Category: visual culture
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Art Galleries as Contemplative Spaces
As the social media and outreach officer at Rereeti, I am always on the lookout for art and cultural experiences that will facilitate and further my understanding of how these are created, consumed and appropriated. In my first visit to New York recently, I had plotted a chunk of my gallivanting around several museums and…
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‘Time Lapse in an Art Gallery: When to Stop Looking
‘Crocodile Tears’ by A.S. Byatt set me on this trail. Coming from an Indian middle class family with zero interest or affiliations with the art world, entering an art gallery for the first time when I was all of 20 came as a bit of a ‘wow’ moment for me. Pristine white walls, focus lights,…
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When Folk Theater comes to the City
Urbanites obviously don’t view a puppet performance or Yakshagana folk theater as something of a ritual or religious performance – nor should they. But how has the folk dancer coped with performing in the stage / auditorium of a city? Has he learnt to enhance his performance and play to the gallery?
Nilofar Haja 