http://unboxfestival.com/ 2-5 Feb 2012, New Delhi. The UnBox Festival celebrates interdisciplinary processes and experiences that shape contemporary thought and action.
The UnBox Festival
1) 6° Project, BlowUp Fellowship Exhibition
Tired of themes, 6° Project is based on the idea that anything can be connected to each other. Using it as a conceptual springboard,
The 6° Project : The First BLOWUP Fellowship
We are Tired of themes, so we came up with 6° Project – based on the idea that anything can be connected to each other. We are going to use it as a conceptual springboard, each fellow has to not only come up with a new body of work but also do that collaboratively—all within 3 weeks! Experimental in nature it gives these fellows the chance to play and be free.
The result of this exercise will be up for all to see on 2nd February at the Experimental Arts Gallery at IHC. Stay updated through the blogs on how each one of them is progressing — here or on the unbox tumblr
BlowUp is a partner at UnBox Festival 2012 and is curating:
+ The UnBox Interdisciplinary Fellowship
+ Photo Exhibition ’6° Project’ @ IHC Experimental Arts Gallery (2nd-5th Feb)
+ BlowUp New Delhi @ Hauz Khas deer park (5th February)
BlowUp—an effort to encourage photographers to present their work in public spaces using affordable materials and a way for the general public to experience the photographic image.
[See earlier Blowups!]
Partners and Curators:
+ BlindBoys is a hybrid space at the intersection of new cultural activity, open frameworks and the dynamics of consumption of photography. BlindBoys is in principle a not-for-profit entity. www.blindboys.org
+ Bharat Sikka, who is one of India’s pioneering photographers working across contexts, and especially in fashion and contemporary storytelling.www.bharatsikka.com
+ Printer’s Devil, Delhi newest and zaniest mulch-disciplinary fine art printing and photography studio. [http://on.fb.me/wtj2XB]
http://www.facebook.com/events/171652292935856/
2) RISING: Design & Media for Activism
2 February at 18:30 until 7 February at 18:30
Where
The Queen’s Gallery, The British Council, 17 Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi, India
Description
RISING addresses the role of creative professionals in creating coherent voices of protest and reform, in response to pertinent social, ecological and political issues.
Apathy to issues and events that impact our lives in big/small, direct/indirect ways, can often be attributed to lack of information access and clear, compelling communication. Creative professionals, as creators of media and interfaces, are in a unique position to inspire reaction and facilitate constructive dialogue around pertinent issues. RISING is a call to the creative community for action.
Curated by Codesign, the exhibition features four initiatives cutting across design, media and activism—The Great Indian Clearance Sale, Gorilla Project, Video Volunteers and Breakthrough, that are stirring things up.
Public Event — Open to all
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Featuring:
THE GREAT INDIAN CLEARANCE SALE
GICS is an ideology-free art project, using art and information graphics to highlight interesting articles and issues which are important to the environment, to create awareness about these issues in the Indian middle class.
http://www.greatindiansale.org/
GORILLA PROJECT
Design Politie + Lesley Moore + Herman van Bostelen
The Gorilla Project responds to the day’s news in words and images, ventilating the collective’s views on politics, the environment and all those subjects ones worries about, but doesn’t know how to react.
http://www.thedailygorilla.nl/
VIDEO VOLUNTEERS
Video Volunteers (VV) is working to create an alternative media landscape in which thousands of people around the world, living in slums and villages, are producing high quality video content that brings awareness to communities and empowers them to take action. VV creates models of sustainable, locally owned media, and devise training programs that give communities the journalism, critical thinking and creative skills to run them.
http://www.videovolunteers.org/
BREAKTHROUGH TV
Breakthrough is a global human rights organization that uses the power of media, pop culture, and community mobilization to inspire people to take bold action for dignity, equality, and justice.
