A night of Jazz Standards at CRIPA: Nuria and the Auroville Jazz Quartet
Friday 12th January, 8pm at CRIPA A night of Jazz Standards Vocals: Nuria / Piano: Matt Guitar: Shanks / Bass: Holger / Drums: Sreenath All are Welcome
Category: News and Events
Exhibition: Embroidery and Block Printing Experience
Embroidery and Block Printing Experience 20th January to 27th January At Kala Kendra, Bharat Nivas
Exhibition of original Japanese Woodblock Prints at Aurelec
Japanese Woodblock Prints at Aurelec Cafeteria, Kuilapalayam Open from 8 am to 5 pm until 31-01- 2018
Poem by Celestine: To the Old World from the New
To the Old World from the New Two beautiful nudy, girly, Dollies swinging in the air up the tree, Shouting ‘real shame on you’, Pissing down on you, And shitting on the Old World, As you enter the Gateway to Solar Kitchen. Celestine, Auroville, 9/1/18
Last week for “Energy fields” by Pierre Legrand in Kalinka, Pondicherry
“Energy fields” an exhibition by Pierre Legrand at Kalinka Gallery, until 14 January, Tuesday to Sunday, 10:00 am to 1:00 pm and 3:30 pm to 8:00 pm. Read “The Hindu” Article . Kalinka Art Gallery 14, bazar Saint Laurent Pondicherry 605001 www.kalinkagallery.com
South Indian (Carnatic) Vocal Music
South Indian (Carnatic) Vocal Music Recital by Dr.Shivadhasan and Dr.Mugundhan on the occasion of Auroville’s 50th Anniversary Celebration. Saturday, Jan 13 January, 2018, 7;30 pm, at SAWCHU, Bharat Nivas
Pongal Celebration at the Language Lab
Sunday, January 14th, 2018 at the Language Lab. The morning program will be from 8 am to 11 am; the afternoon and evening program will take place from 4.30pm to 8 pm, ending with dinner! All are welcome to participate and enjoy! Recommended Dress code – all day long: saree/long skirt and lungi/dhoti. (If you’d […]
An invitation from Rajiv Krishnan, a festival director for the International Theatre Festival of Kerala 2018
Dear Friends, I might have told some of you and the rest may have heard that i am one of the festival directors for ITFoK 2018, which is happening in Thrissur, Kerala between January 20-29. Well, like any festival run by a govt. body, it has its limitations, but i believe that we have had […]
Article: Sculpting stories in clay
Ceramic artist Adil Writer likes to create art that humanises the stories usually constrained to a canvas. Transformation Series (Photos: Marco Saroldi) At first glance, it looks like a charming piece of ceramic art: a casual fisherman or an emperor in miniature diorama. These tableaux, or sometimes abstract coloured porcelain pieces, with their meticulously detailed […]
Apply to: Take Flight, Grant Opportunity
In our 10th year, we at Perch are offering a few small grants to people (both individuals and groups) based in Chennai and Pondicherry in any field, for their ideas to ‘Take Flight’. The deadline for applying is January 31st.
Sita et la forêt chantée: the sound book created by Chloé and Marie that features Auroville’s birds
Hi little birds! Here is some news of Sita et la forêt chantée, the sound book created by Chloé and Marie that features Auroville’s birds. The association “lire dans le noir” (read in the dark) invited Chloé to present Sita at Radio France as part of the book festival. Claude from the French Pavilion was […]
Video and Photos: Golden Sunbeams Exhibition in Matrimandir Garden
The Golden Sunbeams is a series of four exhibitions os scultural works in various media by Auroville artistis. Works were set up at the Matrimandir’s Boulder Garden and were on view from the path to the Matrimandir viewpoint.
Photos and video of the New Year in Auroville
Indian Choir at Bharat Nivas
Songs in different Indian languages offered by the ‘Madras Youth Choir’ group on the occasion of Auroville’s 50th Anniversary Celebration. Sunday, 7th of January, 2018, 5:45 pm PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE: SAWCHU – BHARAT NIVAS
Shichedrij Vechir: Evening of Abundance, Ukrain’s history and culture
SHCHEDRIJ VECHIR (Evening of Abundance) 6thof January 2018 at 6 pm At Unity Pavilion Under the umbrella of Desh-VideshSanskriti, Unity Pavilion is hosting the second cultural event in association with Ukrainian Pavilion. The program for the evening includes: A short presentation on Ukrain’s history and culture Small concert of Ukrainian folk songs Delicious Ukrainian dinner (on cost-sharing basis): […]
Bharat Nivas Cultural Calendar January-March, 2018
Review: The Pink Thread, painting exhibition by Iono at Pitanga
“The Pink Thread” by Aurovilian Claire, alias Iono, is an exhibition that can be seen in Pitanga until the 13th of January. It aspires to be as crystalline as the name of its creator… Claire. Not only does the title evokes a link, it is also one of the most touching storytelling ever painted for […]
Review on Lalie’s exhibition by Corinne
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds is the perfect acronym for the psychedelic world of photographer Claudine Vignes (Dana) alias Lalie Sorbet. Her exhibition “Talking walls” in Centre d’Art, Citadines, which just opened up, is a little taste of what the dimension of her photographic art can be. A psychedelic experience is a journey to […]
Photos from The Deepam Market
Gitanjali concert at Bharat Nivas, 6th January
Saturday, 6th January 2018. At 7:30 pm (1 hour approximately) at Bhoomika, behind KalaKendra, Bharat Nivas A bouquet of songs, primarily written by poet laureate Tagore, that are poetry and essentially spiritual, along with Sanskrit hymns from the Rig Veda. By Damyanti Datta, working as an Executive Editor with India Today magazine in Delhi, who specialised […]
Auroville Film Festival: award winners 2017
See the catalogue with all award winning and special mentioned films and photos of the award ceremony by Marco S.: http://filmfestival.auroville.org/award-winners-2017/ AVFF 2017 team says thank you, good bye, see you again in 2019 and takes rest now…
Talking Walls: photo exhibition by Lalie Sorbet at Centre d’Art Citadines
Opening December 27th, 16h30 to 19h30 Daily 14h to 17h, till January 10th at Citadines Centre d’Art Auroville
Applications for artist residencies in Est-Nord-Est
Deadline: February 1, 2018 ** Due to execution of the capital investment project Est-Nord-Est: Tous azimuts!, please note that the 2018 residencies will take place in at a temporary site situated in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli ** About ENE Est-Nord-Est (ENE) is an artist-run centre the mandate of which is to provide an international community of artists and […]
The story of Auroville, one video clip at a time
While the Auroville Film Festival progressed in full swing, in a corner of the Town Hall building stood five television sets placed on pedestals, each of them playing video footage on loop. ‘Tribute to the Soiled Hands and Feet’, a video installation by filmmakers Richa and Rrivu, was one of the art installations that complemented […]
The Hindu: In love with coffee
Marc Tormo Altimira wants to make Indian coffee famous around the world and create excellent cups of coffee for India It all started when he visited India at age 19 and fell in love with it, says Auroville-based coffee entrepreneur and consultant from Spain, Marc Tormo Altimira. “When I went back to Barcelona, I […]