Festivals https://auroartworld.org Mon, 15 Jul 2024 06:00:02 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://auroartworld.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Logo_square-150x150.png Festivals https://auroartworld.org 32 32 8th Auroville Film Festival, 22-28 January 2024: A Reflective Gathering in Challenging Times https://auroartworld.org/8th-auroville-film-festival-22-28-january-2024-a-reflective-gathering-in-challenging-times-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=8th-auroville-film-festival-22-28-january-2024-a-reflective-gathering-in-challenging-times-2 Tue, 23 Jan 2024 15:46:24 +0000 https://auroartworld.org/?p=46449 Opening on 22nd January 5pm at the Town Hall Plaza

A project of Multimedia Centre/Cinema Paradiso, The Auroville Film Festival 2024 stands as a contemplative and reflective gathering, and this gathering, which we call a ‘festival’ in the broadest sense, is an opportunity to pause and look within, to question and understand. It’s a platform to explore what human unity truly means amidst global unrest and violence. It’s a time to affirm the ideals of Auroville and to actively engage in dialogues that challenge and inspire.

Film Screenings

This year 22 films by Aurovilians, one film about Auroville, one film by a student of Auroville, and 15 films that tackle themes related to human unity will be screened. The films will be showing outdoors in front of the Town Hall and indoors at Cinema Paradiso from 19.30 daily. In case of rain, the outdoor screenings will move to SAIIER Conference Room. The winning films will be re-screened on Sunday the 28th.

The full screening schedule is available on https://filmfestival.auroville.org/2024-schedule/

Online Screening

All of the Auroville category films and most of the human unity category films are available to be watched for free between 22 and 28 January on Entertainment Oxygen at https://app.entertainmentoxygen.com/festivals/aurovillefilmfestival

How to use the platform:

1. Go to https://app.entertainmentoxygen.com/festivals/aurovillefilmfestival

2. Click “Sign up/in” on top right, enter email, follow instructions for verification and return to https://app.entertainmentoxygen.com/festivals/aurovillefilmfestival

3. Click “Buy Tickets” and choose “All Access Pass – Free

4. All films will only be available to watch from January 22 – 28, 2024

Discussions with Filmmakers

We invite the audience to engage with films, not just as spectators, but as participants in a larger discourse about human unity. For this reason, the festival includes discussions with filmmakers about how cinema can reflect on the time of global challenges. We will meet the day after each screening, to reflect, discuss, analyze, inspire and empower ourselves. The discussions are scheduled for 23rd – 26th January 2024 from 17:00 – 18:00 IST, and 27th – 28th January from 15:30 – 16:30 IST at Cinema Paradiso. https://filmfestival.auroville.org/2024-discussions/

Kino Kabaret

Film aficionados will have the opportunity to make their own film statement during the Kino Kabaret which will start on Thursday 25th at 16.00 at Café Le Morgan and end on Saturday 27th with the screening of the newly made films at 16.30 at Cinema Paradiso.

To register for the Kino Kabaret: kinoauroville@gmail.com

https://filmfestival.auroville.org/kino-kabaret-avff-2024/

Music Events

The Auroville musicians have always supported the Auroville Film Festival, creating the vibrant ambiance that our audiences love. We will have daily music concerts from 18.00 – 19.15.

Participating bands are Aurocats, AV Trio, Beginnings, Deep Dawn, Dog Days, Jazztified, Noizegate, Sound Mirage and Ronny’s Band

Art Installations

The festival venue is proud to showcase the work of Auroville artists. The selection is curated by It Matters.

Dinner

Dinner will be available everyday with pre-booking only. Coupons may be purchased from Thursday the 18th at the Town Hall reception between 9.00 and 17.00. Booking can also be done by emailing laxmanan@auroville.org.in

Parking

Visitors are welcome and are requested to park at the Visitors Centre parking and use local transport options to come to the venue.

General Information

Website: http://filmfestival.auroville.org

Catalogue: https://filmfestival.auroville.org/2024-film-catalog/

Schedule: https://filmfestival.auroville.org/2024-schedule/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AurovilleFilmFestival

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aurovillefilmfestival

Email: aurovillefilmfestival@auroville.org.in

To register with the Kino Kabaret: kinoauroville@gmail.com

To book dinner: laxmanan@auroville.org.in

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8th Auroville Film Festival, 22-28 January 2024: A Reflective Gathering in Challenging Times https://auroartworld.org/8th-auroville-film-festival-22-28-january-2024-a-reflective-gathering-in-challenging-times/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=8th-auroville-film-festival-22-28-january-2024-a-reflective-gathering-in-challenging-times Tue, 16 Jan 2024 14:17:29 +0000 https://auroartworld.org/?p=46390 Opening on 22nd January 5pm at the Town Hall Plaza

A project of Multimedia Centre/Cinema Paradiso, The Auroville Film Festival 2024 stands as a contemplative and reflective gathering, and this gathering, which we call a ‘festival’ in the broadest sense, is an opportunity to pause and look within, to question and understand. It’s a platform to explore what human unity truly means amidst global unrest and violence. It’s a time to affirm the ideals of Auroville and to actively engage in dialogues that challenge and inspire.

