to access calendar for 2010 - Ahmedabad International Arts Festival

A Floral Tribute to
AIAF, 2010
An installation by Stephen Dixon
Flowers express
universal and
timeless beauty.
They are powerful
symbols of hope
and renewal.
Flowering is the
point for creative
collaboration
between artists,
environmentalists
and communities
working together
in Dhal ni Pol to
create temporary
public art works for
AIAF.
The Pol Project 2010 launches a three year
partnership with CEE, Arts Reverie and MIRIAD,
aimed at cleaning and greening of the physical
space and strategies for a sustainable environment
in the inner city areas.
The Pursuit of
Beauty
Our Partners
present
Ahmedabad International Arts Festival
(AIAF) is planned as a city specific,
cutting edge arts initiative on the
lines of established international arts
festivals. AIAF launches with a series
of specially designed arts events to
be held over October 29, 30, 31 across several
partner venues in the city. This year’s events build
on universal ideas of togetherness using the broad
thematic of Beauty. The underlying impetus is a
desire for harmony and amity. On the occasion of
Ahmedabad 600, AIAF celebrates the city, its rich
vernacular architecture and its gracious cultural
legacies, through the making, evocation, pursuit and
celebration of Beauty.
AIAF is more than an event based celebration. It
is a coming together of hearts and minds, of ideas
and opinions. It is also the fertile ground for future
legacies and sustainable strategies for regeneration
and arts awareness.
For now, join us: Celebrate the city!
CELEBRATING THE ARTS
Using Filare, Navigate and Chai Patterns,
(Filare, Latin – ‘to spin, draw out in a long line’)
the artists will investigate the social aesthetics
of the Pol. Filare will use video and other visual
means to trace the ways in which the Pol acts
as a reservoir of shared cultural knowledge and
memory. Navigate will examine the decorative
and cultural role of flowers in everyday life and
ritual. Hundreds of ceramic flowers, shipped
to Ahmedabad from Stoke-on-Trent, will be a
starting point to create temporary public artworks
which will map, define and identify the social and
economic infrastructure of the Pol. Chai Patterns
will examine the ubiquity of tea drinking as a
communal social event.
Anupa Mehta
Festival Director
AIAF, 2010
29 - 31 OCTOBER 2010
Concept & Execution: Anupa Mehta
Festival Advisor: Pankaj Mudholkar
Visual Identity & Design: Revanta Sarabhai
Design Coordination: Ajay Shah, Rajeev Chauhan
Festival Team: Anjana Singh, Sachi Shah,
Abhishek Sharma, Nilanjana Som, Ruju Carlsen
Special Thanks: Captain Dilip Mahajan, Debashish Nayak,
Sanjay Chakraborty, Adam Pushkin, Vandana Raj,
Dhvani Emmanuel, Prarthana Borah, Arshiya Sethi
Official Photographer: Vinay Panjwani
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Supported by
Luxury Brand Partner
AIAF contact details:
Barney Hareduke
AFL, Manchester
Cell: 08108683305 / Email: aiaffestival@gmail.com / www.aiaf.in
AIAF TM is a project of ARTWORKS
Hospitality Partner
Travel Partner
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Friday, 29 October
MARKING THE CITY: INAUGURATION OF AHMEDABAD
INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL
An Ahmedabad-Manchester collaboration, by Stephen Dixon, Kate Egan and
Lokesh Ghai.
Creative Inputs: Anupa Mehta
Inauguration by dignitaries from Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation and
Mr. Sameer Sinha.
Special Invitees: Mr. Amit Ambalal, Mr. Debashish Naik, Mr. Anil Johari,
Mr. Jaxay Shah and Mr. Jigish Shah
Venue: Ellisbridge
Time: 8 am
Organizer: MIRIAD and AFL
Contact Person: Lokesh Ghai: ℡ 9825522039
Support: Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation
Free, open to public
SLEEPLESS WITH LADY MACBETH: A theatre journey, performance by
children’s wing of Budhan Theatre, directed and designed by Parnab Mukherjee
10.30 am
Venue: Library, Chharanagar
Organizer: Swaraj Lab Pamphlet Project
Supported by: Chharanagar library, Five Issues
Unticketed. Please arrive at the Library at Chharanagar.