http://www.breakthrough.tv/
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Curated by:
Codesign
www.codesign.in
http://www.facebook.com/codesign.india
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Exhibition Design by:
Studio Miscellanea
http://www.facebook.com/events/204299216333430/
3) BeatRepeat Feb 3rd 2012
BeatRepeat is a festival that celebrates interdisciplinary perspectives to the spoken and written word. BeatRepeat is a partner festival of the UnBox festival, which is the first festival of its kind in India focusing on interdisciplinary processes and experiences. With its debut in February 2011, BeatRepeat 2011 brought together writers, artists, dancers and VJs for an evening during the UnBox Festival. https://www.facebook.com/pages/BeatRepeat/254977661234017
The 2nd edition in 2012 expands the scope of BeatRepeat to an all day workshop (open to curated participants) https://www.facebook.com/events/137685366348571/ & an evening of interdisciplinary performances (open to the public) at The British Council on 3rd February 2012.
Performance by:
Clyde D’souza—Dramatized Reading with projection
Samrat—The most important question in the world
Veena Venugopal + VJ Thiruda
BLOT—Audio video performance
Astrid Reza and Abmi Handayani (Indonesia)
The New Delhi Guitar Quartet
Clyde D’souza—Dramatized Reading with projection
Clyde D’Souza has had a long and tiring career working with JAM, MTV and 9X Media. He has written scripts, created annoying caller tunes, and produced branded TV content for clients. He is currently kissing ass at 9X for their to-be-launched English music channel. More often than not he’s stuck in Mumbai traffic. Clyde will do a dramatized reading from his soon to be launched book, Kissing Ass! The Art of Office Politics, published by Random House. This will be an exclusive peak prior to the book launch.
Samrat—The most important question in the world
Samrat is an author, journalist and lapsed engineer. His first novel, The Urban Jungle, was published by Penguin in 2011. He’s also written short stories, some of which have been published in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and German. His most recent journalistic assignment was starting a daily newspaper in Chandigarh. He will be giving an illustrated talk on ‘The most important question in the world’. This is an attempt to make sense of the many existential crises that afflict us as individuals and societies, and hint at a solution.
Veena Venugopal + VJ Thiruda
Veena Venugopal is the author of ‘Would You Like Some Bread With that Book?’ This is a collection of 14 essays on books and reading to be published by Yoda Press in March 2012. She has been a journalist and writer for 10 years and has written about everything from the soaring Sensex to the puzzling science of plane spotting. She now works for Outlook Publishing and lives in Delhi. Veena will be doing a reading from her upcoming book, along with visuals from VJ Thiruda.
BLOT—Audio video performance
BLOT is an electronic and visual arts collective bringing their Basic Love of Things to India and the world through music, film, art & design. BLOT will present an experiment that tries to re-look at the idea of audio-visual performance by cross-generating audio and visuals by treating them both as triggers, loosely based on Edgar Allan Poe’s poem The Raven.
Astrid Reza and Abmi Handayani (Indonesia)
Astrid Reza is a writer and single mother, living happily with her son in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Abmi Handayani is a writer who has her own way to see the world. They will present Kalamarica, which is a short story about a female dagger’s maker, written by Astrid Reza. This collaborative work features short story reading by the writer herself, accompanied with a live performance by Abmi Handayani.
The New Delhi Guitar Quartet
The New Delhi Guitar Quartet was formed in September 2009 by acclaimed guitarist Shyamant Behal. The other members of the group are Lallawmzuala, Theophilus Benjamin and Thomas Horjam, all classical guitarists. All the members of the Quartet besides Shyamant are teachers at the Delhi School of Music and also Performer’s Collective.The quartet plays music of many different genres and styles, and are experimenting with music that falls outside of the strictly classical field and so introduce audiences to a style that may not be familiar to them. However, the main idea is to have fun playing and enjoying the music.
4) THE FOOD LABYRINTH
Friday, 3 February 2012
Time19:00 until 23:00
Description
The Food Labyrinth is a modern day ritual feast at the Max Mueller Bhawan, created primarily with repurposed materials found in Delhi. A playground of whimsical gastronomic adventures, the food labyrinth is all about using off-beat methods to experience food in a multi-sensorial environment. Chemistry and Mixology fuses at the Absolut Liquid Lab, to create new forms of consumption and tasting that aims to intrigue and engage; Local treasures from the ever bustling Old Delhi street markets share space with an assemblage of fresh organic produce; and inventive live cooking stations where invited dreamers-meet-cooks whip up recipes both traditional and modern, telling guests stories about their genesis and evolution. The space will also have an audio-visual installation co-curated with the electronic music duo – BLOT screening food diaries – video stories on food and eating from all over the world.
