From mitoo at sarai.net Wed Mar 3 11:12:47 2010 From: mitoo at sarai.net (Mitoo Das) Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:12:47 +0530 Subject: [Announcements] Pirate Modernity: Book Discussion Message-ID: <4B8DF6D7.2040107@sarai.net> We invite you to a book discussion of Ravi Sundaram's *Pirate Modernity: Delhi's Media Urbanism, Routledge, London and Delhi. 2010 * *Venue: *CSDS, Seminar Room* Location: *29 Rajpur Road* Date:*Wednesday, March 10th, 2010.* Time: *5pm* * *Discussants *Lawrence Liang Awadhendra Sharan* *Nivedita Menon *Refreshments will follow the discussion* --- Using Delhi's contemporary history as a site for reflection, Pirate Modernity moves from a detailed discussion of the technocratic design of the city by US planners in the 1950s, to the massive expansions after 1977, culminating in the urban crisis of the 1990s. As a practice, pirate modernity is an illicit form of urban globalisation in cities where low cost technologies are accessed by residents. Urban populations increasingly inhabit non-legal spheres: unauthorized neighbourhoods, squatter camps and bypass legal technological infrastructures (media, electricity). This pirate culture produces a significant enabling resource for subaltern populations unable to enter the legal city. Equally, this is an unstable world, bringing subaltern populations into the harsh glare of permanent technological visibility, and attacks by urban elites, courts and visceral media industries. The book examines contemporary Delhi from some of these sites: the unmaking of the citys modernist planning design, new technological urban networks that bypass states and corporations, and the tragic experience of the road accident terrifyingly enhanced by technological culture. Pirate Modernity moves between past and present, along with debates in Asia, Africa and Latin America on urbanism, media culture, and everyday life. The book suggests cities have to be revisited afresh after proliferating media culture. *To order the South Asia edition, visit the Scholars without Borders on-line bookstore: * http://www.scholarswithoutborders.in/item_show.php?code_no=CUL107&ID=undefined&calcStr = *The book is also available in bookstores in India. The international paperback is due this summer. --* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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It also supplied technical expertise, personnel, and capital vital to the new industry. This paper considers another aspect of the Parsi theatre connection: the stylized structures of language, thought, and feeling associated with the Urdu language. Beginning with the popular pageant, the Indar Sabha, Parsi theatrical companies embraced the poetics of the Urdu ghazal with its declarations of ishq (passion) and recurring radifs (refrains). Why did Urdu win out over English and Gujarati as the dominant language of the then Bombay-based theatre? The analysis traces the contribution of Urdu munshis (playwrights), who together with their more illustrious actor-manager employers, co-created a distinctive Parsi-Urdu theatrical style. The performance of Urdu poetry together with Hindustani music and dance is seen as enhancing the literary appeal and musicality of new dramas, imparting a commercial advantage. Moreover, changes in playhouse design and the conventions of melodrama called for a forceful, rhythmic style of delivery, for which actors trained in Urdu were well-suited. The paper includes a case study of Agha Hashr Kashmiri, author of countless dramas and screeplays, focusing on his historical allegory, Yahudi ki Larki. A clip from the 1955 film version will be shown to illustrate the histrionic style of the great actor, Sohrab Modi. ------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/announcements/attachments/20100309/446060b0/attachment.html From turbulence at turbulence.org Tue Mar 9 04:11:35 2010 From: turbulence at turbulence.org (Turbulence) Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 17:41:35 -0500 Subject: [Announcements] Turbulence Commission: "I'm Not Stalking You; I'm Socializing: Black & White" by Liz Filardi Message-ID: <0C1DF3AA-D2F8-4F73-A0EA-7F600F231AC3@turbulence.org> March 8, 2010 Turbulence Commission: "I'm Not Stalking You; I'm Socializing: Black & White" by Liz Filardi http://turbulence.org/works/stalkingsocial/blacknwhite One of the original cases of criminal stalking in America is retold within the framework of a social network called "Black & White", which consists of two mirrored profiles, those of Laura Black and Richard Farley. The website extrapolates on the tongue-and-cheek usage of the term "stalking" to describe the accepted social protocol, a far cry from the original behavior that, in this case, lead to a massacre at a booming Silicon Valley company in 1988. This project points to new and different levels of trust, privacy and social order in our networked society, tells the story behind the first Anti-Stalking Law passed in California in 1991 in the language and structure of networks, and tragically binds together two tormented Americans, once at opposite ends of an ineffective restraining order. BIOGRAPHY Liz Filardi