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.
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