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SUMMARY:URAMADO
DESCRIPTION:Uramado is a treasure hunt route in augmented reality which tells the story of Tanukis which are spirits of the forest waking up in the city. Up to 48 animals are placed in different places of the appointed area\, outside and inside\, more or less hidden\, in different sizes. The participants are invited to download the free app Uramado AR\, Tanukis awake to start this treasure hunt. As the stickers are discovered one by one\, the spirits come to life\, bewildered\, and ask questions to the participant. According to the reply given\, the participant will discover at the end of the route that he himself is a Totem Animal and will get to leave the game with his own mask and paper toy in augmented reality. Uramado invites the audience to question our differences and our own reality in a poetic and playful way. Workshops\, a live VJ set and a book accompany the treasure hunt. \nDownload the AppHow to experience?ScheduleUdaipur8 - 10 Nov\, 2024\n\n	\n		\n	\n\n\nTime: 12pm to 10pm\nVenue: The Third Space\, on the occasion of Artmosfair\nEntry: Free Event. Open to all \nNew Delhi9 - 10 Nov\, 2024\n\n	\n		\n	\n\n\nTime: 12pm to 10pm\nVenue: Sunder Nursery\, at Bookaroo Children’s Literature Festival\nEntry: Free Event. Open to all \nPune14 - 15 Dec\, 2024\n\n	\n		\n	\n\n\nTime: 12pm to 10pm\nVenue: At Pune International Literary Festival\nEntry: Free Event. Open to all \nCALICUT23 - 26 Jan\, 2025\n\n	\n		\n	\n\n\nTime: 10am to 8pm\nVenue: The French Pavilion\, Kerala Literature Festival\nEntry: Free Event. Open to all \nCHENNAI27 Jan - 1 Mar\, 2025\n\n	\n		\n	\n\n\nTime: 10am to 6pm\nVenue: Alliance Française of Madras\nEntry: Free Event. Open to all \nPONDICHERRY15 - 30 Jan\, 2025\n\n	\n		\n	\n\n\nTime: 10am to 6pm\nVenue: Alliance Française of Pondicherry\nEntry: Free Event. Open to all \nAHMEDABAD16 Jan - 1 Feb\, 2025\n\n	\n		\n	\n\n\nTime: 10am to 6pm\nVenue: Alliance Française of Ahmedabad\nEntry: Free Event. Open to all \nDELHI28 Jan - 9 Feb\, 2025\n\n	\n		\n	\n\n\nTime:  10am to 6pm\nVenue: Alliance Française of Delhi\nEntry: Free Event. Open to all\nArtist behind the exhibitionJulie Stephen Chheng is a Paris-based designer. A graduate from the “Arts décoratifs of Paris” school\, she is engaged in projects in the field of publishing and visual arts that blend state-of-the-art technology and paper. She is the author of several books and applications: Poems in Pieces\, ’The Adventures of a Village’\, ‘Rain at noon’\, ‘The Postal train’. In 2014\, she did an Art Residency with the Hong Kong Arts Center. In 2016\, she was also artist-in-residence at the Villa Kujoyama in Digital Arts in Kyoto. In 2017\, she presented Uramado at the Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature\, “Folded\, Cut and Off the Wall “\, a touring exhibition organized by Le Salon du livre jeunesse de Montreuil and 18 windows’ displays for Hermes Tokyo flagship store. She is now working on Uramado AR\, a story with augmented reality stickers.
