Anish Kapoor in Berlin

Kapoor in Berlin is the first comprehensive exhibition of Anish Kapoor in Berlin. The Indian-born British sculptor Anish Kapoor is known for his spectacular sculptures and installations, such as the Cloud Gate in Millennium Park, Chicago. For his exhibition at Martin-Gropius-Bau he uses the whole ground floor of the building, including the atrium. In this video, Anish Kapoor talks about the concept of the show and specific works, such as the huge kinetic installation in the atrium of the Martin-Gropius-Bau. Video by Frantisek Zachoval.

Jitish Kallat | Circa

In this video Asialink talk with Jitish Kallat and take a look at his exhibition Circa at The Ian Potter Museum of Art.

"Jitish Kallat: Circa" is Kallat's first solo exhibition in an Australian museum. Following the reflective nature of his recent projects, this exhibition is conceived as an evolving narrative; an experiment of multiple interventions across several spaces within the Ian Potter Museum of Art. During the course of six months from October 2012 to April 2013, some works will appear for a few days, while others will remain on display until the end of the exhibition. Still others await conception when the departure of interventions makes space for them as part of an evolving entry and exit of ideas.

Presented in partnership with Utopia@Asialink. Supported by Australia India Institute, the Keir Foundation and Melbourne Festival.

The exhibition runs from Saturday 13 Oct 2012 to Sunday 7 Apr 2013.

Bombay Talkies | 4 short films

Tentative Collective | Karachi

The 'Tentative Collective' is a nomadic collective of people who share resources to create critical works of art in public places. These works of art aim to excite the public imagination and create new spaces for social engagement. Our projects strive to be collaborative, site sensitive, and inclusive to different strata of society. We value free public space, engage in the reclaiming of what should be collective property, and strive to make something special out of makeshift, tentative and mundane opportunities in everyday life.

Based in Karachi, Pakistan and Albany, New York, the 'Tentative Collective' wants to create conceptually rich experiences to engage with and explore the cities we inhabit.

New leaders can propose and coordinate projects, using the collective as a support network that can be mobilized to get projects executed quickly. All works made as part of the collective will be co-owned by the project leader and the collective. In this way the group will be flexible and open to new ideas and new members to promote an infectious creativity that can cross boundaries.

More Info on: http://tentativecollective.com/

Graphic Novelist | Amruta Patil

Motherland Magazine

http://www.motherlandmagazine.com/

Timbaktu | Indie film

Directed by Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh
30 minutes | 2012

A land where the soil has started to breathe againA village that does not exist on the mapA people who celebrate lifeA no-where, no-where land...

When a small farming community in South India decided to switch from their decades-old practice of chemical agriculture to organic farming, little did they know that they were planting the seeds of a silent revolution. By showcasing the exemplary efforts of farmers of a tiny village in Andhra Pradesh, Timbaktu explores critical issues of food security and sovereignty. At its heart, Timbaktu looks at the relationship that a farmer shares with her land, her seeds and raises vital questions about food, the very essence of human life.

InfluencerCon | Bombay Chapter

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Mumbai, India September 7, 2012 – The 2012 Influencer Conference (‘InfluencerCon’) will be held between 3–5 October simultaneously in New York City, London, Berlin, Mumbai, Sao Paulo and here in Mumbai at Studio X Mumbai 

InfluencerCon is the first of its kind global content platform that seeks to identify, understand and support influencer culture globally.

By bringing tastemakers and game-changers across industries and territories together, InfluencerCon establishes itself as the standard bearer for those who are pushing boundaries and innovating.

In Mumbai, The Influencer Conference will be held at Studio X Mumbai and features some exciting influential individuals such as Design Thinker, Sonia Manchanda; Head of Godrej India Culture Lab, Parmesh Shahani; Entreprenuer and Managing Director of DisneyUTV Digital, Vishal Gondal; Co-Founder of Greenlight Planet, Mayank Sekshsaria; Artist/Producer, Ma Faiza; and Author/Journalist Deepanjana Pal. Through the diversity of their backgrounds, speakers will showcase ways of breaking down traditional thinking, and ways of pushing boundaries to inspire innovation and meaningful change in line with the theme of this year’s conference. 

Organised around the sub-themes ‘Inspire’, ‘Disrupt’ and ‘Engage’, this year’s conference will be accompanied by various interactive activities throughout the duration catering to diverse tastes and interests, including a live art battle (Secret Wars, by Monorex), showcase of new local musicians and DJs (Check at the Door, by C@TD) as well as an Innovation Lab, and Idea Funhouse. 

InfluencerCon seeks to break down traditional “silo-ed” thinking and encourage cross functionality. Creativity, open and fair exchange, passion, collaboration and a commitment to rich and authentic experiences are critical elements of influencer culture.

More information on: www.influencercon.com

Ctrl Alt Delete | Indie Music Scene

When

Sunday, 30th October, 2012,

Starts 3.30 pm

at Sitara studios, Lower Parel

Control ALT Delete is the quintessential scene gig. It's an event that showcases new, alternative music without any agenda or pretensions. It's put together by people who have been part of the Bombay rock scene for many years. This time around, that original DIY ethic goes a step further, and invites fans to make the gig happen. With Wishberry.in and Control ALT Delete tying up together, fans have the power to make this scene, and the opportunity to put together what will undoubtedly be one of the coolest gigs of 2012. Fans can contribute anything from Rs. 200 to Rs. 35,000, all of which will go towards making this gig happen. 

