Category: News and Events

Exhibition: True Blue – The Water Faithful

Curatorial note: true-blue /ˌtruː ˈbluː/ adjective 1. unwavering in one’s commitment; extremely loyal. 2. real; genuine. Water is the primal element, where life begins and evolves. This exhibition aims to highlight water and its many forms and drives. All the works here are connected to water. From negative to positive. They concern the destructiveness of […]

Open Call: Shared Tides residency

**Deadline Extended – 31 March 2023!** Last chance to apply for the Shared Tides residency open call! A residency program for anyone working with lens-based mediums, photographers, photojournalists, writers, designers, educators, researchers, mixed media artists from Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka. The primary intention is to find parallels and common threads between the shared cultures, […]

Portfolio Review: with The CPB Photo Awards Jury

Join us for a portfolio review with the CPB Photo Awards jury Saumya Khandelwal, Paroma Mukherjee, Dar Yasin and Chirodeep Chaudhuri. To apply, please upload your portfolio to the google form here! Participation will be on the basis of selection and photographers are expected to pay upon selection. Fee: Rs. 400 for 1 body of […]

Workshop: The Dissolving Artist

https://pages.razorpay.com/pl_LSCSLH3Pp8EBXR/view About the Workshop An intensive exploration of the Art of Performance-Making, incorporating the coherence between Nature of Consciousness and Rhythmic movement of a performing body derived from aesthetic techniques of Cross-Cultural art forms – Kalari, Thirayattam, Noh, Butoh Highlights

Workshop: Colors Without Confines

Workshop by V. HARIRAAMV.Hariram is naturally an expressionist. An intense experience of the unknown is transplanted within him, an intrigue of a seed of abstraction.When in a state of rest – with eyes closed, he experiences a spectacular vision. And, soon enough wakes up to a sensibility of ‘stellar memories’; the reality of his experience, […]

Photo Article: Colorful Vignettes has a new entry,

August Timmermans (Guus) is an ex-Aurovilian who lived here from 1977 to 1985. He worked on the Matrimandir construction and later co-managed the Matrimandir Nursery.  August Timmermans explores the beauty of nature, our habitats and the people through his lens telling a story through a new entry in Colorful Vignettes called: Everything is alright

Show: Fantasy Factory

“Fantasy Factory is a silent table top puppetry creation. Beyond languages, this poetic 40-min show invites the whole family to cultivate beauty and diversity.” 

Article: Roots from the Sky ⵣ by Cedric Bregnard

Roots from the Sky ⵣ by Cedric Bregnard Centre d’Art, Monday, three o’clock in the afternoon.About fifteen people are working on the photograph of the Auroville banyan tree which is spread out over seven meters in front of the large picture window.Some are sitting on the floor, some standing, others are mounted on chairs. The […]

Exhibition: Roots from the Sky ⵣ by Cedric Bregnard

Centre d’Art Gallery, Citadines, Auroville invites you to an exhibition “Roots from the Sky ⵣ by Cedric Bregnard”,  The collective art piece is being exhibited after a week of participatory performance. Exhibition opening on Saturday 18th March 2.30pm-5.30pm Please Park at town hall. Roots from the Sky ⵣ by Cedric Bregnard

Theater: ‘The Birds’ inspired by Aristophanes

A Play in English and other Languages Directed by Rajiv Krishnan Entry Free. Contributions welcome. Credits Cast: Siddhanth Sundar and Harshini Boyalla (Bengaluru), Radhika Prasiddha, Dharanidharan and David Salamon (Pondicherry), Ajithlal Sivalal (Kollam) and Parshathy Nath (Thrissur) Sets: Joseph Bernard Props and Puppets: Vijay Ravikumar Costumes: Kaveri Lalchand Movement: Fawas Ameer Hamsa Music: Anjana Raghavan […]

Open Call: Auroville Artists

Artists from all fields and backgrounds are invited to join the co-creation of an improvised group performance in response to Cedric Bregnard’s Banyan Tree Installation at Centre d’Art, Citadines on Saturday 18th March, 3-5pm.    This call is open to artists who, over the years, have developed a particular connection to the land and to the […]

Music: Flute Recital

Having learned the art of playing the bansuri from the master, Hariprasad Churasiya, himself, Alon Trietel brings together the craft of making a flute and the art of playing it in his workshops and concerts around the world.

Group exhibition: Contemporary visions by Hungarian Sculptors Society

Participant artists: János Dorogi, Zoltán Karmó, Kristóf Kecso Dániel Kiss, András Kontúr, Ábel Kotormán, LászI6 Kotorman, Norbert Kotormán, frisz Kulcsár, Péter Márkus, Péter Menasági, Gábor Miklya, Dániel Nagy, Zoltán Paráda, Antal Plank, Botond Polgár, Sajal Kaity (India), Dániel Sallay, István Vanyúr. Opening speeach by Márta Szilágyi designer, director of Erlin Gallery, Budapest Reflexions on the […]

Lecture: Archaeology in Auroville

On the occasion of the Pondicherry Heritage Festival, the Centre of Pondicherry of the Ecole francaise d’Extrême-Orient cordially invites you to a lecture on:Archaeology in Auroville by Aurotaranti Maiolini, Auroville Museum of Archaeology, Program Coordinator Abstract:Join Auroville Archaeology as we uncover the rich history of the Auroville region. From a large Iron Age Megalithic site […]