Directions: Take the first left from Kuber Nagar railway crossing. The library
is on the street.
THE RED FRAME PROJECT
Curated by Abhay Mangaldas
Green House, HOMG
12 pm onwards
Sponsored by House of Mangaldas Girdhardas
Free, open to public
BEAUTY IN ART: installations by students, faculty and emerging artists
Sheth C N College of Fine Arts
9 am to 7 pm
Deviba Wala & Arpit Biloria: ℡ 9898164336
Supported & Sponsored by: Sheth C N Vidyavihar
THE POL PROJECT: Tea objects designed by C J O’Neill, British
artist-designer
Arts Reverie, Dhal ni pol, Astodiya
4-6 pm daily
Organized by AFL in association with CEE, Arts Reverie, MIRIAD,
Dhal Ni Pol, British Council
Contact Person: Lokesh Ghai: ℡ 079-22174299
Free, open to public
FLOWERING: Outdoor installations by Stephen Dixon &
Dr. Amanda Ravaetz
Dhal ni pol, Astodiya
Opens 4 pm, continues daily till 31st
AFL, Arts Reverie, MIRIAD, British Council
Lokesh Ghai: ℡ 079-22174299
Sponsored by Savvy Infrastructure
Free, open to public
BEAUTY IN FORM: The Drawn Image
Curated by Amit Ambalal
Contemporary Art Gallery
5 pm, inauguration
Open on 30, 31, from 11 am to 6 pm
Sponsored by Contemporary Art Gallery
BEAUTY IN INDIAN PORTRAITURE: Miniature to Modern
Curated from Tanuja and Anil Relia’s personal collection
The Gallery, Amdavad ni Gufa
6 pm, inauguration/Open daily from 4 pm to 8 pm
Sponsored by ARCHER
Manan Relia: ℡ 9687609034
THE MAKING OF BEAUTY: River Flower by John Hyatt
A light installation on the river, Sabarmati
6 pm onwards on all days
Sponsored by MIRIAD, British Council and AFL, UK
Free, open to public
Supported by AMC
THE MAKING OF BEAUTY: Undefined Territories/Defined Objects
Art Installations by KCA students, curated by Sharmila Sagara
Kanoria Center for Arts
6.30 pm onwards
Niharika Shah: ℡ 079-26308727
Free, open to public
YATRA GURJAR: Dance drama tracing and history and mythology of
Gujarat and Ahmedabad featuring Mallika Sarabhai & group
Natarani
8 pm
Sponsored by Darpana
Murli Nair: ℡ 079-27556669
Free, open to public against passes from venue
Saturday, 30 October
HERITAGE WALKS
Inner City
8 am, assemble outside Siddi Syed Mosque
Born & Bred in Ahmedabad
For registration: contact Jhonny: ℡ 9824361058
*Contribution of Rs. 200 per person to be made to the guide
BEAUTY IN POST INDEPENDENT INDIAN ART: Rehashing the Rasa
theory
Interactive slide presentation/lecture by Khanjan Dalal
City Audio visual Room, Amdavad ni Gufa
4 pm to 6.30 pm
Khanjan Dalal: ℡ 09898034499
Organised and sponsored by Gallery Lemongrasshopper
Free, open to public
KAVYALAVANYA: Gujarati Poems on Beauty by Rajendra Shukla, Madhav
Ramanuj, Rajesh Vyas ‘Miskin’ & Ankit Trivedi
Moderated by Amar Bhatt
Vishwakosh Auditorium
6 pm
Free, open to public
BEAUTY: SEARCH AND EXPERIENCE: A multilingual literary
performance conceived and directed by Chintan Pandya with students and
team of Alliance Française and Fanatika Theatre Club
Alliance Française d’Ahmedabad
6 pm
Chintan Pandya: ℡ 9723452425
RASA IN DANCE & MUSIC
