July 29, 2009 at 4:51 pm
· Filed under Announcements, Lectures
We will host a presentation titled Jyoti Bhatt: Parallels that Meet on August 28, 2009 at 6.30pm at the Little Theatre of the National Centre for the Performing Arts.The artist Jyoti Bhatt will present his works which includes mediums such as painting, prints and photography. The discussant for this program is Roobina Karode, an art critic, educator, writer and curator, based in Delhi. This program is free and open to all.
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July 29, 2009 at 4:45 pm
· Filed under Announcements, Film Screenings
The Mohile Parikh Center for the Contemporary (MPCC), will screen two documentaries on Italian architecture and design on August 13, 2009 at 6.00 pm at the Little Theatre of the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Mumbai. Free passes are available at the Mohile Parikh Center.
Summary: A series of portraits from which comes out the wealth of meanings of the term design, which avoids any definition that claims to be univocal and conclusive. The author’s story has been collected in video interviews which are filled with spontaneity and immediacy of the conversation, in which the expression of experiences, reflections and considerations about life and work of planning is free flowing.
Andrea Branzi (Architect): Branzi was born in Florence, where he also graduated in architecture. Currently he lives and works in Milan, Italy. His work and interests relate to industrial design, architecture, urban planning, and cultural promotion. He also works as a professor of industrial design at the Politecnico di Milano University.
Ettore Sottsass (Designer): One of the most significant counter-forces to modernism in the history of design, Ettore Sottsass made monumental artistic contributions to every decade since 1945. His remarkable career produced a provocative body of work, including architecture, furniture, industrial design, glass, ceramics, painting, photography and a wealth of writings. With this work he intellectually and aesthetically challenged the conventional wisdom of forms and proportions for over 65 years.
Sottsass was continually driven by a personal search for a new language of modern design. His rigorous pursuits led to the creation of such groundbreaking movements as radical design, anti-design, post-modernist architecture, and the founding of Memphis in the early 1980s.