received an MFA in Design and Technology from The New School, where she also worked as teaching assistant to Ken Wark and Orit Halpern. In 2008, she was nominated for the William Randolph Hearst Scholarship for "Truth Recruit", a performance in which she visited a Bronx high school dressed as a military recruiter. Her performance video, "Viral Conversations" is currently on display with Iraqi Memorial at Sheppard Gallery in Reno, Nevada. Based in New York, Liz is a production manager and web designer at Kickstand Animation, Research and Design and has interned at Rhizome, Eyebeam and Rocketboom. Jo-Anne Green Co-Director New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc. 917.548.7780 or 617.522.3856 Turbulence: http://turbulence.org Networked_Performance: http://turbulence.org/blog Networked_Music_Review: http://turbulence.org/networked_music_review Networked: http://networkedbook.org New American Radio: http://somewhere.org Upgrade! Boston: http://turbulence.org/upgrade_boston -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/announcements/attachments/20100308/e0dc30d5/attachment-0001.html From logos.theword at gmail.com Wed Mar 10 21:06:31 2010 From: logos.theword at gmail.com (Logos Theatre) Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:06:31 +0530 Subject: [Announcements] Fwd: Angels With Dirty faces In-Reply-To: <9c17c0ca1003100735m5c5851cbp78e0c23b09623e35@mail.gmail.com> References: <1a5555b1003072329o13d3cf34jf5bec8cd2924f62e@mail.gmail.com> <1a5555b1003072335m2b21c6e8h3fa25ca94ca6f0b8@mail.gmail.com> <9c17c0ca1003100735m5c5851cbp78e0c23b09623e35@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <33bc2ee61003100736x58b5d1dfs75fd26bb7558c430@mail.gmail.com> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jamghat Ventures Date: 8 March 2010 13:05 Subject: Angels With Dirty faces To: arka.mukhopadhyay at gmail.com Dear all, How many of us turn our faces away from little kids begging on the streets and at times also think ‘Wish, something could be done to help them’. This is your time to encourage them do better things in life ! The street children of Delhi will be performing a hip hop adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic ‘Oliver Twist’ entwined with Shakespeare’s love story ‘Romeo and Juliet’. All ticket donations will be invested back into the Jamghat children who are the budding actors of the show. Ticket Prices: Bronze seats (side view) – Rs 500 Silver seats (ok view) – Rs 750 Gold seats (great view- central) – Rs 1000 Going Solo has for the past year collaborated with Jamghat, a registered NGO that offers opportunities for street children and society to come together and make a positive change in each other’s lives. Jamghat provides an opportunity for children to leave the streets, be educated and receive vocational training while sharing their stories with volunteers. These volunteers come to offer guidance, care and organize empowering workshops for the children. Going Solo & Jamghat are proud to present this spectacular performance and we look forward to seeing you there Date: 13th & 14th March 2010 Time: 7.00pm - 9.00pm Venue: Akshara Theatre, Baba Kharak Singh Marg New Delhi, 110001 For tickets call: 099 5333 4086 or 097 1126 3211 Do also inform your friends/family/colleagues etc and please forward this flyer and help us spread the word. *Help us, to help them, so that they can help themselves!* Manisha Ashra Going Solo - From the streets to the stage! Website: www.goingsolo.org.uk E-mail: manisha at goingsolo.org.uk Delhi: +91 9953 334086 London: +44 7894 559344 -- Amit Sinha I Director I Jamghat - A Group of Street Children I 011 - 29522112 I www.jamghat.in -- Amit Sinha I Director I Jamghat - A Group of Street Children I 011 - 29522112 I www.jamghat.in -- Logos Theatre In the beginning was the word No. 126, 3rd Main Road, Jayamahal Extension, Bangalore 560046 -------------------------------------------------------- If it be now, 'tis not to come; if it be not to come, it will be now; if it be not now, yet it will come: the readiness is all. Since no man has aught of what he leaves, what is't to leave betimes? Let be. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/announcements/attachments/20100310/5bb6138a/attachment-0001.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Angels with Dirty Faces Flyer.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 125576 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/announcements/attachments/20100310/5bb6138a/attachment-0001.jpg From logos.theword at gmail.com Thu Mar 11 19:55:41 2010 From: logos.theword at gmail.com (Logos Theatre) Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:55:41 +0530 Subject: [Announcements] Embodying Shakespeare's Voice In-Reply-To: <9c17c0ca1003110621w2fe937aflcb29fa88e7959835@mail.gmail.com> References: <9c17c0ca1003050948q50e6d688yc5e866646bf4618f@mail.gmail.com> <9c17c0ca1003052119g254c518aheffdb90b6df815c7@mail.gmail.com> <9c17c0ca1003070226s3d24d7bftac90c05640e4656c@mail.gmail.com> <9c17c0ca1003070329w2c3fbbe6m8bb2bdb6618a46df@mail.gmail.com> <9c17c0ca1003070333h5e9a558kdc22267d3d64d4bb@mail.gmail.com> <9c17c0ca1003110621w2fe937aflcb29fa88e7959835@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <33bc2ee61003110625o5d634f99hae39a725437e76ca@mail.gmail.com> 