Saarang closing concert with Prince Rama Varma
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program, map and calendar of the Auroville Festival
Here you find the complete program, a map with all participating venues and an events calendar of the Auroville Festival in Chennai 2015 all in one place… See you in Chennai!
Auroville Choirs in concert
Don’t miss the Auroville Choirs In Concert! The Youth Choir will be presenting songs and film themes, the Adult Choir will be presenting romantic and contemporary Western classical music. The two choirs will also perform some songs together. As a part of the Auroville Festival in Chennai, the choir will be performing at 7:30 pm, […]
Simply Complex – Pierre Legrand at Art Houz
On March 6th, at 6pm, the exhibition “Simply Complex” by Pierre Legrand will open at Art Houz in Chennai. (41 Kasturi Rangan St, near Poes Garden, Alwarpet, Chennai 18.) The exhibition will hold mainly paintings – acrylic on mesh, to emphasize the porosity of matter. All works are structured by a text written in a […]
MAgzAV # 9 is out!
The latest issue of MAgzAV, Auroville’s most irregularly published art & culture magazine is out. The title: What is Auroville – Impressions & Expressions. It is an issue entirely made of graphics. Watch out at the usual places all over Auroville for your free printed copy or read or download right here:
Marco & Adil at Dakshina Chitra
Opening tomorrow, March 4, at 11am at the Varija Art Gallery, DakshinaChitra Heritage Museum, East Coast Road, Muttukadu, Chengalpet District, TN 603118. Installation and paintings by Adil Writer and Marco Feira. Adil Writer’s latest installation, BARCODES, will be on view. The gallery timings are 10am – 6pm. Tuesday is a holiday. There will be a […]
Exhibitons and events of the Auroville Festival this week
more infos on festival.auroville.org and facebook.com/AurovilleFestival
Film projection: Dance of The Wind
as part of the SAARANG festival: Film projection: “Dance of The Wind” (1997) by Rajan Khosa Venue: India Space / Time: 6.30 pm Date: Thursday, 5th March 2015 Starring: Kitu Gidwani, Dr Kapila Vatsyayan Music by Shubha Mudgal
Chinese Cultural Evening
Chinese Cultural Evening in Auroville time: Tuesday 3rd March, 7.30 – 9.00 pm venue: Sri Aurobindo Auditorium, Bharat Nivas Tai Chi Show Beijing Opera Chinese folk songs Chinese Cheongsam show Chinese Drama stunt – Sleeves show Sichuan Opera stunt – Face Changing Chinese food will be shared @ Unity Pavilion from 6-7pm Small gift […]
Auroville Festival begins
from The Hindu: Through the month of March, members of the international community of Auroville will spend time in Chennai, to help people here understand their culture through the ‘Auroville festival’, which began on Sunday. Inaugurating the event, Governor K. Rosaiah said: “Right from its establishment, it has been striving to build a spiritual society […]
Rtu Samrit festival
from Bharat Nivas: Namashkar Friends, Happily, the first festival of Rtu Samrit, the season of coming together is here! I hope all of you can visit the 150 artists from North East this year at Bharat Nivas Wed. 25th to Sat. 28th Feb. 10 AM to 9:30 PM bringing their richness of tradition through art […]
The Mirror and The Mask – Commedia dell’arte workshop
The Mirror and The Mask a Commedia dell’arte workshop conducted by Giovanni Pampiglione Giovanni Pampiglione is a director, actor, educator, and writer. He studied at the Sapienza University in Rome and at the Directing Department of the National Theater Academy in Warsaw. In 1980, he created L’Atelier di Formia, where invited artists exhibit twentieth century […]
Tasmai’s 2nd anniversary
from Tasmai:
Heritage of Family
PondyART presents Heritage of Family Tamil Portraiture 1880 – 1980 Opening Wednesday, February 25th on the IFP wall on Beach Road in Pondicherry on display until March 24th contact: Pondy ART Kasha Vande, M. Arch. Cell: 979 1944 182