Film Screenings

This year 22 films by Aurovilians, one film about Auroville, one film by a student of Auroville, and 15 films that tackle themes related to human unity will be screened. The films will be showing outdoors in front of the Town Hall and indoors at Cinema Paradiso from 19.30 daily. In case of rain, the outdoor screenings will move to SAIIER Conference Room. The winning films will be re-screened on Sunday the 28th.

The full screening schedule is available on https://filmfestival.auroville.org/2024-schedule/

Online Screening

All of the Auroville category films and most of the human unity category films are available to be watched for free between 22 and 28 January on Entertainment Oxygen at https://app.entertainmentoxygen.com/festivals/aurovillefilmfestival

How to use the platform:

1. Go to https://app.entertainmentoxygen.com/festivals/aurovillefilmfestival

2. Click “Sign up/in” on top right, enter email, follow instructions for verification and return to https://app.entertainmentoxygen.com/festivals/aurovillefilmfestival

3. Click “Buy Tickets” and choose “All Access Pass – Free

4. All films will only be available to watch from January 22 – 28, 2024

Discussions with Filmmakers

We invite the audience to engage with films, not just as spectators, but as participants in a larger discourse about human unity. For this reason, the festival includes discussions with filmmakers about how cinema can reflect on the time of global challenges. We will meet the day after each screening, to reflect, discuss, analyze, inspire and empower ourselves. The discussions are scheduled for 23rd – 26th January 2024 from 17:00 – 18:00 IST, and 27th – 28th January from 15:30 – 16:30 IST at Cinema Paradiso. https://filmfestival.auroville.org/2024-discussions/

Kino Kabaret

Film aficionados will have the opportunity to make their own film statement during the Kino Kabaret which will start on Thursday 25th at 16.00 at Café Le Morgan and end on Saturday 27th with the screening of the newly made films at 16.30 at Cinema Paradiso.

To register for the Kino Kabaret: kinoauroville@gmail.com

https://filmfestival.auroville.org/kino-kabaret-avff-2024/

Music Events

The Auroville musicians have always supported the Auroville Film Festival, creating the vibrant ambiance that our audiences love. We will have daily music concerts from 18.00 – 19.15.

Participating bands are Aurocats, AV Trio, Beginnings, Deep Dawn, Dog Days, Jazztified, Noizegate, Sound Mirage and Ronny’s Band

Art Installations

The festival venue is proud to showcase the work of Auroville artists. The selection is curated by It Matters.

Dinner

Dinner will be available everyday with pre-booking only. Coupons may be purchased from Thursday the 18th at the Town Hall reception between 9.00 and 17.00. Booking can also be done by emailing laxmanan@auroville.org.in

Parking

Visitors are welcome and are requested to park at the Visitors Centre parking and use local transport options to come to the venue.

General Information

Website: http://filmfestival.auroville.org

Catalogue: https://filmfestival.auroville.org/2024-film-catalog/

Schedule: https://filmfestival.auroville.org/2024-schedule/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AurovilleFilmFestival

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aurovillefilmfestival

Email: aurovillefilmfestival@auroville.org.in

To register with the Kino Kabaret: kinoauroville@gmail.com

To book dinner: laxmanan@auroville.org.in

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Gautam’s Picks: Highlights Of The Auroville Film Festival 2024 https://auroartworld.org/gautams-picks-highlights-of-the-auroville-film-festival-2024/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gautams-picks-highlights-of-the-auroville-film-festival-2024 Tue, 16 Jan 2024 12:21:17 +0000 https://auroartworld.org/?p=46401 Hey peoples!!

So, to get a feel, an “aura” even, of the myriad films in the festival, I took a gander at the Auroville Film Festival website (filmfestival.auroville.org) and looked at their synopses and trailers and where possible looked up the full films on YouTube.com. Here is my humble selection of the best that the Film Festival has to offer….

The first film that leapt off the screen and tightly grasped my attention was the charming little documentary, “Bangla Surf Girls”. This is a story of three slum-dwelling Bangladeshi girls who discover surfing which turns out to be an outlet from the grid-locked rigid societal structure they live in. The film contains a counter-friction, dissent and resistance to the prevailing social mores… which goes to the point of the girls being slut-shamed for surfing. The three protagonists—the “Bangla Surf Girls”—immediately won me over to their side as I felt an expansiveness with their “escape to the sea”. Poignantly, one of the girls says she is only happy when she is surfing, while the rest of the time she is depressed. The fact that the girls have to battle limiting social pressures is, as an overarching world-building, deftly handled by the documentarian as the central conflict of a well-wrought tale. The girls’ increasing self-confidence and growing prowess at surfing gets us to cheer on and root for these girls as the documentary evolves as a delightful, yet gritty, coming-of-age story.

