Tag: Art

Is it time to bring down the Kalasam?

Art and Perception·IndiaArtMeditationReviewTamil NaduTempleJanuary 13, 20235 Min. Lesezeit

Discover the fascinating sculptures of Saravana Deivasegamani at „The Divine Seed“ Art Center. His works reflect tradition, wisdom, and spirituality, inviting contemplation. Learn more about his unique technique.

Art beyond darkness - Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2022/23

Art and Perception·MovieIndiaBodyArtLightMediaJanuary 6, 202310 Min. Lesezeit

Why do we need a biennial? I have often asked myself this question. Before COVID-19, I visited many places with international cultural events. During lockdown, I co-organized an artist residency program to reflect on the impact, threats and opportunities of COVID-19 for cultural workers. Everything went differently than expected. Now everyone is trying to get back to normal. Have we thoughtlessly spent trillions of euros and dollars to maintain a system that desperately needs a change?

"Exhibition of the works of Amitabh Sengupta at the Kalakendra Art Gallery, Auroville"

Auroville·AurovilleDeleuzePhotographyIndiaArtRepresentationDecember 21, 20226 Min. Lesezeit

The works of Amitabh Sengupta show a broad spectrum of styles and reflect the challenges faced by Indian artists in the 20th century. A major exhibition of his work is currently on display at the Kalakendra Art Gallery. Find out more about his influences and his significance for the Indian art scene.

Dancing with the wind - Gilles Grimaître plays Avant-garde at CRIPA in Auroville

Auroville·AurovilleArtMusicReviewDecember 18, 20223 Min. Lesezeit

Gilles Grimaître visits Auroville for a few days during his Pro Helvetia artist residency in Bengaluru, Chennai, and Pondicherry to engage with Carnatic music. The program he chose for the evening of December 17th, 2022, was a passionate, loving introduction to usually not-so-accessible Western avant-garde music. Grimaître started off with Johannes Brahms's Drei Intermezzi op 117, a romantic crowd-pleaser, followed by a more challenging piece by Olli Mustonen (*1967) called ‘Jehkin Iivana’. Nobody would know the…

Simplicity

Photography·PhotographyArtPerceptionDecember 17, 20221 Min. Lesezeit

"Simplicity is complexity resolved"

Center D'art

Photography·AurovillePhotographyArtNovember 29, 20221 Min. Lesezeit

Review https://artservice.auroville.org/article-conceptual-art-during-the-covid-lockdown-by-artist-aabhas-mahindre/

Labyrinth - process aesthetics

Indian Philosophy and PracticeArt and Perception·DeleuzeArtRepresentationUpanishadsTo becomeNovember 28, 20224 Min. Lesezeit

“the eye thinks even more than it listens” (Deleuze) I now recall that, before I started reading Deleuse, I had been wrestling with a process aesthetics. I had cobbled together a 100-page manuscript, with notes, quotes, structural sketches. I wanted to move away from the idea that art consists of objects perceived in a particular form, because this leads to two essential threads of consideration: 1.) What constitutes an object we designate as art, and 2.) why is the perception...

Encounter

Places and TravelsPhilosophy and Consciousness·EncounterDeleuzeArtLightSeptember 16, 20223 Min. Lesezeit

I've been waiting for a while. I actually enjoy waiting. Waiting is a space and a time in which there's nothing else to do but wait for time to pass. Usually, you can't do much else besides read or talk, or think. For me, waiting times are therefore always free spaces. I most enjoy waiting in community centers, for example; here, all people are equal. Together with others, I'm in a room where there's nothing...