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SUMMARY:To Da Bone
DESCRIPTION:To da bonePerforming ArtTO DA BONEBy Collectif (LA)HORDEA performance that seeks to express an intimate rebellion of youth.December 6 to 21\, 2024 | India TourProgrammeSneak Peek                    \n\n                                     \n            \n        \n        We are excited to present the India tour of To Da Bone\, a groundbreaking performance by (LA)Horde and the Ballet National de Marseille\, that delves into the intimate revolts of youth and the transformative power of movement. \nSet in a world where revolutions ignite at night and laws are voted by day\, To Da Bone explores the new forms rebellion can take in the age of social media. Drawing inspiration from the Hardstyle movement and “post-internet” dance forms\, the performance highlights dynamic styles such as Jumpstyle\, Tekstyle\, Shuffle\, and Hakken. \nProgrammeDelhi KolkataMumbaiGoa ChennaiDelhi \n\nDecember 6\, 2024\nTime: 7:30 pm\nVenue: KNMA Cellar\, Okhla\, in partnership with the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art\nEntry: Free show\, open to all. REGISTER HERE \nKolkata\n\nNovember 10\, 2024\nTime: 6:30 pm\nVenue: Rooftop\, Alliance Française Kolkata\, in partnership with Apeejay and the Festival Interface ED\nEntry: Free show\, open to all. REGISTER HERE \nMumbai\n\n\nDecember 14\, 2024\nTime: 6:30 pm\nVenue: Mukesh Mills\, Mumbai\, in partnership with St+art\nEntry: Free show\, open to all. REGISTER HERE \nGoa \n\n \nDecember 18\, 2024\nTime: 8:00 pm\nVenue: Parking Lot – Kala Academy – Serendipity Arts Festival\nEntry: Free show\, open to all. REGISTER HERE \nChennai\n\nDecember 21\, 2024\nTime: 8:00 -9:00 pm\nVenue:  Atrium\, AF Madras\, 24\, College Road\, Nungambakkam\, in partnership with the Prakriti Foundation and Chennai Photo Biennale\nEntry: Free show\, open to all. \nREGISTER HERE (show)  \nREGISTER HERE (workshop) \nThe ConceptionJumpstyle\, in particular\, takes center stage as a highly intense\, physically demanding dance. With sequences lasting approximately 25 seconds\, Jumpstyle embodies a release of energy\, frustration\, and defiance\, creating a powerful visual and emotional experience. Often beginning as a private practice filmed in bedrooms and shared online\, Jumpstyle grows into a communal art form through virtual battles\, real-world meetups\, and collective performances in public spaces. \nTo Da Bone not only brings these electrifying styles to the stage but also reflects on the role of social media platforms like YouTube and Facebook in mobilizing crowds and creating opposition movements. This unique work bridges the virtual and physical\, capturing the journey of dance from individual expression to a collective act of rebellion. \nChoreographed by (La)HORDE\, known for their innovative and bold explorations of contemporary dance\, To Da Bone pushes the boundaries of performance art by fusing urban culture with high-energy choreography. The collaboration with the Ballet National de Marseille enhances this dynamic production\, delivering an electrifying and thought-provoking experience. \nPrepare to be captivated by this intense\, rhythmic\, and deeply evocative performance as it embarks on its India tour. Witness the energy\, passion\, and artistry of youth rebellion like never before. \nAbout (LA)HORDE\n\n	\n		\n	\n\n\n(LA)HORDE is a collective that was founded in 2013 by the three artists Marine Brutti\, Jonathan Debrouwer and Arthur Harel. Together they question codes of various artistic disciplines\, especially contemporary live art and performing arts. At the head of the Ballet National de Marseille since September 2019\, they have created choreographic works\, films\, video installations and performances\, that always evolve around the body in movement. \nFrom the interaction and the juxtaposition of these different media\, they develop scenarios and actions that take up\nradically contemporary themes and questions. (LA)HORDE collaborates with communities of individuals on the margins of the mainstream\, and part of their art is also the practice of practical solidarity. They have worked with groups of seventy-year-olds\, blind performers\, smokers\, juveniles… Contrary to any form of hierarchy and cultural appropriation\, they work at eye level with the performers.\nAt the centre of their work is the body. (LA)HORDE create works from their encounters with various online communities and thus also investigates what has happened to dance since the advent of the Internet. This is a theme that (LA)HORDE is very passionate about and so they define their work as work on “post-Internet dance». \nAbout Ballet National de Marseilles\n\n	\n		\n	\n\n\nThe Ballet National de Marseille is a creation of our times\, a place of emergence of an emergence which\, since its inception\, has been charged with a very special aura. The fruit of an exception\, this structure emancipates itself from the French centrality. Roland Petit inaugurates this story\, whose various adventures and successes are a history of dance. The Ballet’s intrinsic vivacity in the direction of (LA)HORDE a regenerative form that once again imprints the identity of an ecstatic creative community. In 1972\, choreographer Roland Petit created Les Ballets de Marseille.\nHaving lost its plural form\, the Ballet National de Marseille became a Centre Chorégraphique National in 1984. The creation and dissemination of Ballet and guest artists. Firmly rooted in curiosity and openness to the world\, the BNM is also a landmark of Marseille’s architectural heritage. \nThe CCN Ballet National de Marseille – direction (LA)HORDE is supported by the DRAC Paca\, the French Ministry of Culture\, the City of Marseille and the BNP-Paribas Foundation.