Dagh Dagh Ujala” (“This Stained Dawn”) is a timely documentary on feminism in Pakistan, centred around a multi-city Aurat March (Women’s March). The film wishes to portray the combat with patriarchy and orthodoxy, and establish feminine bodily autonomy through the slogan “My Body, My Choice.” What is alarming is the backlash by Pakistan’s extreme Far-Right, which labels the movement as “vulgarity, lewdness, irreligious and heresy.” Shockingly the March is met with counter-protesters who throw rocks at the women. The film provided for me the notion of the dire immediacy of a need for a feminist movement in Pakistan. The film also relays a strong message about the formations of political organizing, strategies and movements, just as the film “The Square” did for Arab Spring in Egypt.

Out of the Auroville entries, which are mostly short films, the movie “Adithalam” (“Basic Education”) hollered at me. It’s a charming low-budget film. The most striking feature is its believability. There seems to be nothing fake or phony about the film, it comes across as genuine and authentic, from the acting to the simple plot to the reality of education in a small backward village. The young girl who plays the protagonist Saraswathy steals the show. Saraswathy struggles with her studies—she is in the sixth standard and can’t even sign her own name. Dismissed from school by the principal, the heart-warming turning point occurs when a dedicated teacher takes a personal interest in teaching Saraswathy. The film ends with Saraswathy not only taking part in an essay-writing competition, but winning it.

The Clean Up” starts with a whimsical and even incongruous question as a premise: is a clean-up of the mind a prerequisite for the clean-up of a room, or vice versa? This short film is done in an abstract, wordless way with a lot of dancing. The best part of the film is that most of the cleaning has to do with cigarettes!

Galaxy & Ganesha” consists of various renderings of Milky Way Galaxy-shaped designs, reifying the vision of transforming Auroville’s shape into such a pattern. The technique starts with sketches from tree bark that are rendered Galaxy-like through computer enhanced modifications. The idea is to signify the beauty that is created by the symbiosis between humanity and nature. Pretty brilliant!

Next, we come upon a little gem called “Island Reverie”. It is about a man returning to the island of his childhood and realising that he had never left…the most precious thing for him are the people. The film is so profound with artful gravitas that it can only speak for itself. Just take this line: “The golden light shining from within…revealing the weightlessness of the world.” The takeaway: learn to trust so that you can open your heart to new experiences. A must watch!

A Maatram” (“A Change”) is a movie in which several lives are intertwined in the course of a day. From the initial few scenes, the film throws hints and suggestions of the connections between the various plot threads, which really are sub-plot threads. Although, I must admit the various sub-plots were not well delineated. In the attempt to “not give too much away”, the filmmakers hold back on the clarity of the intertwined connections. Although the connectivity is revealed in the end, the lack of more being revealed makes the film a little confusing.

Fallin’”, another short, is through interpretive dance a kinetic expression of what love does, stands for, and means. In the end, however short the film was (five minutes), I had to think: “Okay, that was good.”

A very scintillating documentary on the list is “Aware: Glimpses of Consciousness”. Using premises such as “What is life?”, What is consciousness?”, “What does it mean to be aware of being aware?” the film deepens its adventure through the research of six experts in the field. Starting with these basic questions the film unfolds as a compellingly magical entity. The main crux is that consciousness is irreducible and is fundamental, not matter. The argument is that everything, including objects arise in consciousness, and that it is not consciousness that is emergent from the brain. The documentary is an odyssey that tries to portray consciousness as an all-pervading field. It is a journey to the final frontier of science and spirituality themselves—at the confluence of neuroscience, mysticism and metaphysics.

Alrighty then, I saved the best for last: “In the Light of Aurobindo—Plays and Savitri in Auroville”. It is about theatre and the artists involved who perform with devotion in, through and from the plays and the epic poem Savitri of Sri Aurobindo. The film delightfully dances with the inward thoughts, feelings and perceptions of the actors as they portray Sri Aurobindo’s works and the actual output on stage. Here, Sri Aurobindo’s work expresses the possibility (and inevitability) of human evolution. One actor cites the very act of performing takes the texts from the mere intellectual to being truly understood. Another says that he had to let go and trust the text. Yet another says acting became an immersion, a stepping into a hallowed, sacred space, which I saw manifested in the clips from the plays. The whole pivot of the documentary is how Sri Aurobindo’s works are purely, beautifully and powerfully put forth transforming the actors, the audience and the very space of the theatre, into a palpable collective experience. The refrain of the “invisible” sticks with me—the ineffability of the works coming to life with the actors as mediums and agents, at the same time, where their inwardness coheres with the collective expression of the piece acted out on stage.

Hey! My name is Gautam Emani. I moved to Auroville almost three months ago. I love the (once again, brace yourselves) “feel” of the place and find myself connecting with a lot of like-minded people, so I have decided to live here indefinitely. I hold an MFA in Creative Writing (Fiction) from New Mexico State University in the US. But please do check out the films I talked about—and as many of the ones I didn’t, as you can. This Film Festival will grant you sheer delight. I promise!

