The Mohile Parikh Center for the Contemporary (MPCC), will screen a documentary film titled Man with a Movie Camera directed by Dziga Vertov on March 20, 2008 at 6.00 pm at the Little Theatre of the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Mumbai. Free passes will be available at the Mohile Parikh Center.
The Mohile Parikh Center for the Visual Arts is collaborating with the Communications Program of Arcadia University on Visual Culture in India.The project has two broad aims: Firstly, to discover, identify and study the specific visual idiom of Indian culture in various forms. Secondly, to acquire from that experience a broader world view about visual culture, social conditions and practical insights about the people across cultures sharing the same space in the world.
The first step in this project includes a course in Visual Culture in India which involves travel to India from March 7-16, 2008. Nine students and a faculty member will be studying and traveling various aspects of visual culture in India as part of the course, including presentations at the National Centre for the Performing Arts. The Center is also exploring with Arcadia University further opportunities for collaboration, including an international conference in visual culture in India, student and faculty projects and research on specific traditions and manifestations of visual culture in India.
We will host a book event and discussion titled Follow the Hindu Moon on March 7, 2008 at 6.30pm at the Little Theatre of the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Mumbai. The author of the book, Soumya Aravind Sitaraman will converse with the noted mythologist, Devdutt Pattanaik, articulating the meaning and place of mythology, festivals, traditions, and rituals especially in a time of global culture and technology driven society.The program is free and open to all.
We will host a panel discussion titled Art and Ecology on February 29, 2008 at 6.30pm at the Little Theatre of the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Mumbai. The program is free and open to all.
Panelists: Shyam Asolekar (Professor & Head, Centre for Environmental Science & Engineering, IIT, Bombay)
Darryl D’Monte (Environmental Journalist)
Kanchi Kohli (Environmental Researcher, Author and Activist)
Ravi Agarwal (Artist and Environmental Activist)
Baiju Parthan (Artist)
Gayatri Gamuz (Artist)
Chair: Kalpana Sharma (Independent Journalist)
The Mohile Parikh Center for the Contemporary (MPCC), will screen a documentary film titled Buena Vista Social Club directed by Wim Wenders on February 22, 2008 at 6.00 pm at the Little Theatre of the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Mumbai. Free passes will be available at the Mohile Parikh Center.
The Mohile Parikh Center for the Contemporary (MPCC), will screen a documentary film titled No Direction Home - Bob Dylan directed by Martin Scorsese on January 31, 2008 at 6.00 pm at the Little Theatre of the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Mumbai. Free passes will be available at the Mohile Parikh Center.
We will host a solo performance titled Deputy Darling (Dr. Baby - Bondaddy Revolution + Revolution = Jameese’l) by the noted German artist, Jonathan Meese on January 14, 2008 at the Little Theatre of the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Mumbai. The program is organized in collaboration with Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke on the occasion of the first solo exhibition of the artist in India, and is free and open to all.
We will host a presentation and discussion titled Intuitive Expressions by the noted art historian and artist, Ratan Parimoo on January 11, 2008 at 6.30 pm at the Little Theatre of the National Center for Performing Arts in Mumbai. The program is free and open to all.
We will screen a documentary film titled Jackson Pollock: Love and Death on Long Island directed by Teresa Griffiths on December 21, 2007 at 6.00 pm at the Little Theatre of the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Mumbai. The program is free and open to all.
The Mohile Parikh Center for the Contemporary (MPCC), will screen a documentary film titled Dali in New York directed by Jack Bond on December 14, 2007 at 6.00 pm at the Little Theatre of the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Mumbai. Free passes will be available at the Mohile Parikh Center.