'Embodying Shakespeare's Voice' is a workshop for professional actors, dancers interested in voice, and teachers. The focus of the workshop will be on performing shakespeare 'from the body' - rather than character analysis, participants will work from the rhythms of the body. The emotional and spiritual foundation will be laid through meditation and breath focus, on which a vocabulary of movement will be built. All of this is based integrally on the belief that the voice is not something intellectual or merely technical, but is completely grounded in the body and spirit. Through the work on voice and movement, individual, partner manipulation and the whole group, participants will explore the navarasaas through Shakespeare's text, and vice versa. They will thus bring together rhythm, eye focus, body, and spiritual oneness into a complete immersion, breathing out the the inner melody of the text and the truth of the individual persona's universe at that moment, in the process both hiding and revealing their deepest selves. The workshop will be open to performers, preferably with some background in movement and some exposure to Shakespeare, or a keen interest in performing Shakespeare. It is also open to teachers. About the facilitator: Arka Mukhopadhyay is a poet and theatre practitioner. He was the recipient of the TFA Creative Writing Award, 2008; and is an Inlaks India Theatre Awards grant recipient for 2010. He has performed Shakespeare both in India and abroad, and has worked on this texts with both children and adults, both from urban and rural, as well as mainstream and underprivileged backgrounds, in a number of different languages. The workshop will be between the 22nd and 28th, from 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM. Venue : E 597, GK II, New Delhi The fee will be 2000/- For more information, e-mail arka.mukhopadhyay at gmail.com, or call 9311689319. Warmth and peace, Arka -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/announcements/attachments/20100311/3175b2cb/attachment.html From filmfestival at film-sharing.net Fri Mar 12 04:05:13 2010 From: filmfestival at film-sharing.net (NoBudget VideoFilmfestival) Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:35:13 +0100 Subject: [Announcements] Last Call for Entries Message-ID: <4B997021.7000303@film-sharing.net> LAST CALL FOR ENTRIES 2010 ! +++please forward+++ http://www.film-sharing.net/ 7th film sharing International Low & No Budget VideoFilmfestival Stuttgart/Heilbronn/Mainz, Germany & Tour 10 Deadline: 1st of April 2010 WE are looking for: ++ your old and new short films/ videos ++ short films and videos for the category "When push comes to shove..." The film sharing filmfestival is an unique alternative film festival with programme and open screenings. All entries, under the stipulated 15 minutes, will be screened providing an opportunity for the interested public beyond the internet. Send us your short films! There are no restrictions or censorship regarding theme, narrative or issue. Whether brand new or dusty old, we warmly welcome all entries. The Festival will take place in Stuttgart, Vienna, Heilbronn and later on tour in selected independent cinemas. The entry form & more information can be found on http://www.film-sharing.net Be quick and send us your works! a.s.a.p.- We are starting regular and public previewing events in early 2010. We believe the general public should see most of the entered films/videos before the actual festival starts. Deadline 1st of April 2010 http://www.film-sharing.net The film sharing festival is curated and organized by Ingo Klopfer and Albert Beckmann From mitoo at sarai.net Thu Mar 25 15:42:55 2010 From: mitoo at sarai.net (Mitoo Das) Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 15:42:55 +0530 Subject: [Announcements] Invite for cycle rickshaw and handcart pullers rally 29 March 2010 Message-ID: <4BAB3727.1080903@sarai.net> Manushi Sangathan invites you to come and express solidarity with and make a personal statement of support for the cycle rickshaw, trolley rickshaw pliers and hand cart pullers at a first of its kind rally being organized on March 29, 2010 to celebrate and demand the speedy implementation of the historic Order of the Delhi High Court passed on 10th February, 2010 striking down the existing exploitative cycle rickshaw policy as unconstitutional. The event is being organized in collaboration with Kalyankari Cycle Theli Samiti and Haath Thela Mazdoor Union. The rally will start at 11 a.m. on March 29 from Parade Ground, Red Fort and conclude at Mahatma Gandhi’s Samadhi at Rajghat. From there a delegation will go and present a Memorandum on behalf of cycle rickshaw and hand cart puller to the Chief Secretary Delhi Govt, Mr Rakesh Mehta and to MCD Commissioner, Mr Mehra. Several eminent citizens have agreed to flag off and lead a procession of cycle rickshaws and hand pulled carts tied together in a single file to claim legitimate road space for non motorized vehicles. The single file of rickshaws will ensure that we do not cause any obstruction for regular traffic. The