IFA@Bangalore | DAY 3 at Past Forward: Celebrating Critical Practices | Friday, November 01, 2019

Join us at Bangalore International Centre (BIC) today, on the final day of Past Forward: Celebrating Critical Practices! With a diverse line-up of performances, discussions, and a closing address by B Jayashree, don’t miss this festival. Be Present at #PastForward.

Here is the schedule for today.

Friday, November 01, 2019
10: 00 AM – 12:00 PM
Panel Discussion | Making Meanings of Myths
This panel will discuss the many explorations of myths in art making that seek larger truths for our lived experiences.
Deepika Arwind, George Mathen (Appupen), Ranjini Krishnan, S Murugaboopathy, Shena Gamat
Gitanjali Rao (Moderator)
Seminar Room 1

12:00 PM – 01:00 PM
Performance | Imagining Futures
A Musical Performance: Experiencing Noori | Kavish Seth
Foyer, First Floor

02:00 PM – 04:00 PM
Panel Discussion | Imagining Futures
This panel will discuss creative articulations of our imagined collective futures.
Anurupa Roy, Pallavi Paul, Rajiv Krishnan, Ranjana Pandey, Sahej Rahal
Sanjay Kak (Moderator)
Seminar Room 1

04:00 PM – 04:45 PM
Performance | Interrogating Pasts
Vithu Mazha – Songs of the Women Warikari Poets | Shruthi Vishwanath
Foyer, First Floor

05:00 PM – 05:45 PM
Performance | Interrogating Pasts
A Reading of Excerpts from Muktidham | Abhishek Majumdar
Language: Hindi
Seminar Room 2

06:00 PM – 06:45 PM
Closing Keynote Address
Rangabhoomiya Hudukaata (In Search of Theatre) | B Jayashree
Auditorium

07:00 PM – 08:30 PM
Performance | Thinking Audiences
Rakshas | Bikram Ghosh
Language: Hindi
Auditorium

FILM SCREENINGS
Board Room

10:00 AM – 01:00 PM
The Common Task | Imagining Futures
Pallavi Paul and Sahej Rahal
Bela | Confluence of Forms
Prantik Basu

02:00 PM- 05:30 PM
Lorni The Flaneur | Interrogating Pasts
Wanphrang Diengdoh
Transformer Room | Confluence of Forms
Avik Mukhopadhayay
Intervals, Departures, The Journey | Confluence of Forms
Anitha Balachandran

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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