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Performance | The Edict Project
Performance by The Edict Project, an attempt by TM Krishna to celebrate, remember, and recreate Ashoka’s edicts in musical form. The performance will include a talk with Nayanjot Lahiri, M.K. Raina, and TM Krishna.
Conversation | Science of The Seas
What do the winds speak of? Do the waves guide you to the shore? Conversations with Veteran Artisan Fishers from Chennai and Mumbai as they navigate life near, in, and around the seas.
Kutiyattam Performance | Kapila Venu
Kapila Venu, a practitioner of Kutiyattam – an Indian Classical performance art form from Kerala, brings forth the poetry of Karaikal Ammaiyar with a desire to bring “a next generation of bright young bodies and minds, if well trained and…
Keynote | Ramachandra Guha
Ramachandra Guha, one of the foremost historians of modern India, opens week 03 with an inspiring keynote. Following his talk, Dr Guha will be joined by T.M. Krishna in a wide-ranging conversation on India’s history, its art and music, and…
Music Performance | Irfana Hameed and MaMoGi
We begin the evening with a performance by Irfana Hameed, the Kodaikanal-based emcee and trumpet player with a unique voice in the hip-hop scene, inspired by her Carnatic tradition, her commitment to Tamil culture coupled with her own femininity and…
Keynote | Pratap Bhanu Mehta
Pratap Bhanu Mehta is one of India’s leading academics, and the Laurence S Rockefeller Visiting Professor at Princeton University. Dr Mehta will be giving the keynote address for Should Art. Join for a thought-provoking lecture on India’s social and cultural…
pause. reflect. celebrate.
welcome to should art 2021 Every year, for the week of november 03, G5A takes a pause to reflect and seed the threads for the year ahead. Through a concentrated celebration of art and culture, artists and artisans, and our…
can art break the silence?
CAN ART BREAK THE SILENCE? In conversation | Nalini Malani and Nandita Das Moderated by Anuradha Parikh Veteran, award winning visual artist Nalini Malani, and filmmaker, actor, and activist, Nandita Das, discuss their process, personal journeys, and their art as…
god and rationality
GOD AND RATIONALITY In conversation | Javed Akhtar and Rajeev Bhargava Ardent, compassionate atheists, both Javed and Rajeev evoke the mood of a leisurely, living room chat, as they unravel and deconstruct assumptions and platitudes and help us rethink and…
through a painting
THROUGH A PAINTING Exploring work by Nityan Unnikrishnan with Mortimer Chatterjee In this session, Mortimer Chatterjee (curator and gallerist, Chatterjee & Lal) will discuss an artwork by painter Nityan Unnikrishnan. The session will start at 11:00 IST (GMT+5:30) on Wednesday,…