Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Room #1: Live Performance and Field Recording Disco | Gabi Schaffner - Wednesday 25th @ 19.30

Identity, sound and urban spaces form the framework of the unique project that goes under the banner of "I live here". bangaloREsident Gabi Schaffner and Maraa present an evening of installation and performance, including the outcome of Gabi's bangaloREsidency@Maraa.





Room #1: Live Performance and Field Recording Disco @ 19.30

 Room # 2: (In)Complete Difference, a sound installation featuring noise in some ears of a city @ 6:30 pm

by I LIVE HERE, a lab for creative experiments on identity with young people in Bangalore

Highlight - Special Release: "The Megaphone Guerilla", a zine on identity, sound and urban spaces

Venue:
House No. 493, 14th Main, 4th A Cross,
Koramangala 3rd Block,
Landmark: Behind Koramangala BDA complex
Contact. +91 9880755875/9880159484

Friday, October 13, 2017

Theatre for children Woodbeat by Helios Theater, Germany - Saturday 21st @ 15.30 + 19.30

The sound of wood

"Not only the scenery caused enthusiasm, but also the wood figures created by Michael Lurse, which again and again suddenly emerged from the wood chips and disappeared again. There were wooden figures that looked like animals. They looked for a play fellow, hopped around, made merry sounds or balanced on the tree disks. With the figures, Lurse represented not only feelings, but produced also them in the small spectators.

The children were all absorbed by each balancing act, were frightened when the wooden logs fell down or were pleased about the funny invitations. Apart from the visual aspects however, the performance was a special sound experience. Lurse and his colleague, the Percussionist Andrés Cabrera took children as well as adults to a world of wooden sounds: The wood whined, wood logs were struck together, the wood chips rustled and the figures cleared their ways with knocking and hammering through the wooden landscape.

With WOODBEAT under the direction of Barbara Kölling, HELIOS Theater shows another wonderful performance for the very young. It is part of the countrywide project "theatre from the beginning" and was developed in cooperation with the Théâtre Jeune Public from Strasbourg."
- Westfälischer Anzeiger, February 25, 2008

Tunnel through Dust - Friday 13th @ 18.30

Friday, October 6, 2017

Gombe Sambhrama - Saturday 7th @ 17.30

Art Park - Sunday 8th from 11.00

Charche - Saturday 7th @ 16.30

The Megaphone Guerrilla - Saturday 7th @ 12.00 (noon)


The Megaphone Guerilla
With Nithila Kumar, Ashwini Chakre, Raajeshwari, Krishnamurthy, Daniel, Ekta Mittal and Angarika Guha.

Along the trajectory of the Bangalore Metro, a number of poets will claim their space. on the ground and through the air. What does it mean to share this city? Does it change me? Do I make a difference in this multitude? "I"-"LIVE"-"HERE" explores various concepts of identity and being through a series of events, concerts, happenings and festivals.

Nithila Kumar lives in Bangalore and studies Science in St. Joseph's College. As a part of the "I"-"LIVE"-"HERE" lab, initiated by Maraa, she is interested in exploring ideas of identity as a young student in these chaotic times.

Ashwini Chakre is a math, physics and theatre teacher at Head Start School in Bangalore by day and a writer, director and theatre practitioner by night. He is part of a Bangalore-based theatre group called Mashaal that produces plays in Hindi.

Raajeshwari Krishnamurthy is a sociology student from Bangalore University and an active member of Karnataka Vidhyaarthi Sanghatne, a student union in Karnataka. She participates in several peoples' movements and protests around land, caste and gender. She is also a poet and has been writing in Kannada about her preoccupations with the city and her experiences as a student.

Daniel is from Ivory Coast, West Africa, and is an RJ and dancer who is in Bangalore to learn 3D animation. He started a group called Foreigners Are Not All Bad (FANAB) to bring different cultures together through the arts. He is currently developing a foreign students radio channel called BOX 1. He is also part of the "I"-"LIVE"-"HERE" lab, initiated by Maraa, and his productions in the lab will feature on BOX 1.

Ekta Mittal is the co-founder of Maraa and is a film maker. She co-curates and produces creative works for October Jam, Maraa's annual arts festival since 2008. She will be performing for this sonic experiment after a long hiatus.

Angarika Guha works at Maraa, and conceptualised and manages "I"-"LIVE"-"HERE", a creative lab for young people to explore notions of identity and the city.

https://www.goethe.de/ins/in/en/sta/ban/ver.cfm?fuseaction=events.detail&event_id=21073506

Sharat Kulagatti - Friday 13th @ 18.00

Live Banned - Saturday 7th @ 21.00

Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Ravanama - Tuesday 10th @ 19.30


Ravanama is about the search for the mythological character, Ravana, through the many stories associated with him. On stage we see an actor in the process of making a show. Every time she decides on a way to start the show, an altogether different version takes her in another direction. Is there a link between all these stories?
Why is she so attracted to this man while all the world considers him evil? Is it to do with the performer's attraction to a form – Kathakali - a form that depicts Ravana in high scale and grandeur?  Every time the actor dips into the ‘world’ of Kathakali she comes out with a further revelation of Ravana…. 

Nagaraj Rao Hawaldar | Hindustan vocal recital - Saturday 28th @ 18.00