Peace n Love,

Gautam Emani

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Festival: Auroville Singing Festival https://auroartworld.org/44374-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=44374-2 Tue, 10 Oct 2023 13:15:55 +0000 https://auroartworld.org/?p=44374 Auroville Singing Festival on 14th & 15th October at CRIPA.

  • Theme: “Singing hearts of Auroville”.
  • Open to all nationalities.
  • Sing your native songs with us.
  • Support available for accompaniment.
  • Register: https://tinyurl.com/avfestival

Avsingingfestival@gmail.Com

30 plus singers 😎, 20 plus musicians🎸, 20 plus languages 😊, a deepening experience in unity in diversity ❤: exclusively live music 🎼, 1 month of rehearsal 😋.. a magical adventure that we would be glad to share with you 🤗! Come see us: 2 days, 2 very different shows 🥳

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  • Join Alliance Française of Madras in celebrating 70 years of legacy at “La Nuit Blanche: The Night Belongs to You” event.
  • Date: October 7th
  • Come and be a part of “Still Rockin'” as we commemorate this remarkable milestone.
  • PDF: AFM 70th anniversary_La Nuit Blanche_oct7
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    Pondicherry Heritage Festival 2023: Student Creative Expressions Event https://auroartworld.org/pondicherry-heritage-festival-2023-student-creative-expressions-event/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pondicherry-heritage-festival-2023-student-creative-expressions-event Mon, 11 Sep 2023 14:26:00 +0000 https://auroartworld.org/?p=44683
  • Event Highlight: Competitions in Fine Arts, Visual Arts, Literary, Singing, Instrumentals, and Dancing.
  • For Whom: Open to all school and college students.
  • Theme: Sustainable Developmental Goals (SDG).
  • Volunteer Opportunity: Be a part of preserving Pondicherry’s rich heritage. Seeking enthusiastic individuals with personal transport.
    • Duration: Sept 23 to Nov 23.
    • Perks: Attractive stipend, coworking space charges (if needed), and transport allowance.
  • Get in Touch: Email your resume to gothy75@gmail.com or call/whatsapp 9442577394.
  • Join us and let your creativity shine while championing sustainable developmental goals!

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    Festival: Literature Festival https://auroartworld.org/literature-festival/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=literature-festival Tue, 22 Aug 2023 15:30:07 +0000 https://auroartworld.org/?p=44384 With pleasure we invite you to the first ever Auroville Lit Fest being held from Aug 25th to 27th

    We request you to please visit the website aurovillelitfest.org and do register.

    Once in Auroville you will need to pick up your tag from the Registration Centre at the SAWCHU building.

    The website will also give you the information you need regarding the sessions and the writers.

    Please share this information with your students and faculty so that they can also come.

    Looking forward to having you amidst us.

    Warmly,
    Sudha

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    Hibuscus Art Village & Sudha’s Kitchen: Resilience https://auroartworld.org/hibuscus-art-village-sudhas-kitchen-resilience/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hibuscus-art-village-sudhas-kitchen-resilience Tue, 15 Aug 2023 14:35:21 +0000 https://auroartworld.org/?p=44239 When: 19 August Saturday 11am – 10pm

    Where: Svedam

    All Day Food | Art & Craft Market

    Exhibition | Workshops | Music

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    AUROVILLE Literature Festival https://auroartworld.org/auroville-literature-festival/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=auroville-literature-festival Tue, 25 Jul 2023 05:35:46 +0000 https://auroartworld.org/?p=44075
  • 25 to 27 August 2023
  • Venue: International Zone, Auroville
  • AUROVILLE Literature Festival

    With some of the best International writers, Indian writers & Poets.

    Celebrating Sri Aurobindo’s 150th birth anniversary

    aurovillelitfest@auroville.org.in

    www.aurovillelitfest.org

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    Dance-film Festival: Manifest https://auroartworld.org/dance-film-festival-manifest/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dance-film-festival-manifest Tue, 18 Jul 2023 14:19:35 +0000 https://auroartworld.org/?p=44048
  • When: July Fri 28 – Sun 30
  • Where: Alliance Francaise Pondichèrry
  • Join artists and art lovers in this unique event that bridges digital and movement arts

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    Premiere: ‘Neon Phantom’ https://auroartworld.org/premiere-neon-phantom/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=premiere-neon-phantom Tue, 18 Jul 2023 13:51:08 +0000 https://auroartworld.org/?p=44022
  • When: Fri 28 July, 7 Pm Onwards
  • Where: Alliance Françoise, Pondicherry
  • Opening night

    Manifest Dance-film Festival

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    Call for Artist: Manifest – Dance-film Festival https://auroartworld.org/call-for-artist-manifest-dance-film-festival/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=call-for-artist-manifest-dance-film-festival Tue, 04 Jul 2023 13:40:45 +0000 https://auroartworld.org/?p=43882
  • When: 28-30 July 2023
  • Where: Pondicherry
  • AuroApaar

    OPEN CALL FOR ARTISTS

    From any artistic background, and using any medium, to participate to the creation of a multimedia improvised group performance in response to a selection of movies as part of the 2023 Manifest festival.

