O hushed October...

VISUAL ARTS

Swiss participation at Karachi Biennale

In its second iteration, Karachi Biennale 2019 (KB19) strives to capture the spirit and concerns of the city's 22 million inhabitants, especially ecology.

Following Nele Dechmann's workshop on sustainable exhibition design, three other Swiss artists will also present works on urban sustainability. 

Artist Ursula Biemann's film "Acoustic Ocean" based on the waterline below Norway's Lofoten Islands is a rallying cry against environmental degradation.

Meanwhile artist duo Monica Studer and Christoph van den Berg will present a livecam installation, "Explorer", made entirely in Karachi where audiences are seated on a platform facing  3D rendered shrubbery.

There will also be Victorine Müller's work "Timeline", an inflated PVC sculpture of an elephant that she uses as her medium and space for performance, to question the representation and materiality of the body. More information here. 

Studer / van der Berg, "Explorer" 

THEATRE

.h.g. “Hänsel and Gretel”

An installation in 9 rooms, .h.g. translates the fairytale into an audiovisual experience of sounds and silences, bones and flesh, food and hunger; a story with both a clean and ferocious smell. More information here.
Entry for ages 10+ and by prior booking only
No wheelchair access

Bangalore, October 2-6
Bengaluru International Centre
Tickets here.

Concept by Cristina Galbiati & Ilija Luginbühl, 
A Trickster-p production 

Executive Producer: Sandbox Collective

(c) CCRZ

MUSIC

Authentic Light Orchestra 

Authentic Light Orchestra (ALO) was founded in 2009 by Valeri Tolstov, a Swiss multi-instrumentalist  with Armenian roots. Jazz and rock combine with elements of Armenian folk, modern classics and live electronic and harmonically supplement each other producing a unique sound and original interpretation of Armenian folk. ALO will be on a tour through India this month. 
More information here.
October 10
Presentation in Bal Mela, Jodhpur (morning)
Concert at Jodhpur RIFF Festival Opening (evening)

October 11
Dawn Concert at Jaswant Thada, Jaipur  

October 13
Main Stage, Outreach concert, Clock tower, Jaipur

October 16
Performance “Home” at Directors Cut, PVR, Delhi 

RESIDENCY

Saskia Edens at KYTA, Leh

Basel-based artist Saskia Edens who works with a variety of media and material will be at the KYTA 2019.  An experimental residency program, the KYTA (Karma Yatri Travel and Art) is currently based in two rural locations – Kalga in the Himalayas and Stok in Ladakh. The focus of the residency is to research and explore the relationship between travel, living, culture, community, art and expression. The 6th edition will be hosted in Stok from September to October 2019. Saskia Edens and other artists at KYTA will end their residency with a four day showcase from 17-20 October uniting the local creative community in Ladakh. 

More information here. 

Saskia Edens (c) Cintorino

RESIDENCY

Gagandeep Singh at Rote Fabrik

Delhi-based visual artist Gagandeep Singh will be on a studio residency at Rote Fabrik, Zurich.

To Gagandeep Singh, every image generates a level of mystery, suspense, energy, vibration and pleasure, holds a level of beauty and satisfaction, and is very personal. His experiments with drawing have involved engaging with illustration, cartoons, storytelling, memory mapping, site specific installations, wall art and artist books. 

Rote Fabrik (c) Adrian Michael