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PANJIM, GOA 14-18 JAN 2015
+1,00,000 ENGAGED students, youth, residents, visitors
+50 INVOLVED scientists, artists, educators, designers
+5,00,000 REACHED online, offline, national, international
ARCHIBIO ArchiBio videomapping unfolds the beauty of microscopic worlds enlarged to a giant size in the public space. ArchiBio is commissioned by Signal fes<val Prague. See Video
Andrej Boleslavský (CZ) is an artist purposing technology in the fields of new media art, interactive design, physical computing and 3D printing. His work also maintains a strong fascination with the entanglement of nature and technology.
STIMULI A cube which will become an op<cal illusion by using three Camera Obscuras to project the outsides in and using cameras on the inside and project the inside outside.
Crisologo Furtado (IN) has worked for the past 35 years in the art and educational space with theatre as a focus and currently works as a trainer for the programmes and curriculum of Tara Trust. Flora Barros (BRA) is Fascinated by different approaches to dance, Flora is interested in the fusion of different cultures and artistic expressions as well as the linkages between dance and social projects. she has had the opportunity to perform her own works in U.K., Denmark, Italy and Brazil.
MANY COLOURS
Viewers get amazed while walking through this light filled tunnel, to see their shadows magically taking on many colours.
For the past 20 years Dr. Subodh Kerkar (IN) has been experimenting with different media creating a niche for himself, especially in the field of land art and conceptual art. He has headlined exhibitions all over the globe.
ONE WORLD
ELEMENTAL Elemental is a visual voyage through the heavens explores four different theories about how the universe began, taking you on a poe<c journey accompanied by a soundtrack of live musicians and poetry readings.
Alicia Some+mes (AUS) is a writer, poet, broadcaster and musician. She was the host of3RRR’s wri<ng and spoken word show Aural Text for fourteen years and is a regular guest on ABC 774 and Radio Na<onal in Australia.
ANTARIKSHA
Antariksha Sanchar is an enchan<ng and enlightening performance on the evolu<on of flight and aircraPs. Using advanced music and stage seRngs, the performance borrows from ancient Sanskrit and Tamil literature to present a nuanced story of the celes<al beings and flying machines of yore.
Jayalakshmi Eshwar (IN) An Interna<onally acclaimed Bharatanatyam exponent of par-‐excellence, an excellent Performer, Choreographer, Teacher and an Author with an experience of more than 5 decades of dance being a leading Bharatanatyam dancer of her genera<on.
SANCHAR
BIG BANG! Flames bring their own fiery interpreta<on of the forma<on of our universe, the appearance of light, using their art form fire spinning and fire juggling.
Flames (IN) is a group of Teenager prac<<oners of fire spinning and fire juggling from Auroville.
LIGHT AS A
This installa<on highlights the use of the sun’s energy. The ar<sts with children and adults will produce a cyanotype, aiming to stretch to 1 km in length and enter into the Guinness Book of Records
Jaden Hastings’ (UK) work is exhibited at public-facing venues such as the Science Museum in London and the London Science Center. Melanie King’s (UK) work has been exhibited widely, including the Edinburgh Science Festival and Manchester Science Festival. Abhiyan Humane (IN) studies online behavior, with a focus on social networks and digital platforms. He is a faculty at the Srishti School of Art, Design & Technology.
CURATOR
RAINBOW HUT Tsuneo Sekiguchi is going to use music, ar<s<c tools and the energy of the colours generated inside the Rainbow-‐hut to carry out a research on how body and mind are affected by light and colours.
Tsuneo Sekiguchi (JP) has been crea<ng rainbow-‐huts with different size, shape and materials for more than 20 years and has been invited to expose his installa<ons in some of the most important Japanese art events.
SOLARGRAPHY Anurag’s workshop will put Goa on the world’s Solargraphy map, a photographic method for recording the paths of the Sun combining the art of pinhole photography and space photography. The geography and varied topography of Goa will add to the ar<s<c elements.
Anurag Sharma (IN) is a photographer whose work primarily revolves around the ‘City and its ecological systems’. His recent works include ‘Project 365’, documen<ng ancient culture and contemporary Tamil lifestyle; ‘Merge/Submerge’, an exhibi<on organized by Art Konsult, Delhi; ‘Parallel Ci<es’, an exhibi<on organized by Pro Helve<a – Swiss Art Council at Max Muller Bhawan.
BEYOND EDUCATION, LSE CITIES WILL CONDUCT A PANEL DISCUSSION AMONG LOCAL AUTHORITIES, URBAN PLANNERS AND LIGHTING COMPANIES TO UNDERSTAND BETTER LIGHTING IN PUBLIC SPACES OF GOA.
HOW CAN YOU
CONTRIBUTE?
Jaya Ramchandani Fes+val Director Astronomy and Physics Public Outreach Projects (Netherlands, Timor Leste)
Nash Paul Dsouza Chief Design & Execu+on Gold Abby and Unilever Global Benchmark for work on Sunsilk
Tanushri Shukla Digital Strategy & Content Digital Consultant for New York Based Startup Group
Shazeb Sheikh Ar+st Curator & Partnerships Art Director at Grey Worldwide and Maverick Curator by GQ
Lucia MarcheU IYL CommiVee Member Research Fellow, Royal Astronomical Society, UK Post Doctoral Research Associate, Open University
Pedro Russo Science Curator & Partnerships Interna<onal Astronomical Union Commikee Chair
SOL CORE TEAM
www.thestoryoflight.org [email protected]