    Workshop on Improvisation and composition:

    • When: 27th and 28th July 4-7 pm
    • Where: CRIPA, Auroville, and Alliance Francaise Pondicherry.

    No participation fee required.

    Performance:

    • When: 29th and 30th July,
    • Where: Alliance Francaise Pondicherry

    Contact: Av Improv Lab – avunderscore@gmail.com

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    Festival: Water Festival 2023 https://auroartworld.org/festival-water-festival-2023/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=festival-water-festival-2023 https://auroartworld.org/festival-water-festival-2023/#comments Tue, 21 Mar 2023 16:49:38 +0000 https://artservice.auroville.org/?p=43252 When: Wednesday, March 22nd

    Where: All events will take place at the Water Mela Site located between Visitor’s Centre (VC) and Bharat Nivas (BN), unless indicated otherwise.

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    Festival: Aum Festival 2023 https://auroartworld.org/festival-aum-festival-2023/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=festival-aum-festival-2023 Tue, 21 Mar 2023 06:41:55 +0000 https://artservice.auroville.org/?p=43210
  • Where: Youth Center
  • When: 26 March 10am – 10pm

  • Join The Open Space And Feel Invited To Participate
    If You Have Offers Like Food/ Products/ Activities And Such
    Get In Touch Via Whats App 93 6161 86 54

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    Pictures from Craft Mela 2023 https://auroartworld.org/pictures-from-craft-mela-2023/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pictures-from-craft-mela-2023 Tue, 28 Feb 2023 05:57:55 +0000 https://artservice.auroville.org/?p=42956
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    Festival: “WaterFest’23 – Stewardship for Water and Biodiversity” https://auroartworld.org/festival-waterfest23-stewardship-for-water-and-biodiversity/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=festival-waterfest23-stewardship-for-water-and-biodiversity Mon, 27 Feb 2023 14:12:07 +0000 https://artservice.auroville.org/?p=42925
  • Where: Pondy-Villupuram-Auroville-Cuddalore (PVAC) Bioregion
  • When: 2nd Feb (World Wetlands day) and will go on till 22nd March
  • Launched on 2nd Feb (World Wetlands day) and will go on till 22nd March (World Water day). The 7 week long festival, being held for the 4th time, is being celebrated across the Pondy-Villupuram-Auroville-Cuddalore (PVAC) Bioregion. The objectives are, 1) to celebrate our deep connection with water and 2) build collaboration for an integrated management of our water resources.

    WaterFest’23 is being organised by a collective of individuals and organisations who share the same vision of the PVAC Bioregion and are willing to engage in collective action.

    The One School One Pond (OSOP) is an initiative taken up by AllForWaterForAll (A4W4A), in collaboration with the Education Dept where each school adopts a pond as their environmental lab. “My School My Pond” theme provides an experiential learning to the students. As the students maintain the pond in partnership with the local community and the Municipality, they develop social skills and get sensitised to a vital community need.

    The Neer Kudams (ceremonial water pots) filled with water from Ousteri or Kalluvelli, travels from school to school and symbolises the interconnectedness of water and life.

    Upcoming Auroville Events

    18-22 nd March: Auroville hosts the closing of the festival. This will be at the ponds near the Visitors Center/road to Solitude- There will be Exhibitions, Talks, Games and cultural events and a ceremony for all the Neer koodams.

    A calendar of events will be published shortly.

    Water is crucial to our survival So let’s make this event a success.

    How?

    Participate

    Volunteer

    Contribute

    Water Festival FS account 251257

    Contact watermattersmela@gmail.com

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    Event: The Ocean Festival https://auroartworld.org/event-the-ocean-festival/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=event-the-ocean-festival Tue, 14 Jun 2022 17:30:52 +0000 https://artservice.auroville.org/?p=37865 ]]> Theatre Festival: Remembering Veenapani, A Month Long Festival – 5 Apr – 3 May https://auroartworld.org/theatre-festival-remembering-veenapani-a-month-long-festival-5-apr-3-may-4/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=theatre-festival-remembering-veenapani-a-month-long-festival-5-apr-3-may-4 Tue, 26 Apr 2022 17:05:04 +0000 https://artservice.auroville.org/?p=34852 Adishakti is delighted to announce the opening of the 6th edition of
    ”Remembering Veenapani’ festival on 5th April. This year is particularly special as Adishakti is celebrating having completed 40 years in theatre.

    It is promising to be a richly rewarding experience showcasing not only Adishakti`’s own work but also the work of artistes from diverse genres.

