from The New Indian Express: By Anshuman U Shastry BENGALURU: Tennesse Williams’ part-autobiographical play, The Glass Menagerie, set in the late 1930s financially-troubled America is very relevant to today, says theatre artist Jill Navarre. Directed by Navarre, it was staged in Rangashankara recently by the Puducherry-based Auroville Theatre Group. “I chose this play for Bengaluru […]
Dear Friends, We at Adishakti would like to wish you a Happy New Year. May this year be filled with enriching and prosperous experiences for you and your loved ones. Thank you for all your support and good wishes last year. Your encouragement helped us jump in line with a total of 25 shows of […]
As the apogee of the Capoeira festival, the group Ginga Nago invites the community to join them in two themed evenings: Friday 12th of February 7PM (Kalabhumi): A night of expression! We will welcome the Svaram Music Crew for a trembling music concert, Jeremy Roske with his expressive voice and guitar and the Familia […]
KALA KENDRA, BHARAT NIVAS – The Pavilion of India PRESENTS OFFERING A Group Show by Artists From the WEAVERS Service Centre, Kancheepuram, T.N BALA | NARENDRA BABU | RAVI | SHEKAR About the Artists BALA @ K. Balasubraminan is from Chennai and has completed his Post Diploma in Fine Arts from Govt. College of Fine […]
26 February – 13 March 2016 MRTS Station | Lalit Kala Academy | Public Parks Welcome to the inaugural edition of the Chennai Photo Biennale – an exciting and significant community public-art project, bringing together world-renowned photographers from India and abroad. A collaboration between the Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan and Travelling Lens, Chennai Photo Biennale is […]
Kalakshetra Foundation welcomes you to Svanubhava 2015 7th August 2015 | 24 hours Svanubhava 2015 will be an overnight festival lasting 24 hours all through the 7th of August. The Festival will feature a variety of performances including Bhagavatha Mela, Theyyam, Namasankritanam, Nagaswaram Recital, Kathakali, Carnatic Recitals, Bharatanatyam and Kathak productions, presented across the many […]
Lalit Kala Akademi, Regional Centre, Chennai, Inko Centre, Chennai and K Art of Busan are jointly organising ‘Chennai Chamber Biennale: an exposition of Contemporary painting from Korea’ at the Regional Centre, Chennai between 27th July and 6th of August, 2015. The Venerable Subul Sunim, Abbot of Beomeosa Temple, Busan, Korea has consented to inaugurate the […]
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!
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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 […]
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, 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 […]
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 @ 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 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 […]
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 […]
The INKO Centre gallery show opens on 23rd February, it is a precursor to the Auroville Festival. The show is curated by Jin Kyoung Kim for South Korean artists and Supriya Menon Menghetti for India. This show has 18 artists from India and 9 from S. Korea, among the 18 Indian artists, 5 are from […]
Kalakshetra Foundation takes pleasure in inviting you to the 62nd Annual Art Festival time: December 20th to 31st Inauguration on 20th December, 5.30pm place: Rukmini Arangam, Kalakshetra Foundation, Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai by Padma Bhushan Awardee Dr.Padma Subrahmanyam All are Welcome! contact: Kalakshetra Foundation Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai 600041, India +91-44-24520836, +91-44-24521169/70 www.kalakshetra.in
The Russian Centre of Science and Culture Chennai is happy to present the exhibition Beauty Inside It will be a retrospective of Aurovilian artist Birgitta Volz, who is creating artworks using the materials of nature. time: opening: Saturday, Dec. 12th at 5.30 pm open until Dec 20th open daily from 10 am to 8 pm […]
INTACH Pondicherry and Urban Design Collective are planning an International Workshop titled ‘People’s Puppet Project (PPP)’ in Pondicherry from 15th to 24th December 2014. This will be followed by public performances on 26th and 27th December 2014 at prominent, public locations around Pondicherry’s Boulevard Town, and a performance at Dakshinachitra Cultural Centre for a Chennai […]
Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Chennai presents Conquer the concrete – 1st Chennai Street Art Festival in cooperation with Chennai City Connect CALL FOR APPLICATIONS Deadline: 18.12.2014 Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Chennai & Chennai City Connect with other partners are organizing CONQUER THE CONCRETE – 1st Chennai Street Art Festival from 20th January […]
