practice. Merajur Rahman Baruah received a grant from IFA, under its Arts Research and Documentation programme in2008.
Arundhati Ghosh in conversation with Sharanya Ramprakash
Sunday|July 19, 2015|05:00PM-06:00PM
Arundhati and Sharanya will discuss the role of grantmaking in the arts and particularly, in theatre. With the support of a grant under the Arts Practice programme from IFA, Sharanya is working on creating a theatrical production that explores the position ofwomen in performance. Drawing from research and personal experience, Sharanya will explore the roles of women characters and streevesha (female impersonation) within the male-dominated practice of Yakshagana. The performance is scheduled to premiere in Udupi in November 2015. Sharanya will share her experiences with this exploration and speak about what funding could do for artists.
About the Speakers
Arundhati is the Executive Director of India Foundation for the Arts. She is also a core team member for SMART (Strategic Management for the Art of Theatre), India's first capacity building programme for theatre practitioners.
Sharanya is a stage actor and director, and is one of the founders of Dramanon, Bangalore. A recipient of the INLAKS Theatre Award 2014, she has trained at the Udupi Yakshagana Kendra under the legendary Guru Bannanje Sanjeeva Suvarna.
Thursday, July 16, 2015
The Living Room | Kalki Koechlin - Friday 24th @ 19.30
Wednesday, July 15, 2015
James Aur Ek Giant Peach - Sunday 19th @ 18.30
James Henry Trotter's parents have been eaten up by a rhinoceros, so now he lives with his two repulsive aunts. One hot day, something peculiar happens and an enormous peach grows in their garden. Soon James and the Giant peach are rolling away from his horrible aunts, towards a most marvelous and wonderful place.
The Thing by Philipp Löhle | staged reading - Saturday 18th @ 18.30
There is no dearth of drama in our world, but much remains off-stage. This is one reason for the project Goethe Institute have launched in collaboration with Sandbox Collective. To help publicise and popularise the vast online databank of German plays in translation. And give the local theatre community the impetus to explore German drama. German Spotlight invited Bangalore theatre makers to select a play by a German playwright and stage it in a dramatised reading.
Salmin Sheriff selected “The Thing” by Philipp Löhle.
Entry by invitation only!
Write to: collective.sandbox@gmail.com
About the play:
The Thing travels between the 14th century and the present day through characters ranging from Charles II of Spain and Magellan the explorer to a married couple, a photographer, two Chinese entrepreneurs, a Swiss eco-farmer and his African co-worker in a rich narrative of globalisation, that promises intimacy and causes alienation through this “thing” that is a ball of cotton.
About the Director:
Salmin Sheriff was a founder member, with Mahesh Dattani, of the theatre group Playpen. Salmin started his theatre career as an actor, his most recent works being in The Retreating World, Stalowa Wola and The Unseen. Salmin wrote his first play Self Portrait in 1992 which was performed in Bangalore at that time. He has written and directed several plays over the years. He is at present writing a play about tribal displacement.
Salmin Sheriff selected “The Thing” by Philipp Löhle.
Entry by invitation only!
Write to: collective.sandbox@gmail.com
About the play:
The Thing travels between the 14th century and the present day through characters ranging from Charles II of Spain and Magellan the explorer to a married couple, a photographer, two Chinese entrepreneurs, a Swiss eco-farmer and his African co-worker in a rich narrative of globalisation, that promises intimacy and causes alienation through this “thing” that is a ball of cotton.
About the Director:
Salmin Sheriff was a founder member, with Mahesh Dattani, of the theatre group Playpen. Salmin started his theatre career as an actor, his most recent works being in The Retreating World, Stalowa Wola and The Unseen. Salmin wrote his first play Self Portrait in 1992 which was performed in Bangalore at that time. He has written and directed several plays over the years. He is at present writing a play about tribal displacement.
Saturday, July 11, 2015
bangaloREsidents | Miriam Jakobs and Gerhard Schick | The Dark Gene + Heaven & Hell + Temple of Emotions - Sunday 12th from 16.00
Filmmakers Miriam Jakobs and Gerhard Schick, bangaloREsidents@Suchitra/MOD Institute will showcase their recent work, before they get down to explore Bangalore's urban spaces through their lens.
Three films will be presented in an exclusive screening at host organisation Suchitra Film Society in collaboration with MOD Institute. Giving an insight into the kind of concepts that drive the team of two.
The documentary filmmakers have been engaging creatively with architecture and urbanity, through feature-length documentaries which deal with urban development, urban art and buildings as carriers of collective memory.
