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’, […]
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 […]
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 […]
FOLI: original version by Thomas Roebers and Floris Leeuwenberg
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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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 […]
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
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 […]
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
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.
Sri Aurobindo Centre for Studies – India and the World Bharat Nivas Professor Makarand Paranjape, of Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, (please see Internet for bio-data), Who was with us last month, has since read Anu’s book “Auroville: A City for the Future” … and is deeply moved by it! He comes again to explore it […]
Unity Pavilion is launching a series of cultural events entitled Desh Videsh Sanskriti to celebrate our Unity in Diversity and to know a little more about the culture of the different states of India and of other countries in the World. The first event of this series entitled Gujarat Gatha shall take place Tuesday […]
THE GRAMMATOLOGY OF SYMBOLS An exhibition by Richa Navani Centre d’Art, Citadine October 2 – 13, 2017 (10:30 – 12:30 and 14:30 – 15:30) Centre d’Art, Citadines is welcoming New Delhi artist Richa Navani, who will show for the first time in Auroville her brand-new exhibition called “The Grammatology of symbols’. With a remarkable Curriculum […]
Earlier this year, the Auroville Film Festival presented two films at the CinemAmbiente, an environmental film festival in Torino, Italy. The two films were Towards A Sustainable Future (Basile) and Ecovillage Design Education (Serena). Here are some photographs of the event with the Aurovilians who were present to speak with the audience.
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 […]
By: Richa Navani 2nd Oct 12th Oct , 2017 Centre D’ Arts Citadines
AUROVILLE FILM FESTIVAL ‘17 DEC 16-23 2017 (A PROJECT OF MMC/CP) As you read this announcement, take a moment to remember how much you enjoyed the previous four film festivals and how we have made them better and better each time. In addition to watching the films produced in Auroville by adults and students, you […]
Unity Pavilion on 30 Sept, 2017, Saturday from 7:30 – 8:30 pm by Smt Tata Banumathy ( AIR Artist, Pondicherry) accompanied on Violin and Tabla This contact has been facilitated by Veena Lemaire. Hope to see you there. Warm regards, Geeta (Creativity) and Mona (Yantra) for Arpanaa , a service under City Service.
‘I’ll go back to heaven again. At the end of my outing to this beautiful world I’ll go and say: That was beautiful.’ Those profound words from Korean poet Chon Sang-pyong are already beautiful. But this octave of beauty goes up a notch higher when you find out that the poet was blind. This poem […]
Opening Saturday 23 September till Saturday 21 October 2017 opening timings except Sunday 8am -12.30pm and 2pm – 6pm These charcoal drawings have been realised over the years in the studio of Creativity. The works are by professional artists to people who have never done any figure drawing. We all actually learn from each other. And, when […]