Kathak recital by Ishira Parikh and Maulik Shah
Thumri recital by Sunanda Sharma
Chief Guest: Mr. Anil Johari
Natarani, 6.30 pm - 8.30 pm
Organizer: AIAF
Contact person: Dhvani: ℡ 9953594931/9879116828
Sponsored by ONGC
Free, open to public on first come first served basis with reserved seating
WHITE FLOWERS: A solo concert of folk / alternative acoustic western
music by Singer / Songwriter Geetu Hinduja
LKP, IIM-A Campus
6.30 pm - 7.30 pm
ORANGE MOON @ GEEKY GIGS: A music initiative by the cultural
committee of IIM-A
LKP, IIM-A Campus
7.30 pm - 8.30 pm
BANDISH PROJEKT & SHANE SOLANKI: Electronic beats meets
Indian percussion with spoken word
IIM-A Campus
8.30 pm onwards
Moumita Bhattacharya: ℡ 079-26469493
Presented by AIAF in association with British Council and
THE CULT, the cultural committee of IIM-A.
Free, open to public on first come first served basis
with reserved seating for sponsors and invitees
Sunday, 31 October
HERITAGE WALKS
Inner City Areas
8 am, assemble outside Siddi Syed Mosque
Born & Bred in Ahmedabad
For registration, contact Jhonny: ℡ 9824361058
*Contribution of Rs. 200 per person to be made to the guide
SURLAVANYA: Shringara Rasa in khayal by Viraj Amar
Vishwakosh Auditorium
11.30 am
Dhvani: ℡ 9953594931/9879116828
Sponsored by ONGC
Free, open to public on first come first served basis
SOUNDARYA: LAYA, TALA, RASA: the AIAF Film Festival curated by
Nazariya
CEPT Auditorium
10 am - 5 pm
Nazariya
Ateet Barot: ℡ 9998881269/9879919549
Free, open to public on first come first served basis against festival program
THE BEAUTY OF AHMEDABAD: Slide Talk by Debashish Nayak
British Council Library
12 pm
Presented by British Council Division & Ahmedabad Heritage Cell
Moumita Bhattacharya: ℡ 079-26469493
Free, open to public on first come first served basis
THE KABIR PROJECT: film screening of Koi Sunta Hai: Journeys with
Kumar and Kabir (Dur: 96 min) followed by discussion with film-maker
CEE Auditorium
5 pm
Shabnam Virmani: 9845181194
Free, open to public on first come first served basis
with reserved seating for sponsors and delegates
Sponsored by CEE
THE KABIR PROJECT: Sufi music concert by Shabnam Virmani and
Mooralala Marwada of the Meghval community of Kutch.
CEE CAMPUS
7 pm onwards
In partnership with CEE - Special EC+10,
pre-conference event and AIAF closing
www.earthcharterplus10.org
FLOWERS: Written by Girish Karnad and starring Rajit Kapur. Directed
by Roysten Abel and produced by RAGE
Natarani
8.30 pm
Sponsored by AUDI Ahmedabad
Against passes from venue only with
reserved seating for invitees and sponsors
THE CELEBRATION OF BEAUTY
THE MAKING OF BEAUTY: ART
THE CELEBRATION OF BEAUTY: DANCE
CITY PRIDE
THE PURSUIT OF BEAUTY
PAD GAYAN AND HAVELI SANGEET by Gokulutsav Maharajji
Venue: Private
Time: 9 am
Organizer: AIAF
Sponsored by Aavkar
By invitation only
THE EVOCATION OF BEAUTY
THE EVOCATION OF BEAUTY: THEATRE
THE EVOCATION OF BEAUTY: FILM
The contents of this program and schedules are subject to change.
Information correct at the time of going to press.