Thursday, November 28, 2013

Improvised Sound - Saturday 30th @ 20.00

The ghosts of improvised sound come to life at Experimenta 2013 with Niki Neecke, just-arrived bangaloREsident@Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology, who will play a set together with Akio Suzuki, Aki Onda and The Indian Sonic Research Organisation (ISRO).

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

NEIGHBOURHOOD DIARIES | FILM SCREENING - Friday 29th @ 19.30

NEIGHBOURHOOD DIARIES FILM SCREENING 29th NOVEMBER 2013

The Neighbourhood Diaries team presents its next episode in the Blackpally Diaries chapter,

‘House of Ally’ - A short film on the historic Mohammed Ally mansion in the heart of Shivajinagar

PROGRAMME (45 mins to 1 Hr)

Introduction to the neighbourhood and project
Screening of ‘Lost Sequel’ – the first film in the Blackpally Diaries installment
Screening of ‘Trade-Off?’ – the second Blackpally Diaries film
Screening of 'House of Ally' - the latest episode and our evening's focus
Meet the Blackpally Diaries Team of Film-maker Clemence Barret and Conservation Architect Krupa Rajangam
These films are parts of a larger idea  ”Neighbourhood Diaries”…stories and histories of neighbourhoods – short films that describe a neighbourhood’s tangible and intangible heritage, its significant socio-cultural centers and their present relevance or otherwise through personal narratives.

Beyond the one | Anna Marziano - Thursday 28th @ 19.00

Anna Marziano, bangaloREsident@Experimenta-Srishti presents the installation "BEYOND THE ONE - A work in progress", during Experimenta 2013, her initiative to explore the ways we relate to one another in close relationships.

Anna proposes a unique space at the Library where it is possible to meet and share notes and unedited recordings gathered during the production of the film BEYOND THE ONE. The documentation is accompanied by sound-works created by 12 students from Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology.

"This film is an open plural meditation on the ways we relate to one another in close relationships, also in light of the determinations we reject/modify/receive from culture and mass media. During 3 months of my bangaloREsidency in Karnataka, I dedicated a particular attention to the film process, involving many inhabitants of Bangalore and surroundings in conversation. Different voices cohabit and clash in the space of the film, expanded by images shot on 16mm, S8 and archive material. In the library of the Max Mueller Bhavan/Goethe Institute, I propose a space in which it is possible to sit and share some notes and sound-sequences I gathered during the film process, as well as the sound-works created by 12 students who took part in an Interim semester at Srishti School of Art Design and Technology. Their names are Siddhanth Uday Shetty, Medha Gupta, Anisha Sirur, Aparna Marcelin Valan, Shreya Pratyush Vyas, Sneha Ganesh, Devansh Mathur, Rachita Rao, Nimisha, Singhal, Aditi Sivaraman, Rahul Kumar Singh, Karan Sunil Sharma." - Anna Marziano

Anna Marziano experiments with filmmaking and in particular with the documentary form. Her new film explores the ways we relate to one another in close relationships, also in light of the determinations we receive/modify/reject from culture and mass media.

The work reveals a particular attention to the process. Anna involves some inhabitants of Bangalore in conversations and sound-recordings (thanks to the collaboration of groups or institutions and to fortuitous encounters). The film unfolds as a sort of plural discourse in which many voices dialogue/cohabit/clash in the space of the film. In addition to archive material, the film is shot on 16 mm and S8 mm. The shooting will continue during the following months all over Europe.

The current installation intends to document the film process that took place in Karnataka from September to November 2013, through sound-sequences and notes gathered during the Residency.

Anna Marziano's practice intends to examine the issues that concern the construction of contemporary identity, through a film process which questions subjectivity, social roles, multiple singularities and hidden nuances of individual and social bodies. Experimenting with the documentary form, the structure of her films involves gathering fragments of reality (sounds, conversations, images) and transforming them into composition, action and relation. Her projects are often process-based and reveal a participative character, i.e. she proposes public gestures such as readings or questions that may activate social spaces in urban communities.

Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Trio Bircher - Saturday 30th @ 19.00


Blink - from Wednesday 29th

BLINK_5_Rosie-Wyatt-as-Sophie-Harry-McEntire-as-Jonah_Jagriti_Season_2013_1000A beautiful, funny and voyeuristic love story

Blink is the tale of Jonah, Sophie, and a fox called Scruffilitis. It’s a love story. A dysfunctional, voyeuristic and darkly funny love story, but a love story all the same. A new play by Bruntwood Playwriting Prize winner Phil Porter.

Directed by Soho Theatre artistic associate and nabokov artistic director Joe Murphy, Blink premiered at The Traverse, Edinburgh, before transferring to the Soho Theatre in September 2012.

16 years and older only.

November 29 to December 8. No show on Monday, December 2. 8pm on all days except Sunday when shows are at 3pm and 6.30pm.

December at Ranga Shankara

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Yuri Honing - Friday 29th @ 20.30


I AM | Seema Kohli - Saturday 30th @ 18.00

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Great Artists Biography - Saturday 30th @ 15.00

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Experimenta 2013 | Samskara - Wednesday 27th from 11.00


Exclusive screenings of award-winning Kannada film Samskara byPattabhi Rama Reddy, based on the novel by Jnanapith awardeeDr. U.R.Ananthamurthy will kick off Experimenta 2013. The 35 mm print of the film is being screened courtesy Arsenal – Institute for Film and Video Art in Berlin, Berlin and Goethe-Institut Bangalore. 

Stefanie Schulte Strathaus, film and video curator and Co-Director of Arsenal, Dr. Ananthamurthy and Konarak Reddy will be present at some of the screenings.

The film will be screened at 11.00 a.m., 2.00 p.m. and 6.30 p.m. on the same day at Badami House.

Experimenta 2013, the 8th International Festival of Moving Image Art in Indiacontinues from November 28 to December 1, 2013 with screenings, lectures, presentations, installations, music and more, all at the Bhavan.

http://experimenta.in/?page_id=1751

Alternational - Wednesday 27th @ 20.00

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Thursday, November 14, 2013

Songs of Love and Longing - Friday 22nd @ 20.00

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The Best in Stand-up Comedy - Sunday 17th @ 20.30

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I, Dance - Thursday 14th @ 19.00


Dinner And A Suit - Saturday 16th @ 21.00

dinnerandasuitDinner And A Suit is an American rock band based in Nashville, Tennessee, formed in 2008. The band is composed of cousins Jonathan Capeci(vocals/guitar), Joey Beretta (guitar/vocals), long time friend Anthony Genca (bass), and Drew Scheuer (drums). Dinner And A Suit's song Where We Started debuted at #73 on the iTunes Top 100 Pop Songs Chart.In January 2013, MTV Buzzworthy featured the band, calling them their "latest pop/rock obsession."

Monday, November 11, 2013

Geographies of Memory | Politics, Boundaries and Oral History | Alexander von Plato - Thursday 14th @ 17.00

Does oral history enable us to present the human face of political decisions? 

Geographies of Memory: Politics, Boundaries and Oral History is part of the Winter School on Orality, Memory and Social Change of the Centre for Public History, Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology. German Professor and renowned Oral Historian Alexander von Plato will participate in the Panel.

German Professor and renowned Oral Historian Alexander von Plato (formerly Director, Institute of History and Biography, The Hague), who has worked on remembering National Socialism and World War II will be on the Panel of Geographies of Memory: Politics, Boundaries and Oral History.

Topic of the panel discussion is political decisions to divide countries or create internal boundaries have caused large-scale displacements across the world. The Partition of India that resulted in the creation of India and West and East Pakistan, now Bangladesh, has often been described as the greatest human convulsion of our times.

