Shubha Mudgal takes the Stage, Architecture of Chandigarh, and the 2012 Book Fair

Drop an email on filmboothindia@gmail.com to register for the event. Entry is free, and seating will be on first come first serve basis. 

• When | Saturday, 8th September, 7pm-9.15pm
• Venue | Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre. 
• For Any queries | 9971990162 

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JATIN PURI {ELECTRONICA} + WHITE RABBIT {ELECTRO}

Influenced by trip-hop, breakbeat, hip-hop, bass and even pop, Jatin Puri’s eclectic sound defies easy classification. His catchy and thoughtful tracks are all self-produced, composed, performed and sung. More recently, the Delhi-based artist won the award for Best Music Video at the International Songwriting Competition (ISC) for ‘Life is Good’. The video was shot in Hauz Khas Village last year and features local Bboys from the Slumgods Crew. On this night, J.P. is joined by close pal and Disco 31 regular DJ White Rabbit for added oomph-oomph!

Here’s the music video of ‘Life is Good’

• Where | TLR Cafe, HAuz Khas Village
• When | Friday, 7th September
• For more details | Have a look at Jatin’s Facebook page here, and the events page here

SOULFUL SUNDAYS WITH SHUBHA MUDGALWhether it is the spiritually harmonizing ‘Ali More Angna’ or the romantic ‘Seekho Na’ or the popular rain song ‘Ab Ke Saawan’, Shubha Mudgal is the master of all forms. She is a well known singer of Hindustani classical music, Khayal, Thumri, Dadra and pop music. A trained Khayal singer and Kathak dancer and a versatile performer in all genres, Shubha Mudgal is recognised as one of the most popular concert artists amongst the younger generation of Hindustani musicians. 

• Where | Blue Frog, Delhi
• When | Sunday, 9th September
• Entry | Rs. 500

 

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CHANDIGARH: PORTRAIT OF A CITY | Photographs by Manuel Bougot

 

 

In continuation of their exhibition program on architectural photography, Photoink presents ‘Chandigarh: Portrait of a City’ by French photographer, Manuel Bougot.

The idea of creating Chandigarh, a new city post Independence, free from the shackles of history, unbound and a symbol of modernity belonged entirely to Jawaharlal Nehru. In 1949, on Nehru’s invitation, Swiss-French architect, Le Corbusier began his Chandigarh experiment, which became an extraordinary laboratory of architecture and town planning. Together with his cousin, Pierre Jeanneret and a team of architects, Le Corbusier conceived and designed a way of living for a people whose culture and life he was completely unfamiliar with. Sixty years later, it is this human encounter with Corbusian architecture, which intrigued Bougot enough to keep returning to Chandigarh over two years to make photographs. Apart from photographing the landmark institutional buildings that define Chandigarh, Bougot also takes the viewer into private spaces – homes and villas, which borrow elements from the Corbusian vocabulary. It is through this navigation of public and private spaces that Bougot’s photographs explore the discordance between the architecture and utopian ideals that inspired it. At the same time, Bougot does not shy away from observing the neglect of the monuments of high modernism in India. His carefully constructed and muted colour photographs reveal much more on closer inspection––a highly nuanced and refreshingly different view of contemporary Chandigarh.

 

• Where | Photoink Gallery, MGF Hyundai Building, 1 Jhandewalan, Faiz Road 
• When | Opening reception on 8th September 2012. On view until 27th October 2012.

 

STREET PHOTOGRAPHY WEEKEND | KUZART LANE

 

Kuzart Lane is an art cafe, combining the nuances of an art gallery and a young, vibrant cafe. The main objective of the project is to give an opportunity to amateur artists and designers of different fields such as photography, oil painting, canvas painting, and designing to showcase their work. As part of their street photography weekend, you can get to feature your work on the walls of the cafe, connect with some of the most talented photographers from across the city and get voted by the guests at the cafe, to be announced as the Best among all!

 

Registration Fee | Rs. 480/- {Full cover for food and drinks at Kuzart Lane}
Requirements | Two original photographs.

Theme | “Street Photography – The Faces of Delhi”. 
Photos should not be measuring more than 12″ X12″ 
Photos should be framed.

To register | Write in your contact details to info@kuzartlane.com OR Get in touch with Sahil Kapoor at 9871817334.

Where | Kuzart Lane, Hauz Khas Village

When | September 7 to September 9, 2012 

 

 

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DELHI BOOK FAIR 2012 | Pragati Maidan 

The Annual Pragati Maidan Book Fair, a 9 day long affair, with its theme as e-books this year, is a confluence of authors, interactions and of course the availability of a number of books across different genres. This futuristic leap of keeping e-books at its core is an attempt to tap the youth market, as reading is no longer restricted to ‘books’. In addition to books, to celebrate the centenary year of Indian Cinema at Delhi Book Fair, ITPO is screening works of some famous authors whose works have inspired the making of celluloid masterpieces over the last 100 years, in a special screening regional language from September 1 to 9, 2012 at Shakuntalam Convention Centre. The festival will feature works of eminent Marathi, Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, writer apart from contemporary Indian English writers.

• Where | Pragati Maidan
• When | September 1, 2012 to September 9, 2012, 11am to 8pm
• Ticket Price | INR 20

 Enjoy your weekend!