    • When: 7PM ON ALL SHOW DAYS, from 5TH APRIL TO 3RD MAY
    • Where: Adishakti Theatre, Edayanchavadi Road, Auroville P O
    • Free Seating. First Come First Serve. Food Stalls Available On All Show Days.
    • Donations Are Always Welcome.

    We Thank All Our Generous Donors & Friends who Helped Make This Festival Happen.

    Web: adishaktitheatrearts.com, Contact: +91 6383 070833

    Instagram @adishaktitheatre, Facebook@adishaktitheatre

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    Theatre Festival: Remembering Veenapani, A Month Long Festival – 5 Apr – 3 May https://auroartworld.org/theatre-festival-remembering-veenapani-a-month-long-festival-5-apr-3-may-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=theatre-festival-remembering-veenapani-a-month-long-festival-5-apr-3-may-3 Tue, 19 Apr 2022 15:41:29 +0000 https://artservice.auroville.org/?p=34316 Adishakti is delighted to announce the opening of the 6th edition of
    ”Remembering Veenapani’ festival on 5th April. This year is particularly special as Adishakti is celebrating having completed 40 years in theatre.

    It is promising to be a richly rewarding experience showcasing not only Adishakti`’s own work but also the work of artistes from diverse genres.

    • When: 7PM ON ALL SHOW DAYS, from 5TH APRIL TO 3RD MAY
    • Where: Adishakti Theatre, Edayanchavadi Road, Auroville P O
    • Free Seating. First Come First Serve. Food Stalls Available On All Show Days.
    • Donations Are Always Welcome.

    Daily posters for remembering veenapani festival until 26th April.

    We Thank All Our Generous Donors & Friends who Helped Make This Festival Happen.

    Web: adishaktitheatrearts.com, Contact: +91 6383 070833

    Instagram @adishaktitheatre, Facebook@adishaktitheatre

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    Theatre Festival: Remembering Veenapani, A Month Long Festival – 5 Apr – 3 May https://auroartworld.org/theatre-festival-remembering-veenapani-a-month-long-festival-5-apr-3-may-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=theatre-festival-remembering-veenapani-a-month-long-festival-5-apr-3-may-2 Tue, 12 Apr 2022 17:30:16 +0000 https://artservice.auroville.org/?p=33870 Adishakti is delighted to announce the opening of the 6th edition of
    ”Remembering Veenapani’ festival on 5th April. This year is particularly special as Adishakti is celebrating having completed 40 years in theatre.

    Appropriately, this year’s festival is going to be a mega event, a month-long carnival of performances, workshops and master classes that will extend from 5th April to 3rd May. 

    It is promising to be a richly rewarding experience showcasing not only Adishakti`’s own work but also the work of artistes from diverse genres.

    • When: 7PM ON ALL SHOW DAYS, from 5TH APRIL TO 3RD MAY
    • Where: Adishakti Theatre, Edayanchavadi Road, Auroville P O
    • Free Seating. First Come First Serve. Food Stalls Available On All Show Days.
    • Donations Are Always Welcome.

    We Thank All Our Generous Donors & Friends who Helped Make This Festival Happen.

    Web: adishaktitheatrearts.com, Contact: +91 6383 070833

    Instagram @adishaktitheatre, Facebook@adishaktitheatre

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    Event: Aurodhan Festival of ‘Oneness through Art’ – 6 and 7 April https://auroartworld.org/event-aurodhan-festival-of-oneness-through-art-6-and-7-april/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=event-aurodhan-festival-of-oneness-through-art-6-and-7-april Tue, 05 Apr 2022 17:20:28 +0000 https://artservice.auroville.org/?p=33450 Photography, Paintings,Dance, Music, Award function and Book launches – 6 and 7 April

    Event Schedule: 6 April, 2022 at the Aurodhan Art Gallerry, 33 rue francois martin 

    1. 5.30 pm The Maha Kumbha Mela a Photo Journey by  Lalit Verma inauguration by Datuk Ramli Ibrahim. 
    2. 5.45 pm   Flowers and their Spiritual Significance by The Mother  (An inspired paintings exhibition)  by A Viswam , inauguration by Datuk Ramli Ibrahim. 150 paintings of 150 flowers to celebrate 150th anniversary of Sri Aurobindo
    3. 6pm The Kumbha Mela coffee table book by Sutra foundation KL to be released in Puducherry by Sri ASHWINI KUMAR Chief Secretary Puducherry
    1. Essence of the Kumbh an Odissi Dance by Datuk Ramli Ibrahim and Githikashree 

    7/April/2022  

    at Krtashraya the Aurodhan art Gallery gardens , 236 , papamal Koil street Vaithikupam 