above mentioned High Court Order was passed after lengthy hearings by a full constitutional Bench of the Delhi High Court in a petition filed by Manushi Sangathan in 2007. The bench comprised of three of the finest judges of India--Justice Ravindra Bhat, Justice S. Murlidhar and the recently retired Chief Justice AP Shah of the Delhi High Court —one of the most learned, fair minded and compassionate legal luminaries of India. The High Court directed the Chief Secretary of Delhi Govt to constitute a special Task Force “to review all aspects pertaining to traffic flow, registration of vehicles, restrictions in respect of vehicular movement (of all classes of vehicles – heavy, light, private, non-motorized,) and make such recommendations, as would promote the objectives of ensuring equitable access to all kinds of vehicles, minimizing harmful impact on the environment, smoothening the flow of traffic, and at the same time accommodate the concerns of all interests.” We are particularly happy that the High Court will be monitoring the workings of the Task Force on a monthly basis on the 2nd Wednesday of each month to ensure that the Task Force actually evolves a more a rational, non discriminatory policy to include cycle rickshaws and other Non Motorized Vehicles as an integral part of Delhi's transport system. Our Demands * As per the orders of Delhi High Court, the discriminatory and highly exploitative License Quota Raid Raj imposed on cycle rickshaw sector be dismantled and licenses be available on demand as for other motorized vehicles. * The new cycle rickshaw policy proposed by Manushi and under consideration of the Expert Committee of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi should be approved and implemented speedily. * Separate tracks for Non Motorized Vehicles be created as per the mandate of the Delhi Master Plan. * Cycle Rickshaws, hand carts and other NMVs be treated as an integral part of Delhi’s transport system and their use encouraged, especially considering that they are eco friendly since they do not consume carbon fuels and do not cause air or noise pollution. * Authorized cycle rickshaw stands should be provided all over the city so that pullers are not unduly harassed and beaten up by the Traffic Police on the absurd charge of causing obstruction and being “encroachers” on public land. * End to arbitrary penalties, extortionist bribes, harassment of pullers, end to confiscation and destruction of cycle rickshaws and hand carts by the police and municipal authorities.The Task Force should expeditiously evolve and submit a non discriminatory, realistic traffic management regime with provisions for an empowered implementation authority for approval of the Hon’ble High Court. Manushi’s fight for dismantling the License Quota Raid Raj for cycle rickshaws and hand cart pullers is part of a larger Bottom up Agenda of Economic Reforms. We hope you will not only join us for the Rally on March 29 at 11 a.m. but also do your bit to press upon city authorities to provide due recognition to and road space for non motorized eco friendly vehicles. For more details of Manushi's 16 year long battle on behalf of cycle rickshaw pullers and the policy reforms recommended by Manushi, we invite you to visit our website www.manushi.in We would appreciate a line confirming your participation. Look forward to your joining us on the 29th. Sincerely, Madhu Kishwar Madhu Purnima Kishwar Editor, Manushi Journal, Founder, Manushi Sangathan Tel: 011 23978851, 23916437. Manushi website: www.manushi.in Madhu Kishwar blog at www.madhukishwar.in From turbulence at turbulence.org Sat Mar 27 21:53:15 2010 From: turbulence at turbulence.org (Turbulence) Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2010 12:23:15 -0400 Subject: [Announcements] Open Call for Participation: Upgrade International 2010, Sao Paulo Message-ID: <05BC5326-9996-4FD6-BE3E-DA3F7097BCF6@turbulence.org> Upgrade International 2010: Soft Borders http://www.softborders.art.br/ October 18-21, 2010 Sao Paulo, Brazil Open Call for Participation — Deadline: April 30, 2010 We invite proposals of papers, posters and workshops for Soft Borders – the 4th Upgrade! International Conference & Festival on New Media Art, that will take place in Sao Paulo, Brazil, from October 18-21, 2010. Information about submitting proposals and the event can be found online at the official conference website: http:// www.softborders.art.br/ A brief summary is required for the selection process. This should be submitted electronically via the online submission system, by April 30, 2010. You will be asked to create an account within the system before uploading your summary. Jo-Anne Green Co-Director New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc. 917.548.7780 or 617.522.3856 Turbulence: http://turbulence.org Networked_Performance: http://turbulence.org/blog Networked_Music_Review: http://turbulence.org/networked_music_review Networked: http://networkedbook.org New American Radio: http://somewhere.org Upgrade! Boston: http://turbulence.org/upgrade_boston -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/announcements/attachments/20100327/b3acc225/attachment.html