Saturday, August 24, 2013

Hand Block Printing Workshop - from Tuesday 27th to Friday 6th


Block_printing_Jagriti_2013_2India is a place well known for its beautiful hand-woven fabrics, rich embroidery designs and colourful patterns. Traditional techniques are still used to create these fabrics, notably the famous textiles of rural Rajasthan and Gujarat that are still printed by hand using wooden blocks. Brands such as Anokhi and Fab India, as well as a number of designers, have revived this technique and created lovely outfits.
Learn to design and create wonderful patterns with the technique of hand block printing on paper and cloth. Students will use wooden blocks and dyes to create designs. For 12 years and older only. Materials will be provided, but at a later stage of the workshop, students will have to bring a white cotton cloth.
Cost: Rs. 2,800.
Write to Pooja Gokul at poojavirgo1@gmail.com to register.

One on one - Sunday 25th @ 15.30 & 19.30

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Voices of the Waters | International travelling film festival 2013 - from Thursday 29th to Sunday 1st

Namma ooru - Namma neeru
Voices from the Waters International Traveling Film Festival 2013 - 8th Edition

From 29th August to 1st September 2013

Bangalore Film Society and Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan invite you to the 8th edition of Voices from the Waters International Traveling Film Festival 2013. The Festival will take place simultaneously in Gothenburg, Sweden. And will travel across India through film society circuits as well as media and educational institutions, before moving to locations abroad.

Inauguration: Thursday 29th @ 17.00 - NGMA
Inaugural Film: Damocracy by Todd Southgate

Voices from the Waters will be inaugurated by Rajendra Singh popularly known as 'Jal Purush' or 'Waterman' of Rajasthan and Himanshu Thakkar, water activist, currently coordinator of South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers & People and editor of "Dams, Rivers & People"

The Festival is open to all and there is no entry fee for any of the events.

For further details, call 9845055034 or visit www.voicesfromthewaters.com; www.goethe.de/bangalore.

The documentary films will be screened at 3 venues:
National Gallery of Modern Art | Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan | Christ University

A forgotten carpentry lesson | Sunoj D - Saturday 31st @ 19.00