De Sidere 7 – an ensemble videocontemplation
Kala Kendra & Bharat Nivas present De Sidere 7 HD, 2014, 38 minutes Nicolas Grandi and Lata Mani Venue: AV room, Kala Kendra, Bharat Nivas Time: 5:30 pm , 21st Feb, Saturday De Sidere 7 is an experimental work that interweaves performance, dance, poetry, storytelling and text to reflect upon aspects of desire. Shot in […]
Auroville Festival website launched
The Auroville Festival website is launched! http://festival.auroville.org/ Auroville, the experimental city in the making at the Coromandel coast some 3 hours drive below Chennai, has been quietly building itself for almost 50 years and now looks forward to give Chennaiites some insights into its unique functioning, challenges and achievements. The ‘What is Auroville’ festival, to […]
Well Paper in Chennai
Well Paper, an Auroville unit and social enterprise which works to empower local village women with skills to build, manage and maintain self-sustaining units, will be showcasing their work and (beautiful) products as part of the Auroville Festival in Chennai. Catch them on March 5-7th at the Ethical Market (at Amethyst) or at the Craft […]
Schaubühne Berlin in Chennai
from Goethe Institute Chennai: We cordially invite you to our forthcoming theatre play: AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE brought to you by the renowned German Theatre Schaubühne Berlin time: Tuesday 24th February 2015, 7 p.m. venue: Sir Mutha Venkatasubba Rao Concert Hall, Chennai. The complimentary entry passes are available at Goethe-Institut Chennai or can be […]
basement 21 presents: encounter series – triple bill
basement 21 presents: encounter series – triple bill basement 21 @ SPACES encounter ten venue: SPACES, 1 Elliot’s Beach Road, Besant Nagar, Chennai 600090 time: Feb 21, 7pm triple bill: According to Official Sources… Concept/Choreography/Performance: Mirra Arun Sound Design: Ghostape (Gati Summer Dance Residency 2014) Music credits: ‘You can leave your hat on’ (1986) […]
Kratu’s Ceramic Sculptures
Kratu‘s Ceramic Sculptures will be on display at Sudio Palazzo from 4th to 16th of March 2015 as part of the Auroville Festival. Exhibition is open all days of the week from 11 am to 7 pm venue: Studio Palazzo 14, 2nd Avenue, Harrington Road, Chetpet, Chennai 600 031, Tamilnadu, India – Telefax: +91 44 […]
City of Dawn to descend on Chennai
from The Hindu, Feb 15, 2015 Auroville Festival set to unravel its idea of sustainable existence Art and the universal township of Auroville have a link that go beyond its conducive, green and multicultural environment. Sri Aurobindo, whose teachings resonate in the intrinsic fabric of this ‘City of Dawn,’ had said that art is an […]
opening of permanent exhibition: Sri Aurobindo & The Mother
Sri Aurobindo & The Mother The Advent of a New World A new permanent exhibition will be on display at Visitors Center, 1st floor. The inauguration with a silent meditation takes place on February 21st at 11.30 a.m.
Sound Creation workshop with Chloé
SOUND CREATION WORKSHOP: RECORDING AND EDITING SOUND conducted by Chloé with the support of the French Pavilion Do you know that sound can be used as a way to express yourself and your creativity? By not making only music, but with sounds recorded around you. Like soundscape, birdsongs, wind through the branches, a motorbike passing, […]
Alliance Française Festival 2015
Alliance Fraçaise presents Pondy Partages 2015
7th Panorama of Contemporary Indian Cinema
7th Panorama of Contemporary Indian Cinema 13-14-15 February – Sri Aurobindo Auditorium, Bharat Nivas Vanakkom, Namasté, Hello to All, Bonjour à toutes et tous, Aurofilm has the great pleasure to inform you and invite you to its annual 7th Panorama of Contemporary Indian Cinema which will take place at the Sri Aurobindo Auditorium, Bharat Nivas. […]