    1. 6.30pm Joined in Music, Veena by Kalaimamani Jayalakshmi Sekhar, Mrdangam Neyveli Ramachandran & Ghatam Trichy Dr K. Murali 
    1. 6.55 pm Launching the books Gange & Inde by French author Mireille-Joséphine Guézennec 
    1. 7pm Handing over the coffee table  book The Kumbh Mela to Smt Jayanthi Ravi Secratary Auroville Foundation 
    1. ‘Joined in Dance’ an Odissi performance by Datuk Ramli Ibrahim
    1. Aurodhan Lifetime achievement award 🥇 for Padmashree Datuk Ramli Ibrahim 
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    Theatre Festival: Remembering Veenapani, A Month Long Festival – 5 Apr – 3 May https://auroartworld.org/theatre-festival-remembering-veenapani-a-month-long-festival-5-apr-3-may/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=theatre-festival-remembering-veenapani-a-month-long-festival-5-apr-3-may Tue, 05 Apr 2022 17:00:46 +0000 https://artservice.auroville.org/?p=33432 Adishakti is delighted to announce the opening of the 6th edition of
    ”Remembering Veenapani’ festival on 5th April. This year is particularly special as Adishakti is celebrating having completed 40 years in theatre.

    Appropriately, this year’s festival is going to be a mega event, a month-long carnival of performances, workshops and master classes that will extend from 5th April to 3rd May. 

    It is promising to be a richly rewarding experience showcasing not only Adishakti`’s own work but also the work of artistes from diverse genres.

    • When: 7PM ON ALL SHOW DAYS, from 5TH APRIL TO 3RD MAY
    • Where: Adishakti Theatre, Edayanchavadi Road, Auroville P O
    • Free Seating. First Come First Serve. Food Stalls Available On All Show Days.
    • Donations Are Always Welcome.

    We Thank All Our Generous Donors & Friends who Helped Make This Festival Happen.

    Web: adishaktitheatrearts.com, Contact: +91 6383 070833

    Instagram @adishaktitheatre, Facebook@adishaktitheatre

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    Theatre Festival: Remembering Veenapani, A Month Long Festival – 5 Apr – 3 May https://auroartworld.org/theatre-festival-remembering-veenapani-apr-5-may-3-700-pm/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=theatre-festival-remembering-veenapani-apr-5-may-3-700-pm Tue, 29 Mar 2022 17:23:25 +0000 https://artservice.auroville.org/?p=32999
  • When: 7PM ON ALL SHOW DAYS, from 5TH APRIL TO 3RD MAY
  • Where: Adishakti Theatre, Edayanchavadi Road, Auroville P O
  • Free Seating. First Come First Serve. Food Stalls Available On All Show Days.
  • Donations Are Always Welcome.
  • We Thank All Our Generous Donors & Friends who Helped Make This Festival Happen.

    Web: adishaktitheatrearts.com, Contact: +91 6383 070833

    Instagram @adishaktitheatre, Facebook@adishaktitheatre

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    Theatre: A Retrospective Theater Festival by Adishakti https://auroartworld.org/theatre-a-retrospective-theater-festival-by-adishakti-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=theatre-a-retrospective-theater-festival-by-adishakti-2 Tue, 22 Mar 2022 17:22:50 +0000 https://artservice.auroville.org/?p=32446 Adishakti Laboratory for Theater Art Research presents
    • When: 8:00pm, 25, 26, 27 and 28 March 2022
    • Where: Sri Aurobindo Auditorium, Bharat Nivas, Auroville
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    Theatre: A Retrospective Theater Festival by Adishakti https://auroartworld.org/theatre-a-retrospective-theater-festival-by-adishakti/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=theatre-a-retrospective-theater-festival-by-adishakti Tue, 15 Mar 2022 16:42:49 +0000 https://artservice.auroville.org/?p=31957 Adishakti Laboratory for Theater Art Research presents
    • When: 8:00pm, 25, 26, 27 and 28 March 2022
    • Where: Sri Aurobindo Auditorium, Bharat Nivas, Auroville
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    Event: Baul Mela Online 2022 https://auroartworld.org/event-baul-mela-online-2022/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=event-baul-mela-online-2022 Tue, 28 Dec 2021 07:35:31 +0000 https://artservice.auroville.org/?p=26914 6-day celebration of Prem (Love), Bhakti (Devotion), and Rasa (Essence) is an extravaganza of oneness with the Moner Manush (the man of the heart).

    • When: 3-8 January 2022
    • Where: Online, Access is free
    • Given the challenges of internet connection in the remote areas in which the Baul Masters live, all sessions are pre-recorded. Each day a new session will be launched via live-stream at ParvathyBaul.com/mela.
    • To watch the sessions, sign up by clicking here: ParvathyBaul.com/mela. You will need to log in with your email address & create your own password.
    • The satsangs will be live-streamed, so the videos will appear directly in the Baul Online Akhara space from 3-8 January, daily at 9pm IST / 4:30pm CET / 7:30am PST / 10:30am EST / 12:30am JST (not beforehand! 🙂 )

    Traditionally, the Baul Melas are held in Akharas (Baul Practice Spaces) in remote villages of Bengal which are difficult to access. During the Melas, Baul Masters come together to celebrate the ‘Being’ and share their blessings. Our modern adaptation is to gather online. 

