Category: News and Events

Webinars: A History of Studio Photography, 19 August

Museum of Art and Photography (MAP) Presents: In Focus: A History of Studio Photography This World Photography Day, discover exciting stories about the history of studio photography in India with MAP archivist Prachi Gupta. When: 6:00 PM (IST), 19 August 2021 Where: Online Register The earliest photo studios in India primarily served colonial interests or […]

Video: The India They Saw – Four Poets in Four Languages

This Independence Day, we bring to you glimpses of an India as envisioned by four of our greatest poets – Mahakavi Subramania Bharathi, Dr Shivmangal Singh ‘Suman’, Dr Sa. Shi. Marulayya and Mahakavi Vallathol Narayana Menon. The poetry, in four languages – Tamil, Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam – is laid on a rhythmic konnakol base, […]

Request for Proposals: Arts Practice programme, Deadline Extended: August 31, 2021

India Foundation for the Arts (IFA) invites applications forExplorationsUnder its Arts Practice programme Application deadline extended to Tuesday, August 31, 2021 The Arts Practice programme seeks to implement projects where artists expand their present range of practices in new directions. These could question accepted conventions, push new frontiers in content, form and medium, explore new modes of engagement with space, audience […]

Video: Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav At Auroville Puducherry – 1 and 2

In a spirit of commemorating of India’s Independence, “Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav” (Festival of the nectar of Freedom) is celebrated at Auroville Mathri Mandir Amphitheatre by Aurovillian. Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav At Auroville Puducherry – 1 Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav At Auroville Puducherry – 2 “𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐃𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐊𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐚, 𝐏𝐮𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲”‘ 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 […]

Exhibition: ‘The World is One Family’

When: 13 August – 30 September The Kochi Biennale Foundation, with the support of the Govt. of Kerala presents a large-scale contemporary art survey exhibition titled ‘Lokame Tharavadu’. The show will feature the works of 267 artists who trace their roots back to Kerala, in five different venues in Alappuzha and Durbar Hall, Ernakulam. A […]

Article: Birth anniversary of Aurobindo observed

Pre-dawn bonfire and various other events held following COVID-19 norms A bonfire communion, prayer sessions and quiet meditation marked the birth anniversary celebrations of poet, philosopher and nationalist Sri Aurobindo at the Sri Aurobindo Ashram and Auroville amid COVID-19 restrictions on Sunday. https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/puducherry/birth-anniversary-of-aurobindo-observed/article35933450.ece Auroville launched a year-long 150th birth anniversary celebration of Sri Aurobindo broadly […]

Call for Applications: Artist Residency in Auroville

Centre d’Art residency is an opportunity for artistic exchange and experimentation, focusing on process-based and artist-led research. Centre d’Art encourages artists to pursue new research and widen their networks to support the development of their practice. Centre d’Art residency guidelines:Centre d’Art advises the artists to prepare the following information before starting their application. Images should not […]

Documentary Films: Four Films and Online Premiere

Emergence Magazine brings you this week: Four Films from the Emergence archives International Online Premiere by Emergence of the new feature documentary film Apausalypse, directed by Anni Ólafsdóttir and Andri Snær Magnason. Utuqaq by Iva Radivojević is an extended meditation on the sentience of the land, told from the perspective of the deep and boundless silence of Arctic ice. Watch […]

Workshop:Analogue Darkroom by Sasikanth Somu – 10, 11, 17 and 18 September

When: 10th, 11th and  17th and 18th of September 2021  Where:: Centre d’Art Gallery, Citadines, Auroville Registration Contact:  centredart@auroville.org.in  Program & Timings: Friday 11th, 02.00 – 5.00pm – Brief look at History of Photography & Introduction to Film Camera Saturday 12th, 09.00am – 12.30pm – Film photo shoot, Saturday 12th, 02.00pm – 05.00pm Develop your […]

Video: Sri Aurobindo Birthday dawn fire Auroville 2021

Sri Aurobindo was an eminent scholar and poet, a revolutionary and early leader of the campaign for a free India, and a yogi. He bridged the spirituality and philosophy of east and west, and inspired a new understanding of the roots of yoga as manifested in the Vedas and Upanishads. His vision of a future […]

Webinar: A series of conversations on Creativity, Culture and Context – 25 August

Strategic Management in the Art of Theatre (SMART)in partnership with India Foundation for the Arts (IFA), supported by Goethe-Institut / Max-Mueller Bhavan New Delhi Presents: In The Round #3: Community, a series of conversations on creativity, culture and context When: 7pm, 25 August 2021 Where: Online. Registration: For Zoom Link, Register Here To watch live on Facebook, visit […]

AV Radio: The Latest Podcasts

Auroville radio is experiencing a technical problem, this is why we have only two podcast published this week. We’ll try to restore it as soon as possible. Stay tuned! Here you can listen to the stream channell (playing 24/7). Here you can see on-air schedules. Last published podcasts: A Tribute To Sri Aurobindo – 15 August […]

Photo Article: Colorful Vignettes has a new entry, The End of a Journey

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: The End of a […]

Conscious Circle: The Women Temple – 11 August

Welcome to the Women Temple “The relationship we have to other women reflects the relationship we have to our own feminine essence. We take a stand for a new way of being a woman together on this planet. Together we can heal and transform into a relationship of celebration and empowerment”  Chameli Ardagh of Awakening Women […]