Both teachers of media studies, they love working with and learning from students. For this reason, along with the two screenings, they will also conduct a visual medium workshop for professional filmmakers at Suchitra.: "Urban Spaces through Film and Context", hoping to see how young citizens/filmmakers from Bangalore envision their own city with filmic means.
About the films :
4.00 p.m.
Special Workshop Screening
The Dark Gene
2015, 98 min.
The Dark Gene, which was screened in several film festival in Europe and was just released in cinemas in Germany, tells a very personal story from two perspectives: our protagonist is both doctor and patient. As a patient, he has struggled with recurring depression for years, and as a doctor he wants to find out why.
The search for the origins of his illness leads him into the realm of his own genes and casts light on the fundamental changes facing modern society as a result of the tremendous progress being made in the field of genetic sequencing. The film does not restrict itself to a scientific view of the subject but also makes use of artistic visions and more playful approaches to genetic blueprints, drawing attention to the social significance of genetic technology.
Public Screenings:
6.00 p.m.
Heaven & Hell
Crossing the Alps in 8 days
2012, 60 min.
Eight stages, countless summits and peaks and an amazing itinerary off the beaten paths on rocky tracks constitute one of the last true sporting challenges. Experiencing the adventure of crossing the Alps as a team and what it means to endure 250 kilometers and 15.000 meters of altitude in only eight days - this is what we show in Heaven & Hell. We follow two teams, one female team from Switzerland and one male Danish-German team, and see them on their own feet across the Alps. They have to deal with the heat, cold, rain and snow, and even more with their inner landscapes.
7.15 p.m.
Temple of Emotions
The Maracanã-Stadium in Rio de Janeiro
2014, 90 min.
The Maracanã is far more than a stadium - it is a sacred place, a celebration of everything that makes Brazil what it is: sport, music, religion, unbridled euphoria and unmitigated sorrow. It was here that Pelé shot his 1000th goal, that Frank Sinatra and Madonna held their mega-concerts, and that Pope John Paul II gave the largest mass ever held on Latin American soil. Here in Brazil, it's OK to dream.
This is why the Maracanã itself is the protagonist of our film, telling us its story. A story of a painful defeat. Stories of triumph and hope. How does a city react to a mega event like the World Cup? And who really profits from such an event?
Three films will be presented in an exclusive screening at host organisation Suchitra Film Society in collaboration with MOD Institute. Giving an insight into the kind of concepts that drive the team of two.
The documentary filmmakers have been engaging creatively with architecture and urbanity, through feature-length documentaries which deal with urban development, urban art and buildings as carriers of collective memory.
Both teachers of media studies, they love working with and learning from students. For this reason, along with the two screenings, they will also conduct a visual medium workshop for professional filmmakers at Suchitra.: "Urban Spaces through Film and Context", hoping to see how young citizens/filmmakers from Bangalore envision their own city with filmic means.
About the films :
4.00 p.m.
Special Workshop Screening
The Dark Gene
2015, 98 min.
The Dark Gene, which was screened in several film festival in Europe and was just released in cinemas in Germany, tells a very personal story from two perspectives: our protagonist is both doctor and patient. As a patient, he has struggled with recurring depression for years, and as a doctor he wants to find out why.
The search for the origins of his illness leads him into the realm of his own genes and casts light on the fundamental changes facing modern society as a result of the tremendous progress being made in the field of genetic sequencing. The film does not restrict itself to a scientific view of the subject but also makes use of artistic visions and more playful approaches to genetic blueprints, drawing attention to the social significance of genetic technology.
Public Screenings:
6.00 p.m.
Heaven & Hell
Crossing the Alps in 8 days
2012, 60 min.
Eight stages, countless summits and peaks and an amazing itinerary off the beaten paths on rocky tracks constitute one of the last true sporting challenges. Experiencing the adventure of crossing the Alps as a team and what it means to endure 250 kilometers and 15.000 meters of altitude in only eight days - this is what we show in Heaven & Hell. We follow two teams, one female team from Switzerland and one male Danish-German team, and see them on their own feet across the Alps. They have to deal with the heat, cold, rain and snow, and even more with their inner landscapes.
7.15 p.m.
Temple of Emotions
The Maracanã-Stadium in Rio de Janeiro
2014, 90 min.
The Maracanã is far more than a stadium - it is a sacred place, a celebration of everything that makes Brazil what it is: sport, music, religion, unbridled euphoria and unmitigated sorrow. It was here that Pelé shot his 1000th goal, that Frank Sinatra and Madonna held their mega-concerts, and that Pope John Paul II gave the largest mass ever held on Latin American soil. Here in Brazil, it's OK to dream.