    When we hosted the first Baul Mela Online in 2020, it was an unknown venture. We found, to our delight and surprise, that the online platform really let us enter into the Akaras of the Masters; it also brought their wisdom and grace into our homes around the world. Seeing the masters in their own homes offered unique glimpses into their lives and sadhana (spiritual practice). Past participants shared how moving it was to be “visited” at home by these beloved and wise beings. 

    We know that not everyone is able to travel for a variety of reasons; given the success and unexpected intimacy of Baul Mela Online 2020, we have decided that Baul Mela Online should happen each year going forward. We hope you will gather with us. 

    ​The Baul Mela Online is hosted by Parvathy Baul. This year we “travel” to both West Bengal (India) and Bangladesh for the enlivening conversations and exchanges that come when great souls come together. We will immerse with the divine company of 8 different Baul Master-practitioners over our time together, and will conclude with a group gathering (Milon).

    We hope you will join us online for these mela sessions to build the energy of togetherness. 

    These sessions are unique gatherings only available to the participants of Baul Mela Online 2022. Live stream and replays are exclusively available in our Online Akhara community space: ParvathyBaul.com/mela

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    Event: A South Asian Feminist Film Festival – 3-10 December https://auroartworld.org/feminist-film-festival-beyond-borders-is-now-live-3-10-december/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feminist-film-festival-beyond-borders-is-now-live-3-10-december Tue, 07 Dec 2021 05:55:59 +0000 https://artservice.auroville.org/?p=25997 BEYOND BORDERS: A FEMINIST FILM FESTIVAL 2021
    Celebrating South Asian women’s day and marking 16 Days of Activism on Violence against Women

    The second edition of the online, South Asian Feminist Film Festival initiated under the leadership of Kamla Bhasin last year is now on. This edition of the festival presents 61 films, made in 25 languages including the Indian Sign language. The films include animation, short fiction, documentaries and features from seven South Asian countries, and are made by students and independent filmmaker’s (including ). Read the Curators note here.

    Curated under four themes:

    1. Personal is Political
    2. Family, Memory and Belonging
    3. Herstories
    4. Voices from South Asia

    The festival posters have been designed by the Kriti Film Club team with Jagori materials, created over the years with slogans, poems and stories written by Kamla Bhasin, and created with other feminists and artists over the years. We miss her and so many more and dedicate these to our feminist friendships.

    *Festival website*: https://doculive.blogspot.com/p/beyond-borders-feminist-film-festival.html

    If you have any difficulty please message us on space.kriti@gmail.com

    Curated by Aanchal Kapur and Reena MohanOrganised by Kriti Film Club and Jagori

    Updates on:

    https://linktr.ee/kritifilmclub
    https://fb.me/e/1O9A88Imv https://www.instagram.com/kritifilmclub/

    Twitter: @KritiFilmClub
    #beyondborders #feministfilmfestival #kritifilmclub #thoughtprovokingcinema #jagori 

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    Rising Gardens Film Festival https://auroartworld.org/rising-gardens-film-festival/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rising-gardens-film-festival Tue, 09 Feb 2021 06:55:18 +0000 https://artservice.auroville.org/?p=20583

    Feels of sorrow, Feelings of hope.

    12th to 15th February 2 021. Celebrating the 1 billion rising South Asia campaign with films that explore the means ties to nature agriculture and the environment.

    SAVE THE DATES for the February weekend at the RISING GARDENS FILM FESTIVAL

    • Theme: Fields Of Sorrow, Fields Of Hope
      13 films and 9 community videos from 7 countries, on women and agriculture
    • Curated by: Reena Mohan
    • Organised by: One Billion Rising South Asia, Sangat and Kriti Film Club
    • When: Friday, 12th Feb – Monday, 15th Feb 2021
    • Where: www.doculive.in

    If you haven’t previously, please register here for direct mailers: http://bit.ly/3bAoBrB

    Live updates on Facebook event page: https://fb.me/e/4lmHoSSA5

    https://www.instagram.com/kritifilmclub/

    https://mobile.twitter.com/sangatnetwork

    https://mobile.twitter.com/kritifilmclub

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    Call For Submissions https://auroartworld.org/khajuraho-city-of-woman-call-for-submission/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=khajuraho-city-of-woman-call-for-submission Tue, 02 Feb 2021 06:42:49 +0000 https://artservice.auroville.org/?p=20405 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

    Art Mart Khajuraho 2021 ‘City of Women’ are calling for entries from women artists (paintings, drawings, graphics, sculptures) for an exhibition to be held from 20-26 Feb. Last date for submission is 8 Feb. https://www.facebook.com/art.mart.543

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    Pondicherry Heritage Festival https://auroartworld.org/pondicherry-heritage-festival/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pondicherry-heritage-festival Tue, 19 Jan 2021 08:35:19 +0000 https://artservice.auroville.org/?p=20023

    From 22nd January to 21 February 2021

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