This event is open to UnBox registered participants, invited guest and pre-registered guests.
To register please send a request to [email protected] stating the performance you want to attend (in the subject field), and details with name, phone numbers and email.
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FoodLab at the UnBox Festival aims at creating voyages that challenge the way one experiences and consumes food. It aims to curate a special social space, which inspires ideas of discovery and exploration to the act of consuming and thinking about food. https://www.facebook.com/pages/FoodLab/232666640141611?sk=info
At UnBox Festival 2012, it will be curating gastronomic voyages that progress the experience of consuming food. FoodLab is curated by an exciting group of food aficionados and enthusiasts from around the world, few of whom are listed below:
• The Grey Garden :: a conceptual fashion, dining and lifestyle brand based in New Delhi
• Gresham Fernandes :: the visionary head chef of the Impresario restaurants
• Mia Morikawa :: experimental fashion and experience designer from Japan/USA
* Arijit Bose :: Master mixologist and curator of spirit experiences
• BLOT! :: audiovisual collective and one of India’s leading performance ensemble
5) EyeMyth Visual Music Film Festival
Saturday, 4 February 2012
Time18:30 until 20:30
Description
EyeMyth is a festival of moving images that visualize and celebrate sound and music. EyeMyth is the only festival of its kind in India looking at the past, present and future of visual music. EyeMyth is accompanied by live cinema performances, workshops and city-wide screenings that demonstrate the crossing over of the senses of sight and sound. https://www.facebook.com/pages/EyeMyth-Visual-Music-Film-Festival/157918747650546
February 2012 sees the 3rd edition of EyeMyth being screened around India.
This edition of EyeMyth features films by:
Andrew Sorensen
Zeitguised
Beeple
Candas Sisman
Murat Pak
Sameer Kulavoor
The Light Surgeons
Semiconductor
Tom Lindsay
Moka
Brian O’ Reilly
Eness
*Content Partner *
Stash : www.stashmedia.tv
onedotzero : www.onedotzero.com
*Schedule*
04 February, Saturday @ The British Council, Delhi (6:30pm-8:00pm)
11 February, Saturday @ Edward Talkies, Mumbai ft. The Light Surgeons and New Culture Mash Up
12 February, Sunday @ Counter Culture, Bangalore ft. The Light Surgeons and New Culture Mash Up
06-13 February 2012 Daily Screenings @ Iron Curtain, Hauz Khas Village, New Delhi
5) ANTARIKSHA SANCHAR // UnBox Festival 2012 // Closing
Saturday, 4 February 2012
Time20:00 until 23:30
Where
The British Council, 17 Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi, India
Description
Antariksha Sanchar
An interdisciplinary collaborative performance, interpreting the history of flight.
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This event is open to UnBox registered participants, invited guest and pre-registered guests.
Please be seated by 20:30 as entry will be closed soon after.
To register please send a request to [email protected] stating the performance you want to attend (in the subject field), and details with name, phone numbers and email.
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About the Performance:
Antariksha Sanchar is a journey through the origins of flight, and the evolution of aircrafts in mythology, science and imagination. The production brings together pioneering studios from dance, art, music and architecture to create a hybrid experience. Led by Bharatanatyam exponent Guru Jayalakshmi Eshwar from Kalakshetra, the dance choreography assimilates new media and the unusual context of this piece to present a neoclassical production that offers a glimpse into the future of performing arts in India. The dance choreography brings Bharatanatyam together with diverse styles of body movement including Chhau, Kallari, Aerial Yoga, modern dance and fashion choreography.
Collaborating Artists:
Concept, Choreography, Music and Costume
GURU JAYALAKSHMI ESHWAR
An internationally renowned Bharatanatyam exponent par-excellence, Jayalakshmi Eshwar is an acclaimed performer, choreographer, teacher and author.