Apart from Dr. Plato, the panel includes: Miroslav Vanek (Charles University, Prague), Alessandro Portelli (Circolo Gianni Bosio, Italy), K. Lalita (Anveshi, Hyderabad), Meena Rukmini Menon (Action Aid, New Delhi), Deepa Dhanraj (Independent film maker, Bangalore), Indira Chowdhury (Centre for Public History, Srishti, Bangalore).

Friday, November 8, 2013

Finding the Past in the Present - Sunday 10th @ 18.00


Parvaaz and Lagori - Saturday 9th @ 21.00


lagoriLagori: has Tejas Shankar (Vocals), Geeth Vaz (Electric/ Acoustic Guitar/ Backing Vocals), Edward Rasquinha (Acoustic Guitar/ Backing Vocals), Shalini Mohan (Bass Guitar/ Backing Vocals), Vinyl Kumar (Drums/Shakers/Cajon/ Backing vocals). Their music reflects the face of the modern Indian youth, by combining Indian classical melodies and inflections with Rock music, resulting in an interesting mix that is high on energy, while being catchy and soulful at the same time.
Parvaaz: A Bangalore psychadelic/blues based rock band. It comprises of Khalid Ahmed (vocals/guitars), Kashif Iqbal (guitar/vocals/various instruments), Fidel Dsouza (bass) and Sachin Banandur (drums/percussion). Parvaaz’s music has been described as a blend of blues, rock, and psychedelia with Kashmiri and Urdu lyrics. The band has played at The Great Indian OctoberFest and The Fireflies Festival Of Music held in February 2011 at Bangalore. The band released their debut EP Behosh in 2012.


Tree Parichay | INTACH - Sunday 17th @ 7.30 am

It's Heritage Week in November and INTACH Bangalore is celebrating with a Tree Parichay in Cubbon Park. The Parichay will be jointly led by S Karthikeyan, Chief Naturalist at Jungle Lodges and Resorts, and Uma Bharath, a researcher at IIM-B. Karthik is the author of the immensely popular compilation, Flowering Trees of Bangalore. On this Parichay, Karthik and Uma will show us many of the trees in Cubbon Park, talk about their life history and about some of the other living things they support. 

The walk will take 2.5 to 3 hours

There is a fee of Rs 150 for this Parichay.

Registrations open on Friday 8th at 5 pm. Seats are limited so please do register in advance. For more information and to register, please email intach.blr@gmail.com.

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

A Room of our Own - Thursday 7th @ 19.00



Kai Tuchmann
Workshop Presentation 

Kai Tuchmann Step into a Room of our Own with a view of your own! Is it documentary, performance, artistic, intercultural, or collaborative? Is it a process, an encounter, research, lecture or theatre?

A Room of our Own is written and performed by Angelique Doludag, Anuja Ghosalkar, G.B. Sandeep Jain, Yamini Krishna, Neha Nahata, Prashant Sankaran, Kai Tuchmann, Virginia Woolf and many others. 

Angelique Doludag and Kai Tuchmann are currently bangaloREsidents@Jaaga.

The event is supported by Jaaga.in.

Men at Work | Natya & Stem Dance Kampni - Sunday 10th @ 16.00

Stem Dance KampniNatya & Steam Dance Kampni invites you to a sneak preview of Men at Work a work-in-progress, featuring the male dancers of the Kampni.

You are invited to interact with the performers after the showing.

Miami - Saturday 9th @ 20.30


Friday, November 1, 2013

Alessandro Portelli | Event & memory - Thursday 7th @ 17.00

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One Nite Stand - Saturday 2nd @ 21.00

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One Nite Stand is India’s pop-rock sensation popular for their unique high-energy music. Known for their charged performances, this is a band that is now recognized as one of India’s most touted young bands. With a growing number of fans, the band never fails to surprise an audience and ensures that they stay hooked right through the show! The crowd and fan following that they have slowly but steadily built up over the years is also widely varied, with people being anything between 16 and 70 years, and the after-effect of most shows is usually a request for encores!