The Project 560 Festival | What's Happening till September 21, 2025
Bangalore, What’s your Pincode?
We've had such a wonderful start to the Project 560 Festival! Thank you, Bangalore, for a great turnout. There is more fun stuff planned this weekend too and we look forward to seeing you there!
Our exhibition is multi-site, and the works are set up at 1Shanthiroad Studio/Gallery and Science Gallery Bengaluru through the week - drop by any day till September 21 from 11:00 AM - 06:00 PM. Part of the exhibition is our Spotlights, where artists walk you through their exhibits and tell you the behind-the-scenes of their projects. You can also sign up for workshops - to collectively rethink the future of the city at Science Gallery, and to create sonic maps of Cooke Town - and two talks - one about the worker-led media Bevaru, and its impact and need in the media ecosystem, and another on Bangalore’s urban transformation through oral histories of retired PSU managers. Our curated walks will continue this weekend too, registrations are still open for a few.
Register for 
Walks 
Spotlights and 
Workshops and Talks
Read the schedule in English below; click here for the schedule in Kannada.
-------------------------- SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2025 --------------------------
Spotlight@Exhibition
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12:00 PM - 12:30 PM | Pallavi Chander
Experiences from the Creative Art Expression programme with children at the Buguri Community Library that resulted in a performance, community events and two books Aye Renna and Oota Aayutha.
Conference Room (2nd Floor), Science Gallery Bengaluru
In collaboration with Science Gallery Bengaluru (SGB)
Workshop
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02:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Hammers, Honks and Hens by Shiva Pathak, Anushka Meenakshi & Sachin Gurjale
What is it to experience our world with only our ears? What is noise, what is music? Can noise be musical? I draw what my eyes see, but can I draw what my ears hear?
Join us for a walk through the neighbourhood — where we will listen, record, and explore the everyday soundscape around us. After the walk, we will come together to create a collaborative sonic piece using the sounds gathered.
Studio 345
Spotlight@Exhibition
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05:00 PM - 05:30 PM | Mahesh S
Tales from Building No 37 - Exploring the layered histories, memories and lived experiences of a unique Bangalore landmark
05:30 PM - 06:00 PM | Suresh Jayaram
Urban Fabric: Bangalore Connect - a series that included the participation of 150 cultural practitioners coming together through the Visual Art Collective to celebrate the ongoing cultural legacy of the city of Bangalore. On display are three artworks from the exhibition Urban Fabric.
Conference Room (2nd Floor), Science Gallery Bengaluru
In collaboration with Science Gallery Bengaluru (SGB)
Talk
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06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
The Missing Column: Bevaru - Learnings and Challenges of running a worker led media by Shanmugam V, Radha, Geetha, Prathibha & Ram Bhat (Maraa)
The talk explores the gaping hole in the media around workers' concerns and experiences in the city. Speakers will throw light on representations of worker identity in media and the imagination of building a worker led media platform in Bangalore, sparked from the learnings and debates in Maraa around Bevaru.
This session has ISL translation
1Shanthiroad Studio/Gallery
-------------------------- SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2025 --------------------------
Curated Walks
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09:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Sonic Picnics - An Aural Experience of Cubbon Park by Karthika Sakthivel
Spend a story-filled morning at Cubbon Park on the Sonic Picnics blanket - an interactive textile artwork stitched with stories and voices collected from the park.
Cubbon Park
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10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Reel Duniya Real Duniya: Cinema, Memory, and Leisure in Laggere by Eshwari R, Mahima Gowda, Sunandamma & Rakshith
Explore cinematic landmarks and histories with community members from Laggere.
Akash Cinemas to Maruthi Cinemas, Laggere area
Workshop
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02:00 PM - 04:30 PM
Ooru Futures Lab: The City We Want by Shriya Shankar Seetharam
In this 2-hour collaborative session, participants imagine what Bangalore could look like in the future—such as in the year 2040. Through interactive activities, explore ideas for future and create a shared vision for a sustainable and inclusive city. Using these imagined futures, participants will then work backwards to identify practical steps that can be taken today to move toward that vision.
Reading Room, Science Gallery Bengaluru
In collaboration with Science Gallery Bengaluru (SGB)
Talk
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05:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Public Sector Men of Bangalore: Narratives of a City Gone By by Sushmita Pati & Sarbani Sharma
On Bangalore’s urban transformation through oral histories of retired PSU managers, highlighting their experiences of deindustrialisation, shifting identities and nostalgia in the post-liberalisation era of the city.
This event has ISL translation
Reading Room, Science Gallery Bengaluru
In collaboration with Science Gallery Bengaluru (SGB)
Spotlight@Exhibition
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05:30 PM - 06:00 PM | Chinar Satishbhai Shah
Sharings from a project that investigated the history and role of artist-initiated spaces and collectives in the city from 1990 to 2022.
1Shanthiroad Studio/Gallery
-------------------------- EXHIBITION & SPOTLIGHTS --------------------------
Science Gallery Bengaluru (Venue Partner)
Conference Room (2nd Floor)
September 17-21, 2025 | 11:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Anaheeta Pinto | Anmol Tikoo | Isha Harsha Mangalmurti | Ganapathy BP
Lakshmi Nagaraj | Mahesh S | Maya Janine D’Costa | Mehar Zariwala
Poornima Sukumar, Aravani Art Project | Pallavi Chander | Rukmini Swaminathan
Sharanya Iyer | Shriya Shankar Seetharam | Suchitra Deep
Suresh Jayaram, Visual Art Collective
1Shanthiroad Studio/Gallery
September 17-21, 2025 | 11:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Chinar Satishbhai Shah | Ekta, Maraa Collective | Mamta Sagar, Kaavya Sanje
Smitha Cariappa | Salila Prasad Vanka | Swathi Shivanand
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All the workshops, talks and spotlights are through registration only.
We will share the final details of the walks with registered participants closer to the date.
The festival is supported by BNP Paribas India Foundation.
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