This is why the Maracanã itself is the protagonist of our film, telling us its story. A story of a painful defeat. Stories of triumph and hope. How does a city react to a mega event like the World Cup? And who really profits from such an event?
Thursday, July 9, 2015
Wednesday, July 8, 2015
The living room - Friday 24th @ 19.30, Saturday 25th & Sunday 26th @ 15.30 & 19.30
Tuesday, July 7, 2015
There is a fire in your forest | Krishnendu Bose - Tuesday 14th @ 19.00
Quick-fire Multimedia Presentation: rendezvous with bangaloREsidents - Friday 10th @ 18.30
Selfies of a different sort !
Meet and get to know the 12 participating artists at our “rendezvous with bangaloREsidents”, where each one will present their arts practice in a crisp concise multimedia portrait, just to give you a taste of things to come.
The artists will then work on their projects for the next couple of months, using their time in the City also to interact with the local arts community.
On stage for 5-6 minutes each and not one dull moment in the whole evening. With 12 artists from a dozen different fields of art – as diverse and multi-faceted as they come… Taking a break from routine, they chose Namma Bengaluru to explore fresh perspectives and share artistic inspiration.
Creative exchange and dialogue that can be sustained well beyond the bangaloREsidency is the main objective of the project, starting with the much anticipated public presentation. Offering an insight into their proposed work during the residency, the 12 bangaloREsidents are on the lookout for interested collaborators. Networking and dialogue forms a major part of inspiration for these photographers, visual artists, illustrators, and filmmakers.
Check them out virtually online, and come on over for the live experience. :
1. Christian Schüten - Designer
bangaloREsident@Shrishti School of Art, Design and Technology
2. Gerhard Schick & Miriam Jakobs - Filmmakers
bangaloREsidents@Suchitra Film Society & MOD Institute
3. Herman Hiller - Artist & Architect
bangaloREsident@Jaaga
4. Jérôme Chazeix - Visual Artist and Performer
bangaloREsident@Jaaga
5. Julia Knop - Photographer
bangaloREsident@BORDA
6. Kathrin Delhougne - Visual Artist & Photographer
bangaloREsident@Namma Metro
7. Paul Hutchinson - Photographer
bangaloREsident@1 Shanthi Road
8. Stepan Ueding - Draughtsman, Illustrator and Animator
bangaloREsident@1 Shanthi Road
9. Sabine Felber - Photographer & Sociologist
bangaloREsident@Blank Noise
10. Sabine Schründer - Photographer & Artist
bangaloREsident@Pepper House
11. Simona Koch - Visual Artist
bangaloREsident@NCBS
Meet and get to know the 12 participating artists at our “rendezvous with bangaloREsidents”, where each one will present their arts practice in a crisp concise multimedia portrait, just to give you a taste of things to come.
The artists will then work on their projects for the next couple of months, using their time in the City also to interact with the local arts community.
On stage for 5-6 minutes each and not one dull moment in the whole evening. With 12 artists from a dozen different fields of art – as diverse and multi-faceted as they come… Taking a break from routine, they chose Namma Bengaluru to explore fresh perspectives and share artistic inspiration.
Creative exchange and dialogue that can be sustained well beyond the bangaloREsidency is the main objective of the project, starting with the much anticipated public presentation. Offering an insight into their proposed work during the residency, the 12 bangaloREsidents are on the lookout for interested collaborators. Networking and dialogue forms a major part of inspiration for these photographers, visual artists, illustrators, and filmmakers.
Check them out virtually online, and come on over for the live experience. :
1. Christian Schüten - Designer
bangaloREsident@Shrishti School of Art, Design and Technology
2. Gerhard Schick & Miriam Jakobs - Filmmakers
bangaloREsidents@Suchitra Film Society & MOD Institute
3. Herman Hiller - Artist & Architect
bangaloREsident@Jaaga
4. Jérôme Chazeix - Visual Artist and Performer
bangaloREsident@Jaaga
5. Julia Knop - Photographer
bangaloREsident@BORDA
6. Kathrin Delhougne - Visual Artist & Photographer
bangaloREsident@Namma Metro
7. Paul Hutchinson - Photographer
bangaloREsident@1 Shanthi Road
8. Stepan Ueding - Draughtsman, Illustrator and Animator
bangaloREsident@1 Shanthi Road
9. Sabine Felber - Photographer & Sociologist
bangaloREsident@Blank Noise
10. Sabine Schründer - Photographer & Artist
bangaloREsident@Pepper House
11. Simona Koch - Visual Artist
bangaloREsident@NCBS
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