Gopal Jayaraman paintings at Kalinka Art Gallery
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“From Image to Reality”, Francine Finck exhibition review by Corinne
“From Image To Reality” Photography Exhibition By Francine Finck 28th October to 12th November Centre d’Art Citadines Opening Saturday 28th October at 4pm “My child, my sister, Think of the rapture Of living together there! Of loving at will, Of loving till death In the land that is like you” The famous poem […]
Support the Auroville Film Festival
The Auroville Film Festival is running a crowd funding campaign to raise funds for this year’s festival, which will be from December 16 to 23. 10% of all the funds will go towards the new AVFF Carbon Neutral Fund which will support tree planting in Auroville. Support AVFF ’17 by asking your friends and family […]
Have fun at the Kino Kabaret
After a successful trial run in September, the Auroville Film Festival (AVFF) and MMC/CP are organising another Kino Kabaret in December, as part of the fifth edition of the AVFF. The Kino Kabaret will begin at 4pm on December 15 and end at 6pm on December 17 (50 hours). The results will be screened at […]
Deepawali celebration at Solar Kitchen
Dear all, All are cordially invited to take part in the Deepawali celebration on 17th Oct 2017 in front of Solar Kitchen. Time schedule: -Dinner at Solar Kitchen Dining hall: 6 to 7.30 pm -Fireworks (no noise, only light): 7.30 to 7.45 pm -Cultural program by AV children and adults: 7.45 to 8.45 pm The […]
Diwali at Upasana
Dear friends, We will be celebrating Diwali in Upasana and we invite everyone to join us for light, flowers & a light meal together. Thursday 19th October, 6 pm to 9 pm At Upasana (Near CSR) Love, Upasana Team.
Support the “Auroville Film Festival” and share our poster and video
The Auroville Film Festival is running a crowd funding campaign to raise funds for this year’s festival, which will be from December 16 to 23. 10% of all the funds will go towards the new AVFF Carbon Neutral Fund which will support tree planting in Auroville. Support AVFF ’17 by asking your friends and […]
Discussion on Claude Arpi’s book “Tibet: The Last Months of a Free Nation”
The Pavilion of Tibetan Culture Invites you for a discussion on Claude Arpi’s latest book. Saturday, October 21 at 5:15 pm The event will be moderated by Lt Gen Ashok Chatterjee, former General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Command of the Indian Army. Post retirement, he became a member of Auroville. The book was originally launched at […]
First Auroville Food Festival
As Auroville celebrates its 50th birthday, Anveshan along with Auroville community at large is organizing the first Auroville Food Festival. The festival, which will be held from December 16-23, will showcase Auroville’s rich blend of disparate cultures through its gastronomic diversity. Each day of the festival will focus on a particular tradition of cuisine, i.e. North […]
Hanging on to the rare art of circus acts
Report of Priya Menon to The Times of India Oct 9, 2017 Chennai: The red dirt road winds through the landscape, dotted with foliage and a few scattered buildings. Further along, it narrows into a lane, which leads to Miracle, one of the many communities in Auroville — a universal township in the making — about 130km from Chennai. […]
A Kino Kabaret in December
After a successful trial run in September, the Auroville Film Festival (AVFF) and MMC/CP are organising another Kino Kabaret in December, as part of the fifth edition of the AVFF. The Kino movement began in Canada in 1999, where participants would gather once every month to screen short films made using the barest of […]
RIP: photo album
Rip: A Devised solo theatre perfoormance by Savita Rani, presented 23rd September at Cripa. Director’s Note: RIP is an abbreviation used to wish well for the soul that no more occupies a human body. Interestingly, other meanings of the word are tear, split, shred, break, scratch, cleave. I stick to RIP as ‘restlessness in pieces’, […]
Video: Noise by Kalki Koechlin
Kalki Koechlin, Bollywood actor and slam poetess writes a heady and provocative piece titled ‘Noise’, that explores, celebrates, berates, rips apart and puts together that word, which forces a listen, and not a hear. Welcome to the age of noise. From the ‘divine cacophony’ of loudspeakers piercing the airwaves in the name of religion, to […]
Call to musicians for the Auroville Film Festival in December
The Auroville Film Festival is offering a space for Aurovilian (and bioregion) bands to perform during the festival (December 16-23) everyday from 5pm to 7pm. If your band would like to participate, please email your contact details to Jurriaan Prakke (jurriangelo@yahoo.co.uk) and Auroville Film Festival (aurovillefilmfestival@auroville.org.in) with a link to your music… or even without […]
Video: there is no movement without rhythm
FOLI: original version by Thomas Roebers and Floris Leeuwenberg
CREEVA – Schedule 16 to 22 October
Centre for Research, Education and Experience in the Visual Arts CREEVA is a platform for people to experience art first hand and overcome their fears, doubts, and myths. It is a place where art enthusiasts can experiment with mediums, form, themes, etc. and hone their art skills. CREEVA lets you explore deeper and find your […]
New book: Istanbul Istanbul
Istanbul Istanbul, by Burhan Sönmez and translated by Ümit Hussein, is forthcoming from OR Books. Burhan Sönmez appeared in New York City on April 28 and April 29 as a part of the PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature. Four prisoners—Demirtay the student, the doctor, Kamo the barber, and Uncle Küheylan—held below the streets of Istanbul and subject to torture trade stories […]
Solo tabla recital by Pt. Sanjay Mukherjee
GHARANA : A solo tabla recital by Pt. Sanjay Mukherjee ( Kolkata) showcasing various styles of tabla playing. At: CRIPA from: 7:30 – 8:30 pm He will also be performing at Hall of Harmony at ashram school on Wednesday at 10:35 am and the Alliance Francais this Thursday at 7 Pm.
Crowdfunding for Auroville Film Festival
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Art Without Platform: paintings by Gubendhiran.K
Art of Seeing – Workshop at Kalarigram
Kalarigram invites you to learn the magic of sight through experiential drawing with Ms. Priya Jayanand. Ms. Priya Jayanand is a fine artist, Founder and Creative Director of Moonware Creative Expressions.Apart from a fine art degree from one of the industry’s top universities, she is also recognised by the late president Dr A P J Abdul […]
Exhibition of paintings at Delafond Section
Dear friends, On behalf of Sri Aurobindo Ashram School, we are happy to invite you to an exhibition of paintings by their children today and tomorrow (9 & 10, October, 2017) from 9:00 – 11:00 am at Delafond Section (Building next to Ashram Post Office, Pondicherry) Warmly, Bharat Nivas Cultural Group
Helsinki International Curatorial Programme
Since 2013, Helsinki International Curatorial Programme has offered annually up to four one-month residencies in Helsinki for curators of contemporary art. The programme is co-organised by HIAP – Helsinki International Artist Programme and Frame Contemporary Art Finland. The HICP curators-in-residence will live and work at HIAP’s international residency centre on the island of Suomenlinna, a […]
Musical evening at Kala Kendra
You are all invited to an informal musical evening offered by Sanghamitra Das Banerjee, a Baul singer from Santiniketan, Kolkata. A friend of many Aurovilians, Sanghamitra is visiting town and offered to share her music with us! Kala Kendra, Bharat Nivas, 9 october, 18:30 to 20:00
Video of “All my sons”: Auroville Theatre Group
From The Auroville Theatre Group: ALL MY SONS, by Arthur Miller, May 5, 6 and 7th at CRIPA Garden, Kalabhumi, Auroville. Cast: Swar, Vinu Karthick, Jill, Shilpi, Nishant Saini, Ahmed, Satyendra Kumar, Myrta, Manjula Selvam, Satish T. Directed by Jill Shilpi.