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VOL. XXIII NO. 20, February 1-15, 2014
Dates for your diary

Till February 23: Water Colours by Gayathri (at DakshinaChitra).

February 7: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra on the big screen playing Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s ‘Piano Concerto in G major No. 17 K.453’, and Dimitri Shoshtakovich’s Symphony No.11 in G minor ‘The Year 1905’. Anil Srinivasan, the best-known classical pianist in Chennai, will introduce the concert (at Goethe-Institut, at 7.00 p.m., by invitation).

February 7: Mahaphon Clang, Indo-German improvised music with Ramesh Shotham: Percussion, voice: Jan F. Kurth: Voice: Matthias Kurth: Electric Guitar; Demian Kappenstein: Drums, percussion, objects; lutz Streun: Tenor saxophone, Bass clarinet, Electronic effects.

Mahaphon Clang is a young German group that teams here with internationally renowned percussionist Ramesh Shotham. Each concert will be unique: the music will be composed and rearranged by the musicians on stage, in interaction with city, audience and space. The music is inspired by classical South Indian and up-to-date improvised music by Free Jazz, European avant-garde and Indian popular music styles, such as Tamil Pop, Bhangra (Punjabi) Beat, Bollywood, as well as Dubstep, Funk and many others (at Goethe-Institut, at 7.30 p.m.).

February 8-16: Glass sculpting by Anjali Srinivasan (at DakshinaChitra).

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February 12: A King’s Journey, a puppet show. German puppet theatre company Handgemenge tells the story of a king who is forced to go on a hazardous voyage. He is faced with a number of strange problems for which he finds equally unusual solutions. A King’s Journey is a shadow play that uses innovative lighting techniques to create a universe of surreal landscapes and encounters (at DakshinaChitra).

February 13: Rhythm Is It, with Viola Mokrosch and Rhapsody, a children’s concert organised by Goethe-Institut.

February 26-March 10: Paintings by Dakshinamurthy (at DakshinaChitra).

February 28-March 9: Puppet Festival 2014. Three groups – Calcutta Puppet Theatre, Tripura Puppet Theatre and Ramakrishna Kottabommalattam – will hold performances for visitors. The groups will also hold a workshop that will focus on developing creativity and improving folk media skills (at DakshinaChitra).

March 14: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra on the big screen featuring Johannes Brahms ‘Symphony No.3 in F major’; Georg Friedreich Haas: Premiere of a work commissioned by the Berliner Philharmoniker Foundation together with the Carnegie Hall, New York; and Claude Debussy’s ‘La Mer’. Anil Srinivasan, Chennai’s best- known classical pianist, will introduce the concert (at Goethe-Institut, at 7 p. m., by invitation).

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February 8-16: Art Chennai Festival. Some of the events are listed below:

February 8: Auction preview of Modern and Contemporary Indian Art (at Hyatt Regency, between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.).

February 9 onwards: Raghu Rai’s India, a photo exhibition (at Gallery Veda on OMR).

Curiouser and Curiouser by the Karuppu Art Collective (at Cholamandal Artists’ Village).

February 10: Reflections on Grace: International Photo Fest (till February 23 at IIT Madras).

Parvathi Nayar’s show The Ambiguity of Landscapes (till March 12 at Gallery Veda).

February 11: Role Models & Power Relations, a photography exhibition (till February 16 at Elliot’s Beach).

Signals, Signposts, Voyages from the Madras Movement (till February 28 at Sarala’s Art Centre).

February 12: Vintage Vignettes, a retrospective exhibition on Chennai (till February 16 at Marina Beach).

February 13: Intallation – Shop Lifting by Mithu Sen (till February 26 at Express Avenue).

Bright Noise, an art exhibition (till March 8 at Lalit Kala Akademi).

February 14: Art Assemblage, an exhibition of visiting galleries (at Arts and Soul)

Discussions at the Hyatt Regency:

The Future of Tradition (2-3.30 p.m.)

The Future of the Museum (3.45- 5.15 p.m.)

February 15: Deep (skin) Skin Deep (at Park Hyatt from 5.30 p.m. onwards)

Discussions at the Hyatt Regency:

The Future of the City (10 a.m.-11.30 a.m.)

The Future of Painting (11.45 a.m.-1.15 p.m.)

The Future of Art (2 p.m.-3.30 p.m.)

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Workshops at DakshinaChitra

(For details: 98417 77779)

For adults

February 8-9: Macrame Wall Hangings.

February 20-21: Glass sculpting

February 23: Saree draping

For children (8-14 years)

February 25: String Art – puppets made with jute coir.

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