Dear all, Some great news that my talk in the TEDx Wilmington Women event this coming Thursday, October 27th will be live-streamed around the world from the link below. Please tune in between 8-9 am EST (I am the second speaker in this first session) to hear/see my talk, and if not, it will […]
Aurodhan Galleries Pondicherry Presents at 8.15 pm on 21st October on 33 rue Francois martin An Evening of Documentary Films by award winning British Filmmaker Ruhi Hamid Ruhi Hamid, a graduate of the Royal College of Art, London directs with visual flair and sensitivity to make beautiful, intimate and insightful award winning films. Ruhi’s interest […]
from TASMAI: Postcard Homage to Mani-da (K.G.Subramayan) Among Mani-da’s many adorable habits was to respond to every letter he received with a handwritten letter – often with a little sketch or doodle. Every New Year he sent hand-drawn postcards to his friends and students. I am not sure how many of us reciprocated his wonderful […]
I sat within the lotus today, its petals were perfectly pink and white, its pillars stood in their fathomless glow supporting the hemisphere of heaven; one could see the form of the Idea engendering the body of Time, swirling into birth from the silence, filling our lives with grace and beauty sublime. Rod Hemsell […]
Kala Kendra – Center for Arts in Bharat Nivas – The Pavilion of India presents RAINBOW III (an exhibition of paintings) by Nurten Sozeri, Turkey NEITHER GOOD, NOR BAD HAVE EVER TASTED. THEREFORE WARS, THEREFORE PAIN, THEREFORE DUALITY HAVE EVER BEEN EXPERIENCED. FOR A WORLD WHERE ONLY LOVE & FREEDOM EXIST….. About the Artist Nurten […]
Photos by Jacky for Deva Image Aurelec Cafeteria & Art gallery open from 8 am to 5 pm In the fall of 2014, photographer and educator Jacky, led a group of students on a three-month expedition through Bolivia and Peru. Trekking through diverse and rich landscapes, they visited sacred sites and lived with indigenous tribes […]
KALA KENDRA – Centre for Arts, BHARAT NIVAS – The Pavilion of India Presents Mountain of Light – Arunachala A photographic homage to the sacred hill and its devotees in Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu by DEV GOGOI Dev Gogoi is the author of “Arunachala Mountain of Light”, a monograph of photographs that received an Honorable Mention […]
Workshop on the 23rd and 24th of January 2016 from 10h to 13h at CRIPA – Kala Bhumi Auroville theme : « The being a mirror of the cosmos » with Poumi Lescaut dancer, choreographer, singer, art-therapist Sacred contemporary dance, voice and improvisation « Recognising the sacred in one self and in the other, is the key to the […]
MY AUTOPSY A riveting dark poetic comedy, with original music A compelling search for the truth of life and death Written and Performed by Hamish Boyd* Directed by Fif Fernandes* Saturday, January 9 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm Adishakti Theatre Edayanchavadi Road Free admission My Autopsy, is an autobiographical self-evisceration, merging eastern and western philosophy, […]
brainfever media productions proudly presents Kiritan Flux & Chloé Sanchez performing live together! FRIDAY, 18.12.2015 @ 8 p.m. in MMC / CINEMA PARADISO (see video & photos of the performance below) flux [flûks], n. Lat. fluxus, fluo, fluxi. 1. The act of flowing; the motion or passing of a fluid. 2. The moving or passing […]
from an article in PuneMirror: In town for a special workshop on Japanese calligraphy, accomplished artist Jyoti Naoki Eri speaks about the transformative powers of the art and how it can depict deep emotions aesthetically Calligraphy, the evocative art of decorative writing, is something we all know as a craft of the past. But, for […]
MARKET INTERACTIONS a solo show by Efrat Attias (artist in residence from Israel) A display of works done in Pondicherry during the one month residency at Tasmai and a tête-à-tête with the artist on the 5th April, 2015, Sunday from 4 p.m onwards Efrat Attias’ work is a series of portrait paintings, representing Pondicherry’s fruit […]
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 […]
DEEPAM CELEBRATION at Deepam School Friday 5th December at 6 pm On full moon we will light more than a thousand oil-lamps which create a celestial atmosphere. Karthigai Deepam has for centuries been celebrated. It originates from the legend of Lord Shiva who had transformed himself into a divine flame. On this night in Tiruvannamalai […]
Aurovilian sculptor Henk van Putten is sending news from Poland: REDUCTIVE EXHIBITION curated by Roland de Jong Orlando. The Indian transporter managed it to deliver my works with a delay of exactly three months: My sculptures arrived at the tenth of August due to incorrect documents. The Polish customs are severe as everywhere. But now […]
Chloe travels between Auroville and France where she composes sounds for performing art, radio and documentary. Producer and director for Radio France (French National Radio), she has also created the Hand Made Radio Art (Collective Labo-radiophonic live performance). In September 2013 she joined the composition class of electroacoustic music at the Experimental Music Conservatory of […]
I live in a place of unending education. Therefore there could be no particular description or name of our activities. Everything we Aurovilians do is for getting experience, and to grow towards the ideal. What is my ideal? In few words to become someone worth of subtle and radiant expressions of the divine light, someone […]
I work with hand building and small forms. I use variety of glazes to create colorful fairy tale like world. I am ready to share it with those who keep the inner child happily alive. I’m always looking for play in work. I define play as a sense of not really knowing what is going […]
managed by Jocelyn. Apart from being the house where I live, Janaka house is one of the most beautiful houses in Auroville and contains a collection of art from this studio here and other artists in Auroville. People who would like to visit the house and see the art are welcome at 3 pm in […]
Depth and lightness, density and humor reveal themselves in Emanuele’s work through the «brush engravings on stone» created in the privacy of his atelier – a meeting with the stone and its telling features; and the illustrations of «Papui and Something Else», created in lively India. contact:address: Sukhavati, Aurovillephone : (91) 413 2623407e-mail: lele [at] auroville.org.in […]
Ange Peter came to India with her parents when she was two years old. She grew up in Auroville and completed her studies at the Sri Aurobindo’s International Center of Education in Pondicherry. Her first teachers in pottery were Ray Meeker and Deborah Smith from the Golden Bridge Pottery, Pondicherry. Since then she has extensively […]
Akash Kapur is a writer who grew up and lives in Auroville. He is the author of one book, India Becoming, and his work has appeared in various publications, including The Atlantic, Auroville Today, The Economist, Granta, The New Yorker, The New York Times and Outlook. contact and link: www.akashkapur.com work:
