In an attempt to widen its reach to explore possibilities of intercultural exchange and comparative understanding of experiences across the south globe, Invisible Dance: The Body in Friction invites applications from the broader locations of South Asia and Southeast Asia through an open call process. https://www.goethe.de/ins/in/en/kul/art/aus/ind.html
Art is Life: New Beginnings is just 4 days away! Come join us as we celebrate the opening of MAP with a week-long schedule of events dedicated to celebrating art and the community, and exploring new relationships through collaborations and art discourse. Art is Life: New Beginnings is our new chapter as an institution which will finally […]
The Hindu February 08, 2023 12:46 am | Updated 12:46 am IST – PUDUCHERRY Where the human language falls short in communicating a higher idea, ceramic art can present a canvas to express it with eloquence, said Aurovilian ceramic artist Rakhee Kane. The artist is showcasing some of her recent ceramic works based on the […]
Adaptation of Red Bike, a play by American playwright Caridad Svich.
Celebrate Renewed Joy in 2021Imagine a world filled with healing love, light, laughter and joy Surging forward in 2021, we embody the resilient shining beings we are as we honour and leave behind the pain, tears, fears and losses of 2020. Initiated by MeDiClown Academy, a registered activity of the Auroville Foundation, India NoseLove Happiness Movement is gaining momentum! Over 25 partners in […]
While working at the Indian Embassy, in Paris, Tapas Bhatt met Astad Deboo at an International Dance Competition and invited him to Auroville to perform at the Sri Aurobindo Auditorium. Astad became a regular visiting guest in Auroville and we were fortunate to see his magnificent whirling piece set to Tagore’s poem, a slow, swirling […]
Contemporary Indian dancer Astad Deboo passed away in Mumbai on December 10. Born in 1947, Deboo was trained in Kathak and Kathakali and went on to marry the two classical forms to create a fusion dance form. With a career spanning over 50 years, Deboo — a recipient of Padma Shri in 2007 — also […]
Deboo employed his training in Indian classical dance forms of kathak as well as kathakali to create a unique fusion dance form. Mumbai, December 10 Contemporary Indian dancer Astad Deboo, known for amalgamating Indian and western dance techniques, died here on Thursday, his family said. He was 73. Deboo employed his training in Indian classical […]
Sometimes I open the window and the dusk rain touches my face,a lightness on the edges of knowingthat when this frozen summer fails, children lockedwithout knowledge of tomorrow’s lightwill leap as the sun breaks, molten through their corridors,night fleeing rapidly from their eyes –while mothers and fathers hurtling with the hurricane will struggleto stand still, […]
Maharaj-ji was Gautama’s personal moron, or a shared man-servant, when he chose to think otherwise. It was a regular job, nine to five, perks and bonus. But there were times when he tired of it. On such days he turned to Ero Nus, Gautama’s flat mate, for solace and random wisdom. ‘Maharaj-ji,’ Ero Nus obliged […]
It’s not often, in the largely insular world of modern art, that a work is allowed to simply speak for itself. It’s also a strange fact that many contemporary works can’t really speak for themselves, for they are grounded in what are essentially literary ideas; even avowed geniuses like Twombly, Basquiat and Ai Weiwei could […]
Down, To The Crossroads- Adil Writer’s Hunt for The Good Stuff “If I said anything sacrilegious, please quote me.” This was Adil Writer’s sign-off to me as I took off on foot out of Dana Community in the dusty afternoon light, after an interview that shed more light than I’d ever hoped on the creative […]
MINT LOUNGE FEATURES MEDICLOWN How clowns bring cheer to dementia patients: https://lifestyle.livemint.com/health/wellness/how-clowns-bring-cheer-to-dementia-patients-111603099593496.html
InKo Centre, in association with K-Art International Exchange Association, Busan, invited entries from middle/high and higher secondary school students from Chennai for the 2020 International Teenage Design & Art Award. Students from 11 countries including South Korea, India, Japan, U.S.A., U.K., China, Vietnam, Singapore, Philippines, Ukraine and Canada, participated in the competition this year. We […]
A FILLIP TO ANALOGUE PHOTOGRAPHY A new darkroom attached to Centre d’Art, Citadines was inaugurated on Friday 8th August. The darkroom is to be used for the processing of film and for printing of analogue photographs. It is primarily funded by Centre d’Art, which was founded by Dominic Darr, herself an analogue photographer, who spent […]
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Summit Package RaffleFor schools, universities and youth groups as well as for Ecovillages Dear Friends,Thank you for joining the GEN Online Summit Communities for Future – Our Response for the Climate Emergency. We hope the summit has been insightful and inspiring for you. Our human presence on this planet needs to be and can be transformed […]
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https://www.pfaindia.com/ TOI The above article was featured in Times Of India yesterday. We did not want to divert the attention of people from #JantaCurfew and so decided to not post it on Sunday. We are completing three years as a community in April 2020, we never thought of celebrating in such pandemic conditions. We hope that this […]
