Threads of Change: Textile Cultures of North East India

The IGNCA has commissioned the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad to study and document the textile traditions of the North Eastern states under the project titled, Documenting the Textile Traditions of the North Eastern States of India: A Composite Design Study of Fibres, Fabrics, Looms & Tools, Uses and Cultural Indicators. Spread over a period of four years, it is a comprehensive study of textile traditions in the North East. During the course of the project, teams comprising textile designers, historians, sociologists, photographers and videographers spent two months on field and conducted a holistic study of their traditional textiles; which included documenting fibres, fabrics, looms, tools, weaving techniques and dyeing methods, and also narratives, myth, migration stories, and unique socio-cultural practices of the indigenous communities. Documentation of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, and Nagaland was conducted in the first phase of the project while the states of Mizoram, Tripura, Manipur, and Sikkim are being documented in the second phase will be on display.This is part of the on-going collaborative project between IGNCA and NID.

In the Craft demonstrations area, weavers from all the four states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, and Nagaland will demonstrate their skills with the use of loin loom and other handlooms.

Exhibition Hall, Ground Floor, 11, Mansingh Road, New Delhi – 110 001

Time: 10.30 a.m. – 6.00 p.m.

Date: 7 – 8 January 2014 The symposium, which is a part of the ongoing documentation project, is not an end in itself but rather a milestone on a journey that seeks transformation in the North East through its craft heritage and craft opportunities. It showcases the documentation done in the first phase of the project. The NID documentation will open avenues for acts of reciprocity. This outcome of transforming implicit indigenous knowledge into explicit material will serve as a rich resource for the future generations, various stakeholders in the region, as well as the policy makers.

Time: 10.00 a.m. – 5.00 p.m.
Venue:Lecture Hall, 11 Mansingh Road, IGNCA.
(Participation in the Symposium by invitation only)

Event: – A Food festival is also being organized where the traditional cuisines from the North East region will be available.
Time: 10.30 a.m. – 6.00 p.m.
Lawns, 11 Mansingh Road, IGNCA

• Threads of Change
• The symposium

• Photographs of Seminar

The book ‘A Rebel and Her Cause: The Life and Work of Rashid Jahan’ has emerged out of the research by Rakhshanda Jalil, carried out under the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts programme on Confluence of Traditions and Composite Cultures. Dr. Rashid Jahan (1905- 1953) was a multifaceted personality: a doctor, a dedicated member of the Communist Party and one of the founding members of the Progressive Writers Movement. The aim of the project was to revisit Dr. Jahan’s legacy and its contribution to the making of India’s composite cultures. In a remarkably perceptive and richly detailed account of this pioneering woman, Rakhshanda Jalil offers the readers an unusual document: a warm and informed biography based on archival material, extensive interviews and critical commentaries together with fine translations of Rashid Jahan’s best known stories and plays.

• View PhotographsBook Launch and opening of exhibition A Rebel And Her Cause: Life and Work of Rashid Jahan (1st May 2014)

Date: Wednesday, 19th March 2014. Time: 6:30PM

Exhibition will be open 20 -31 March 2014 10:00AM to 07:00PM

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On the occasion of the silver jubilee of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, Media Centre is presenting a hindsight view of all the audio-visual equipment it has been using and the multi-disciplinary documentation it has done using them in 25 years. In the last three decades, the world of audio-visual equipment has undergone a sea change and audio-visual evolution from spool or VHS format to present digital format have had its varied signatures at different phases. IGNCA has been a witness to this audio-visual revolution. This exhibition provides a retrospective stopover to view how evolution took place in the last 25 years and how the world is negotiating towards future – in the digital sphere. Media Centre has been carrying out audio-visual research documentation, archiving them for posterity, post-production and dissemination of documentaries through DVD publication, Doordarshan transmission, film shows and outreach for scholars in Media Centre Library through audio-video viewing and listening counters.

Time: 10.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. on all days

Invitation

IGNCA Cordially invites you to the inauguration of exhibition

Press Clipping > about Exhibition Bṛhadīśvara:The Monument and the Living Tradition

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Hon’ble Ms. Dipali Khanna, Member secretary, IGNCA, felicitating Hon’ble Minister of Culture Ms. Chandresh Kumari Katoch.

Matighar,IGNCA,C.V.Mess, Janpath,New Delhi- 110 001 {Entry from Gate No. 1)

Exhibition from 7th December 2013

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• Inauguration & Release of DVD(video)
• Exhibition (video)
• Special Lecture(video)
• Brochure (pdf)
• Photographs
• Invitation of Inauguration
• Lecture
• Poster
• Details on Facebook

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• Report

Books on Ajanta and prints of Ajanta paintings from the IGNCA Collection will also be displayed. Press Update

Lecture Room, 11, Mansingh Road, IGNCA
Time: 3:00PM
Symposium 4:00PM – 06:00PM

Exhibition will remain open from 11:00AM to 05:00PM till 30 November, 2013

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• Papers
  • Prof. M K Dhavalikar
  • Prof. Suraj Avinash Pandit
• Presentation by Prof. M. K. Dhavalikar
• Handbook Information
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• Invitation

This exhibition is being held on the occasion of the International Audio Visual Heritage Day, observed by the UNESCO on 27 October. Sangeet Natak Academy, Prasar Bharati, American Institute of Indian Studies, Rupayan Sansthan, Archive of Indian Music, Naad Sagar Archives, Archive of North Indian Classical Music, School of Cultural Texts and Records, Jadavpur University and IGNCA are collaborating in the event. All the institutions will be presenting the select collections from their respective archives.

In connection to the exhibition a Symposium will be held.

Date: Monday, 28 October 2013

(Session 1) Informative: Overview of the collections of participating institutions along with an outline of the condition of the collections

(Session 2) Technical: Problems of storage, care & maintenance of collections and the related issues of digitization, access & dissemination. To request for a webcast, please click here.
Exhibition hall, 11 Man Singh Road , IGNCA

Time: 10.00 a.m. to 7.00 p.m.

Lecture Room, 11 Man Singh Road , IGNCA

Time: 10.00 a.m. to 5.30 p.m.

The event will be concluded with a performance in the amphitheater

• Poster

Inauguration on 30 September 2013, Monday 5.00 p.m.

Exhibition on from 1st October to 31st October

Chief Guest:
Honourable Minister of Culture, Smt. Chandresh Kumari Katoch
Demonstrations by Award winning artisans (2nd – 15th September 2013)

Symposium: Textile and Embroidery Traditions Across India 2nd September 2013 at 11:30AM to 4:30PM at Lecture hall

The exhibition will remain open from 2nd – 15th September 11:00AM – 7:30PM

N.B. Due to unavoidable reasons, the formal inauguration of the exhibition will take place at 1:00PM. Inconvenience is deeply regretted.

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