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SUMMARY:Queer Caravan
DESCRIPTION:Rainbow Litfest:\n7/12 :  Gulmohar Club\, Delhi.\n\n12.40 – 1.25 pm: Panel by Hameeda Syed–  Queer Power Hierarchies: Are We Mirroring Society?\n1.30 – 2.15 pm: Panel by Douce Dibondo –  Globalisation\, decolonisation or localisation: What will work for the queer movement?\n3.10 – 4.00 pm: Queer Caravan Main performance by the 6 winners.\n\n8/12 :  Gulmohar Club\, Delhi.\n11.45 am – 12.30: Panel by Poongodi Mathiarasu and Hameeda Syed – Bhasha\, Paribhasha Aur Parinam.  \n\nPublic event in Mumbai:\n 10/12: Alliance Française Mumbai.\n\n6:30 pm – 7:30 pm: Readings and panel discussions with the public and students from AF Mumbai and Goethe-Institut.\n\n\nBangalore Literature Festival:\n14/12: Lalit Ashok Hotel\, Bangalore.\n\n2:30 pm: Panel by Kadir Özdemir – Love in all Colours.\n\n15/12: Lalit Ashok Hotel\, Bangalore.\n\n4:15 pm: Panel by Jamal Ouazzani and Zakariya Keskinkilic – “Here Come the Poets: Readings”.\n6:30 pm – 7:30 pm: Queer Caravan Main performance by the 6 laureates.\n\n\nABOUT QUEER CARAVAN\nHistorically\, caravans were vital for trades\, migrations\, and cultural exchange\, traversing vast landscapes and connecting diverse communities. They facilitated the sharing of stories\, knowledge and traditions across borders. Similarly\, Queer Caravan aims to traverse physical and metaphorical landscapes to foster cross-border connections and promote a sense of community among LGBTQIA+ writers and storytellers from underrepresented communities in India\, France and Germany. \nThe Queer Caravan is a collaborative residency program led by the Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan\, the French Institute in India\, and The Queer Muslim Project\, with support from the German-French Cultural Fund. This unique initiative brings together queer storytellers and artists from France\, Germany\, and India to amplify underrepresented LGBTQIA+ voices and foster cross-cultural dialogue. \nIt embodies a multifaceted approach to achieving these goals: it seeks to introduce emerging LGBTQIA+ writers from diverse marginalized communities to new and distinct literary-cultural landscapes while facilitating meaningful interactions between these writers and local communities. The program also supports the creation and dissemination of alternative narratives about what it means to be queer and from marginalized communities. \nARTISTSKadir Özdemir\, Germany \nKadir Özdemir is an author\, theatre maker\, and political educator. After studying Modern History and Sociology\, Kadir Özdemir has been working for over 20 years in the fields of migration\, participation\, intersectionality\, and empowerment. He is a founding member of the Postmig Writers Collective\, Prisma Queer Migrants e.V.\, and Migrationserb:innen. In 2022\, he served as a writer-in-residence for the Aachen region at the Ludwig Forum for International Art and Heinrich-Böll-Haus. In the same year\, he was selected by the Federal Academy for Cultural Education Wolfenbüttel in the field of literature. In 2023\, he implemented a literary project on the new peace movement in Japan (Hiroshima and Osaka). He has published in numerous anthologies and contributed columns. Since 2023\, he has been the director of the collecting:dreams festival. \nOzan Zakariya Keskinkılıç\, Germany \nOzan Zakariya Keskinkılıç (*1989) is a Berlin-based political scientist and award-winning poet. He studied social sciences in Vienna\, Berlin\, and Cambridge and teaches at Berlin universities. His debut poetry collection\, Prinzenbad (2022)\, earned nominations for the 2024 Heidelberg Clemens Brentano Prize and Dresden Poetry Prize. He will receive 2nd place at the Feldkirch Poetry Prize in Austria. Keskinkılıç’s work\, exploring Muslim spirituality\, memory\, and queer desire\, is published in multiple languages and featured in exhibitions at the Grassi Museum Leipzig\, Literaturpassage Vienna\, and ACUD Gallery Berlin. Known for his non-fiction on migration and anti-Muslim racism\, he merges art and academia in a futurist literary journey. \nDouce Dibondo\, France \nDouce Dibondo is an essayist\, poet\, and performer whose work explores Blackness\, queerness\, feminism\, ancestry\, and decoloniality. She challenges the Western worldview\, invoking a multidimensional\, ever-evolving present through fiction\, essays\, poetry\, and performance. Dibondo has authored two poetry collections\, métacures (2022) and infra/seum (2023)\, and the essay La Charge Raciale\, Vertige d’un silence écrasant (2024). She is also the co-founder of Extimité\, a podcast that gives voice to multi-minoritized LGBTQ+ individuals\, allowing them to share their life stories. \nJamal Ouazzani\, France \nJamal is a French-Moroccan Muslim “artivist\,” writer\, poet\, film director\, and screenwriter. After a decade