IFA@Bangalore | DAY 2 at Past Forward: Celebrating Critical Practices | Thursday, October 31, 2019
Today is day two of Past Forward: Celebrating Critical Practices!
Make your way to Bangalore International Centre (BIC) and Be Present at #PastForward to catch exciting films in a variety of languages, performances and exhibitions in various formats, and discussions on engaging diverse communities in the arts and new possibilities with active dialogue between diverse art forms.
Here is the schedule for today.
Thursday, October 31, 2019
10: 00 AM – 12:00 PM
Panel Discussion | Confluence of Forms
This panel will discuss new possibilities with active dialogue between diverse art forms to influence and nurture each other.
Barun Chattopadhyay, Jyoti Dogra, Madhuja Mukherjee, Umashankar Mantravadi
Justin McCarthy (Moderator)
Seminar Room 1
12:00 PM – 01:00 PM
Performance | Engaging Communities
Ema-Gi Wari (Stories of my mother) | Ronidkumar Chingangbam (Akhu)
Seminar Room 1 and 2
02:00 PM – 04:00 PM
Panel Discussion | Thinking Audiences
This panel will discuss how audiences shape art making and encourage artists to chart new paths.
Bassu Khan, Bikram Ghosh, Deepa Rajkumar, Mandeep Singh Raikhy, Rajkumar Rajak
Neelam Man Singh (Moderator)
Seminar Room 1
04:30 PM – 06:30 PM
Panel Discussion | Engaging Communities
This panel will discuss art projects that engage community knowledge systems and enquires into community identity/ies.
Alakananda Nag, Ekta Mittal, Soumya Sankar Bose, Sumona Chakravarty
Sumana Chandrashekar (Moderator)
Seminar Room 1
07:00 PM – 08:00 PM
Performance | Making Meanings of Myths
Songs from Snakes | Shena Gamat
Language: English, Hindi
Auditorium
FILM SCREENINGS
Board Room
10:00 AM – 01:00 PM
Lorni The Flaneur | Interrogating Pasts
Wanphrang Diengdoh
Intervals, Departures, The Journey | Confluence of Forms
Anitha Balachandran
02:00 PM- 04:00 PM
The Common Task | Imagining Futures
Pallavi Paul and Sahej Rahal
Transformer Room | Confluence of Forms
Avik Mukhopadhayay
04:30 PM – 06:00 PM
Bela | Confluence of Forms
Prantik Basu
EXHIBITIONS ON VIEW
10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
Photography | Engaging Communities
Let's Sing an Old Song | Soumya Sankar Bose
Saanchi Gallery
Photography | Engaging Communities
Hold Nothing Dear: Armenians of Calcutta | Alakananda Nag
Saanchi Gallery
New Media | Confluence of Forms
A Museum of Dubious Splendors | Dhruv Jani
Foyer, Second Floor
Photography | Thinking Audiences
Men of Pukar | Abul Kalam Azad
Saanchi Gallery
Music | Interrogating Pasts
The Scholar Musician and the Seni Ustads: Snapshots from a personal archive | Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta (CSSSC), Principal Collaborator: Lakshmi Subramanian
Foyer, Second Floor
There will be a 30 minute guided tour led by Lakshmi Subramanian at 11:00 AM and 03:00 PM
on October 31 and November 01, 2019
Graphic Novel | Interrogating Pasts
Ramblings | Sarbajit Sen
Saanchi Gallery
Video Installation | Making Meanings of Myths
Maniyara | Ranjini Krishnan
Foyer, First Floor
Click here for the full schedule.
We would like to thank our philanthropy partners – Bangalore International Centre, Biocon Limited, C. Krishniah Chetty Group Of Jewellers, Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan, RMZ Foundation, Sandeep and Gitanjali Maini Foundation, and Jaithirth (Jerry) Rao; and outreach partner – Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru, for supporting this festival.
Please note that the festival is free and open to all. The auditorium has limited seating capacity and seats are available on a first come, first served basis. Do plan your arrival accordingly.
For guests arriving by car, please note there is limited parking at the venue. And, if you are taking an Ola/Uber to the venue, please enter "Bangalore International Centre New Building" on the address bar.
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