Alexey Klementyev, AVI representative in St Petersburg, sent this photo of yet another statue of Sri Aurobindo, and as it somehow touched me I thought to share it with you. The statue is made of metal (it might be bronze, says Alexey) by 34-year old Alexey Leonov, who has made almost one hundred sculptures for […]
RENDEZVOUS WITH VIJAYANAGAR – Inner Space… Outer Space… A camp for ceramic artists and sculptors Sept 12 – 27th 12 artists from Auroville and the bioregion have been invited to participate in a ceramic and sculpture camp hosted by JSW Foundation at JSW Steel Ltd (Vijayanagar Works), Vidyanagar Township, Bellary District, Karnataka. Chantal Gowa, D […]
Once again Aurovilian Paola de Paolis has been requested to present her new book “Savitri – La scoperta dell’Anima e la vittoria sulla Morte” (“Savitri, the finding of the Soul and the victory over Death”). This time her presentation and talk will be in the city Ferrara in northern Italy, at the Biblioteca Ariostea on […]
from the Deccan Herald: Artistic encounters GIRIDHAR KHASNIS, September 04, 2016 To inform & delight Seated in her studio-gallery on Advocate Chinna Tambi Street, Kirti Chandak, 45, sips green tea with self-made ragi cookies. Cheerful and lively, the visual artist doubles up as a curator, gallerist, activist and environmentalist. Kirti has lived almost all her […]
from The Hindu: Auroville’s Sankalpa Art Centre to host Art Break Day on Friday Art lovers will gather this weekend in Auroville to participate in a global initiative to dabble in free-form expression of ideas through shapes and colours. Auroville’s Sankalpa Art Centre is geared up to host Art Break Day on Friday, a community […]
from Times of India featuring Vera Lipen: CHENNAI : She was born in Belarus, a war-torn country bordering Russia, but its troubled past never disturbed her. Since childhood, she perceived the world mostly through sounds, the focus of her attention on listening and trying to understand the connection between sounds and the meaning they carry. […]
STELLAR MEMORIES An exhibition of paintings by V. Hariraam Video Screening of ‘Art and Elusive Peace’ How would one feel about going to an art exhibition offering both abstract paintings by a contemporary Indian artist and a film about the arts in the Holocaust Museum of Berlin by this exact same artist? What is the […]
Hi! Here is a friendly reminder from the International Photo Awards (IPA) that there is 5 days left before the Regular Deadline on July 31, 2016. The International Photography Awards conducts an annual photography competition for professional, non-professional, and student photographers on a global level, creating one of the most ambitious and comprehensive competitions in […]
A wonderful exhibition is about to end in Kala Kendra, Auroville, and with it, the non-less wonderful and touching work of D. Saravana from Pondicherry. I have never been too keen on metal art, somehow like in Chinese medicine, metal represents grief, limits and boundaries, and this is often what has been transpiring from most […]
from the Cruz Roja Ecuatoriana magazine
Solstice Moon by Rod Hemsell The solstice moon has risen bright and alone, standing still, where everything is moving and truth and illusion are one. This “time” is no longer mine nor yours nor anyone’s but the One’s. That’s just the way it is, standing here within the trance of silence, alone. […]
from The Auroville Theatre Group: Here we are celebrating Shakespeare’s 400th Death Anniversary on April 23rd at CRIPA. That’s Macbeth, by the FOTONS from Bangalore, directed by Pankaj Tewari. Devi and Sumit in The Tempest. Savithri and Rachel in The Merchant of Venice. Sumit in Julius Caesar Savithri and Vinu in Romeo and Juliet Jelger […]
from the Deccan Chronicle: Auroville for musical inspiration The serene township, over the years has, inspired many artists to do great things. It’s not uncommon to see foreigners coming to Auroville to get a break from hustles and bustles of city life. Erika Lernot is one such musician from Paris, who has come all the […]
film screening at Cinema Paradiso: An Enquiry into A New Story for Humanity – Change the Story, Change the World Wednesday, June 22nd, 2016 at 8 pm A gift from the Findhorn Foundation UK, 2016, Dir. Mattie Porte – Lorenz Gramann w/ Satish Kumar, Pat McCabe, Charles Eisenstein Documentary, 102mins, English From the New Story […]
No one knows why this road never stops. At noon, when the sun burns your feet… there is a waterlily somewhere dozing with the frogs. When the road changes it happens without warning: like a kingfisher striking through water shaking up the frogs. You watch the world roar through your mind, full claxon. The kingfisher […]
5 Smiles (sumi ink w/color, and words, Seattle, May 2016) by Rod Hemsell Smiles # 1 The Lotus Pond See the frolicking lotus pond with its singing and dancing colors, its shapes resembling nature’s forms, yet nothing is really there but smiles, in rice paper and ink tints, progenitors of delight and immortality, yet […]
A theatre workshop by playwright, screenwriter and director, Jill Navarre will be held on May 27 at 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at ICG, co-organised by The International Centre Goa and The Samraat Club of Panaji. It is free and open to public. For inquiry call 8698672080 or email pro@incentgoa.com. from the Navhind Times: […]
from Adishakti We thank you all! Dear friends, supporters, donors, trustees, participants and audience members for being with us and seeing us through the ‘Remembering Veenapani‘ festival last month. We dreamed for a month long festival in the name of our teacher, Veenapani Chawla to celebrate our memory of her. This dream, at first, seemed […]
from The Hindu by Zahra Amiruddin Goud’s vivid colours and Writer’s clay and stoneware blend seamlessly to tell a story I visit Pundole Art Gallery in Mumbai on a summer afternoon, and am surrounded by walls adorned with ceramic and clay sculptures, each of which exudes a different vibe. Some transport me over the dunes […]
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 […]
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 […]
from The Hindu: Aikiyam School students take creative lessons from co-founders of The Vanaver Caravan Children in their school uniform shook tambourine and danced with partners as Bill Vanaver played Banjo and Livia Drapkin Vanaver choreographed the Sicilian (Italy) Tarantella Dance inside a UFO-modelled classroom at Aikiyam School. Aikiyam School in New Creation Learning is […]
from the Hindu: by Anita Ratnam January 21, 2016: “Vikram and I used to sit out in the open air at night and gaze at the stars, wondering what they were saying to us”. Those were the first words I heard from the icon I had admired, read about, watched through black and white photographs […]
In recent architectural awards hosted by NDTV, Auroville received 2 awards and one nomination. Sindhuja got an award for socially relevant architecture and Fabian Ostner had won an award for Climate Zone (Warm and Humid). Ganesh Bala got a nomination in the same category as Fabian. Socially Relevant Design Award – Sub Post Office – […]
Milestones, Updates & Invitations from Sankalpa: • 3,000 people of all ages and backgrounds have created with us at the Art Cart in the last year! Through community outreach, we have been weaving groups together at various events, facilitating cross-cultural connection through original self-expression. On December 19th, we celebrated this joy and color-filled year at […]