Contribute at http://www.wishberry.in/Hit-Ctrl-ALT-Del-14109More information at http://nh7.in/indiecision/wolxlCheck out our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/ctrlaltdel8

CAMP | talk on artist collective

Art historian Murtaza Vali discusses the Wharfage Project, an audio-visual-installation piece carried out by the Indian art collective CAMP at the 2009 Sharjah Biennieal. Recorded at the Cabinet art space in Brooklyn as part of ArteEast's Across Histories lecture series.

THE BRIGHT DAY | Indie Cinema

endocrine films | indian artist video portraits

Artist/Director Vaibhav Raj Shah documented young Indian Contemporary Artists T Venkanna, Chandni Vora, Sandeep Kumar Singh and more as part of artist video portraits. The series has been titled 'The Adjective' and produced by ENDOCRINE FILMS. For more, checkout his facebook page -- https://www.facebook.com/EndocrineFilms  

Mushrooms in Mumbai | Dharavi Slums

During the Indian Civil War, the Dharavi slums of Mumbai were flooded with refugees looking to escape the conflict. The Mumbai authorities, distracted by defence of the city and facing an already over-populated and poverty stricken slum could do little to maintain a semblance of civilised life in the area. Sometime later a cache of biological samples appeared through the criminal networks of Mumbai, in the vain hope that it might provide new marketable narcotic opportunities. The collective drive and expertise of the refugees managed to turn theses genetically-engineered fungal samples into a new type of infrastructure Ð providing heat, light and building material for the refugees. Dharavi rapidly evolved itÕs own micro-economy based around the mushrooms. This documentary tells the story of some of the characters involved from Mumbai and the rest of the world and how Dharavi came to be such a unique place.

Asia Society President Vishakha Desai

NEW YORK, August 30 2012 — On her final day at Asia Society, outgoing president Vishakha Desai looks back on her 22-year tenure with the organization.

The Music Project : Adil and Vasundhara

Adil Manuel and Vasundhara Vidalur are a Jazz/Funk/Soul duo based in New Delhi. The duo got together in January 2009 and has put together numerous collaborative performances in India and abroad. Vasundhara sings Gospel, RnB , Funk, Jazz and Soul. Since 2004, she has staged over 70 concerts and a musical with Artistes Unlimited

Adil Manuel is an active musician in the Delhi circuit and a power-house guitarist. Adil has been playing professionally for over 10 years with bands like Asphyxia, MRP and Olio and the Rock Opera.

Adil and Vasundhara also spearhead a collaborative Jazz - RnB outfit Adil Manuel : GuitarsVasundhara Vidalur : VocalsSaurabh Suman : Bass

The Hinglish Project

Welcome to 'The Hinglish Project'. Through this unique font design, you can tell the phonetic sound of a Hindi character by looking at the corresponding Roman letter superimposed on it. 

Hindi is written in the Devanagri script, which has many more characters than the English alphabet. This font, then, cannot teach you how to read words as they are spelt in Hindi, but its aim is to demystify individual letters in its script and make India more approachable. 

Despite the superficial distinctiveness of English and Hindi, the two borrow from the same phonetic pool - they both belong to the Indo-European group of languages. This font design playfully highlights these commonalities. To quote a now-popular phrase, "We're same same, but different!"

www.thehinglishproject.com 

BREATHER | short film

Breather, developed by Andrea Polli illustrates the problem of air pollution in Delhi India, where one person dies every hour from breathing complications. In this work, a common Indian car is encased in a plastic bubble that inflates and deflates at a rate similar to human breathing. Commissioned by Khoj International, New Delhi. Khoj Studios based in New Delhi sees its role as an incubator for art and ideas, artistic exchange and dialog in the visual arts. Through their programming they aim to assist and develop, forms of art such as media art, performance, video, environmental, public and community based art, sound and other experimental modes of cultural production.

Anhey Ghorey Da Daan (Alms for a Blind Horse)

An Adaptation of Gurdial Singh's novel, Anhey Ghorey Da Daan (Alms for a Blind Horse) is Gurvinder Singh's first feature film.

Directed by: Gurvinder Singh
Produced by: National Film Development Corporation (NFDC)
Creative Producer: Late Mani Kaul
Cinematography: Satya Rai Nagpaul
Editor: Ujjwal Chandra
Line Producer: Kartikeya Narayan Singh
Music: Catherine Lamb

Anhey Ghorey... sweeped the National Film Awards this year, the film won the Best Director Award, Award for Best Cinematography and was also honored by the Best Punjabi Language Film.

Contemporary Artist in Bombay

The 4th edition of India Art Fair 2012 might have got mixed reviews in terms of sales, visitors, galleries, etc and more so with the fact that a lot of Indian galleries were trying to clear their dead stock from last year and that it was rather less exciting. However, MASI found an exciting piece of work that might have been missed by many.


The work was a photograph -- a self-portrait of the artist that was stamped with a date and city name in hindi font and then stacked at benches inside the exhibition. We decided to track down the artist.

Presenting Armando Miguelez Giambruno -- a world traveler/artist who now lives and works in Bombay.

Artist statement --

Aquí Ahora is a time stamp proof of participation, where I disseminate hand outs with the image of my face stating the time and place where the hand out is distributed. The piece is a succession of my own aging process, and a travelogue of my itinerant existence. This is a piece in progress, like much of my work regarding photography, the final piece will be the sum of all the small parts over the years.

Street Art Festival | Foundation For Indian Contemporary Art

EXTENSION KHIRKEE

STREET ART FESTIVAL

10 - 31 March 2012

discussion on the festival on Saturday, March 24, 2012 | 5pm

at

FICA Reading Room, D-42 Defence Colony, New Delhi