in international advertising and reading extensively on gender\, race\, and feminism\, he became a DEI consultant and keynote speaker. With degrees from ESSEC Business School and La Sorbonne\, Jamal advocates for human rights\, challenging inequalities and discrimination. He created JINS Podcast (500K+ streams\, 32K+ listeners)\, which discusses feminism\, love\, sexuality\, and gender for BIPoC and Muslims. Following a residency at Villa Albertine\, he launched the third season of the podcast\, focusing on Arab and Muslim representation in media. He is also the author of LOVE\, exploring how Islam and Arab cultures can reshape our understanding of love. \nHameeda Syed\, India \n\n\n\n\nHameeda Syed (she/they) is a Shia Kashmiri journalist with over five years of experience in writing\, reporting\, and research\, focusing on gender and society. She explores justice through the lens of identity\, culture\, and power\, contributing to platforms like Third Eye Social\, Khabar Lahariya\, and the Thomas Reuters Foundation. Her work covers women’s rights\, human trafficking\, mental health\, and online misogyny. Hameeda has led gender justice programs for organizations such as Dignity in Difference and Girl Up India\, promoting digital resilience across South Asia. A recipient of multiple awards\, including a UNESCO-LiiV Center grant\, she holds a postgraduate diploma in Gender Equality Studies from the University of Iceland and advocates for empathy and co-creating a gender-just world.\n\n\n\n\nPoongodi Mathiarasu\, India \n\n\n\nPoongodi Mathiarasu is an independent artist and traveling educator with a graduate degree in Journalism and a postgraduate degree in Folklore and Cultural Studies. For over five years\, he has dedicated himself to documenting the lives of trans folk artists in rural Tamil Nadu\, collaborating with folk artists\, children\, and the queer community. His expertise includes traditional folk dances\, puppetry\, and street theatre\, and he currently works with the theatre group Fluid Space. A passionate advocate of “art for all\,” Poongodi uses his artistic practice to promote gender equality and social justice\, making a meaningful impact through his work.\n\n\n\nPARTNERS\nThe Goethe-Institut is the cultural institute of the Federal Republic of Germany with a worldwide presence. With 157 institutes in 98 countries\, it promotes the German language abroad\, fosters international cultural cooperation and conveys a comprehensive image of Germany. In India\, the Goethe-Institut is named after the German philologist and Indologist Friedrich Max Mueller\, who exemplified the spirit of Indo-German exchange. \nThe Queer Muslim Project is an award-winning cultural platform and Asia’s leading digital network for queer\, Muslim and diverse voices\, with a growing global community of over 70\,000 people. Among their flagship literature programs is Language is a Queer Thing\, an international poetry exchange program with the British Council and The Queer Writers’ Room in partnership with the International Writing Program (IWP) at the University of Iowa and the U.S. Consulate General Mumbai. In 2023\, they partnered with Netflix to launch the QueerFrames Screenwriting Lab\, an initiative to support LGBTQIA+ storytellers in South Asia with the tools\, resources and networks to tell stories that can drive lasting change.
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CATEGORIES:Books & Ideas
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SUMMARY:Discover LFID: Welcoming Prospective Parents
DESCRIPTION:The Lycée Français International de Delhi (LFID) is delighted to invite prospective parents to its upcoming Open House. This event offers an opportunity to explore the excellence of LFID’s French education program. Welcoming students from over 35 nationalities\, our school is committed to fostering academic achievement\, critical thinking\, creativity\, and global citizenship. \nEvent Details:\nDate: Tuesday\, March 25\, 2025\nTime: Doors open at 9:00 AM | Presentation begins at 9:30 AM\nVenue: Lycée Français International de Delhi\, 2 Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Road\, New Delhi\, 110011 \n\nDuring the event\, you will have the opportunity to: \n\nDiscover the French curriculum and diverse learning opportunities through a presentation by the school principal and primary school director.\nAttend a Q&A session to have your questions answered and gain insights.\nJoin a guided tour of the school to experience the campus and facilities firsthand.\n\n\nPractical Information:\n\n\nClick here to access the document outlining 10 compelling reasons why LFID is the ideal choice for your child’s education.\nFor more information\, please visit the website.\nTo confirm your attendance\, kindly register using the Registration Link.
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