IFA Comes To Mumbai...A Two-Day Gala Festival of the Performing and the Visual Arts...
March 27, 2012 12:00:00 AM IST MTG editorial
The India Foundation for the Arts (IFA), an independent, philanthropic organization that supports arts and culture projects across the country, is coming to Mumbai. For nearly two decades, the Bangalore-based not-for-profit organization has been supporting artists across genres to produce innovative work. This apart, IFA has brought to audiences some well-known plays and performances produced by acclaimed artists including Naseeruddin Shah, Shabana Azmi, Lillete Dubey and others.
IFA is bringing this passion for the arts to Mumbai now. Starting with a two-day extravaganza at Prithvi Theatre, IFA, in the coming months, will showcase to the Mumbai art connoisseurs the best of its grantee projects, in association with local partners. The IFA festival at Prithvi will treat Mumbaikars to films, music, plays, photographs and much food for thought by way of discussions and seminars.
Anmol Vellani, Executive Director of IFA says, "Mumbai is important to IFA for two reasons. Firstly it is a growing hub for the contemporary arts as it is the base of many of the most innovative artists working in the visual arts - including installation and new media work - cinema, and exciting new voices in poetry and fiction. IFA naturally wants to make the range of the support it offers in the arts better known in the city. It is also true that in recent years Mumbai has experienced a rapid growth in the number of forums and institutions for the arts, which is unrivalled by other cities. Secondly, Mumbai is also home to a large, well-informed and sensitive art-loving public - a public among which IFA would like to build greater awareness of its work. In the end, IFA can prosper only if it significantly expands its network of individual well-wishers, ambassadors and supporters, and we feel that in Mumbai we will find many more people who will welcome and sympathize with our vision and mandate for philanthropy in the arts."
The Festival Schedule:
Launch 11 am - 12 pm, 7th April 2012 Inauguration by Naseeruddin Shah and members of the IFA family Venue: Foyer
Exhibitions 11 am - 9 pm, 7th and 8th April 2012 Photographs of Tamasha Sandesh Bhandare|Pune Venue: Gallery
Bioscope 12 pm - 2:30 pm, 7th April 2012 Mayabazar: K M Madhusudanan | English | 60 mins Family Album: Nishtha Jain | English/Bengali (with English subtitles) | 66 mins
12 pm - 2:30 pm, 8th April 2012 Out of thin Air: Shabani Hassanwalia and Samreen Farooqui|Hindi/English (with English subtitles) | 50 mins Nine Months: Merajur Rahman Baruah | Assamese (with English subtitles) | 77 mins Venue: Prithvi House
Workshop 2 pm - 4 pm, 7th and 8th April 2012 Creating Unusual Puppets: Varun Narain | Dehli Venue: Foyer
Discussion 3 pm - 4 pm, 7th April 2012 The Making of Tichee 17 Prakarne: Aasakta Kalamanch | Pune Panel Members: Alok Rajwade, Nipun Dharmadhikari, Sarang Sathaye, Varun Narvekar and Ashutosh Potdar.
3 pm - 4 pm, 8th April 2012 The Making of Under the Sal Tree 2011: Badungduppa Kalakendra | Rampur, Assam Panel Members: Sukracharjya Rabha and Ashutosh Potdar. Venue: Prithvi House
Meet the Artist 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm, 7th April 2012 Biraha: Songs of Love, Loss and longing Moushumi Bhowmik | Kolkata Venue: Prithvi House
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm, 8th April 2012 The Music of Pena mangangasana Meitei | Manipur Venue: Prithvi House
Bioscope 6 pm -8 pm, 7th April 2012 Out of Thin Air: Shabani Hassanwalia and Samreen Farooqui | Hindi/English (with English subtitles) | 50 mins Nine Months: Merajur Rehman Baruah | Assamese (with English subtitles) | 77 mins
6 pm - 8 pm, 8th April 2012 Mayabazar: K M Sadhusudhanan | English | 60 mins Family Album: Nishtha Jain | English/Bengali (with English subtitles) | 66 mins Venue: Prithvi House
Conversations 6 pm - 8 pm, 7th and 8th April 2012 Meet the Puppets : Inateractions with Varun Narain and his pupetts | 50 mins Nine Months: Merajur Rehman Baruah | Assamese (with English subtitles) | 77 mins Venue: Cafe
Performance 6 pm and 9 pm, 7th April 2012 Tichee 17 Prakarne (Tickets: Rs.150): Aasakta Kalamanch | Pune
6 pm and 9 pm, 8th April 2012 Dastongi (Tickets: Rs.250): Danish Husain, Mahmood Farooqui, Rajesh Kumar and Rana Pratap Senger | Delhi Venue: Auditorium
*Mumbai Theatre Guide takes no responsibility for change in schedule