Production, Concept + Visuals
BLOT
Curators of the UnBox Festival, BLOT is a pioneering electronica and arts collective. The collective comprises of designers, musicians, visual artist and performers who belong to the new wave of creative collectives that have broken down the boundaries between disciplines.
Electronic Music Composition + Production
SATTYANANDA (Audio Aashram)
An impressive international profile, seven album releases and few more on their way, Sattyananda (Nikhel Kumar Mahajan) is a musical force to be reckoned with. Sattyananda is also the vision behind Audio Aashram—a leading music and culture platform that has spawned India’s most popular online Radio station Radio79, a music label with several acclaimed releases, and the creation of new musical experiences through collaborations with other artists.
Styling
11.11 by CellDSGN
11.11 by CellDSGN is an unconventional brand with personalization & simplicity creating a unique identity. 11.11 reflect a hybrid understanding of the power of the collective, synergized with the unique perspective of the individual.
Spatial Design
Anagram Architects
An award winning architectural studio, Anagram’s practice is diverse and encompasses public infrastructure planning, urban design, architecture, scenography, furniture design and
interior design.
6) Food Walk Sunday, 5 February 2012
Food Walk throws open the doors of some of Hauz Khas Village’s bohemian and independent eateries, where participants get to sample signature dishes and the diversity of Hauz Khas Village.
Some of the restaurants that will be featuring in the Foodwalk :
+The Grey garden – a meeting space existing at the union of fashion and food; culture and commerce.
+GunPowder – a peninsular kitchen serving authentic recipes from South India.
+Flipside Cafe – an unusual crêperie and cafe with a unique take on home food cooking.
+The Living Room Cafe & Kitchen – a cafe, restaurant, lounge, bar and events venue all rolled into one.
+Elmas Bakery – a quaint bakery, cake shop and tea room, serving goodies that are ‘homemade’ with love.
+Bohème – a rooftop patio cafe and restaurant with a bohemian vibe.
+Iron curtain – a restaurant and mini movie hall for cinephiles and food lovers.
In addition, join a day-long brainstorm led by The BusRide on new experiences at the former Bistro complex.
FoodLab at the UnBox Festival 2012 aims at creating voyages that challenge the way one experiences and consumes food. FoodLab aims to curate a special social space, which inspires ideas of discovery and exploration to the act of consuming and thinking about food. FoodLab will bring culinary trendsetters like Gresham Fernandes (Smokehouse Grill/India), Mia Morikawa (Japan), Constance Marx (France), Arijit Bose (Mixologist/India) and Smita Singh (Elma’s/ India) to direct a gastronomical social experiment. https://www.facebook.com/pages/FoodLab/232666640141611
FoodLab is curating 3 distinct experiences:
Food for Thought (03-04 February @ The British Council)
The Food Labyrinth (03 February @ Max Mueller Bhavan)
Food Walk (05 February @ Hauz Khas Village)
6) UnBox Open Studios Sunday, 5 February 2012
UnBox brings the spirit of cross-disciplinary cultural experimentation to the city, inviting the public to join in FoodWalk and Open Studios that show the city at work. We are creating a Sunday experience to explore the creative community of Hauz Khas Village.
Open Studio is a chance for studios, galleries and stores to open their doors to conversations with people who are inquisitive about art, design and creative practices.
For more information, contact Ayesha Sood (Jamun Studio) at [email protected]
Some of the places that might be participating in the OpenVillage are :
Ishaan Khosla Design
Design Route
FattaBox
Jamun Design
Yoda Kin
Kunzum Cafe
People Tree
DPlay
Dev Kabir Design
… and more coming soon.
The UnBox Festival 2012
UnBox is a festival celebrating action at the intersections of different disciplines. It is an attempt to build momentum around design thinking and inter-disciplinary collaborations as the means of driving more sustainable and impactive social and cultural change in India. www.unboxfestival.com
Founded by:
BLOT
CoDesign
Quicksand
Blindboys