Urmila – Enchanted Mother

Curator: Anu Jindal

 

A group exhibition of artworks by ten artists from around the world working in different genre and media on the universal theme of mother and the associated sentiments.

 

Works by NILS-UDO(landscape art, Germany); Himmat Shah (landscape art; India); RameshwarBroota (visual art; India); Hildegarde Westerkamp (soundscape; Canada); Chang-Hoon Woo (painting; South Korea); Kavas Kapadia (painting; India); Ramakrishna Vedala (painting; India); PrabirPurkayastha (photography/digital art; India); NaoyukiIshiga (kiri-e or papercut; Japan); and Anu Jindal (visual art; India)

 

On 4th January 2021 at 5 pm, there will be a virtual opening with a webinar discussion on: The Act of Creation

 

Online exhibition on view from 4th to 17th January 2021

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FOCUS JAPAN

Screening of NHK documentary films on Japan’s history, literature, art, culture and heritage. Organised with the support of NHK World and Embassy of Japan, New Delhi 

 

Buddhist Architecture

(28 min; 2014; English and with subtitles)

 

Kyoto is home to the head temples of most Buddhist sects, with 2,700 temples small and large which shape the ancient capital's historical landscape. The film looks at some of the most important temples in the city including Tofoku-ji temple with its famous Shichido-garan layout symbolising the human body. Maintaining temples for centuries, the film follows traditional carpenters as they carry out major repairs at Chion-in and thatch Kiyomizu-dera's main-hall with cypress bark using traditional roofing methods. 

 

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/ondemand/video/2029028/

 

IIC Double Bill Recitals

 

Hindustani Vocal 

By Ashish Ranade from Nasik, disciple of Pt. Anand Bhate

 

 

Followed by
 

Kathak

Group recital by Deepak Aurora and party from Gurgaon/Delhi, disciple of Pt. Rajendra Gangani

 

 

 

Video recording of two recitals for IIC online programmes

Ladies and Gentlemen…Mr. Leonard Cohen (Canada)

(44 min; 1965; b/w; English & with subtitles)
 

Directors: Don Owen & Donald Brittain

Produced by National Film Board of Canada

 

Recipient of the Canadian Film Award for Best TV Information, Canadian Film Awards 1966

 

An informal portrait of Leonard Cohen that captures the noted poet and novelist before he launched his career as a singer-songwriter in 1967. The film follows Cohen at age 30 on a visit to his hometown of Montreal, where he comes “to renew his neurotic affiliations.” Interspersed with interviews and Cohen’s own poetry readings mostly taken from The Spice-Box Earth and Flowers for Hitler

 

 https://www.nfb.ca/film/ladies_and_gentlemen_mr_leonard_cohen/

 

In the Age of AI 

(113 min; 2019; English)

Directors: Neil Docherty, David Fanning

 

PBS International Frontline investigates the promise and perils of AI; from fears of work and privacy to rivalry between the U.S. and China. The documentary traces a new industrial revolution that will reshape and disrupt our lives, our jobs and our world, and allow the emergence of the surveillance

 

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/in-the-age-of-ai/