IFA@Bangalore | Festival | Past Forward: Celebrating Critical Practices | October 30, 31 and November 01, 2019

India Foundation for the Arts (IFA)
in collaboration with
Bangalore International Centre
presents

Past Forward: Celebrating Critical Practices

India Foundation for the Arts (IFA) is delighted to invite you to Past Forward: Celebrating Critical Practices, an arts festival brought to you by IFA in collaboration with Bangalore International Centre over three days on October 30, 31 and November 01, 2019 at Bangalore International Centre, Bangalore. This festival brings together over 40 diverse artistic expressions under six themes of interrogating pasts, confluence of forms, engaging communities, making meanings of myths, thinking audiences and imagining futures through panel discussions, performances, film screenings, workshops and exhibitions.

As we count down, check out the events planned under its themes Interrogating Pasts and Imagining Futures at Past Forward: Celebrating Critical Practices

Interrogating Pasts
The past is at once a legacy to treasure and a burden to bear. It is sometimes obstinate, sedimented and at others, free flowing in the way it shapes our present and future. In different ways, notions of the past have gripped the artist’s mind and informed her practice. The projects showcased here point to the multiple ways in which artists have conversed with the past. While finding inspiration, artists have also challenged, rejected, questioned, critiqued, reinterpreted and departed from the pasts. Engage with this theme through poetry, music, graphic work, film, theatre, photography and dance.
Works of the following grantees will be showcased:
Panel Discussion: Padmini Chettur, Pushpamala N, Sarbajit Sen, Sharanya Ramprakash, Susnato Chowdhury, Jonathan Barlow (Moderator)
Exhibition: Lakshmi Subramanian (CSSSC), Sarbajit Sen
Performance: Abhishek Majumdar, Shruthi Vishwanath
Film Screening: Wanphrang Diengdoh

Imagining Futures
The human race today finds itself irrevocably trapped between two conflicting emotions about its future - the anxiety and fear of slowly destroying this planet; the hope and desire that a better world is possible. Artists have always been at the forefront of imagining the diverse possibilities that our futures can bring upon us. The projects showcased under this theme bring together some of the ways in which they envisage, project and frame our imminent destinies. While some of the projects raise questions about our nature of occupying the planet, others explore new ways of experiencing and learning about the arts and its connection to life. Engage with this theme through puppetry, film and theatre.
Works of the following grantees will be showcased:
Panel Discussion: Anurupa Roy, Pallavi Paul, Rajiv Krishnan, Ranjana Pandey, Sahej Rahal, Sanjay Kak (Moderator)
Performance: Kavish Seth
Film Screening: Pallavi Paul, Sahej Rahal

Stay tuned for details of exciting events planned under other themes at Past Forward: Celebrating Critical Practices!

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.