Shot on location Featuring a collection of images shot without any specific purpose, Double Exposure, the ongoing exhibition of photographs by Dr Gautam Basu and Suvomoy Mitra, is the result of the travels by the duo, either together or separately. An interesting aspect of the show is that a subject has often been shot from literally two very different points of view, offering disparate perspectives of the same idea. Nevertheless, all the images are direct representations of whatever the photographers actually saw. Not a single one has been digitally modified to suit aesthetic ends; each is pure, fresh and deeply meaningful. Offering double visions, parallel sights, differing inclinations and complementary styles, the works generate enough confusion and easy fun to the most casual observer. Event: An exhibition of photographs by Dr Gautam Basu and Suvomoy Mitra When: Till February 14; 4 pm - 8 pm Where: Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 2nd floor

ART

Till February 12 at Studio 21, 17L Dover Terrace, #2486 6735; 11 am - 7 pm: The Other Vision — works by Sambaran Das, Goutam Khamaru and Anup Mondal. Till February 12 at Indian Museum; 11 am - 5 pm: An exhibition on Life and Religion of the Buddha as reflected in Indian Art. Till February 12 at The Halo Heritage Art Gallery, 26 Ritchie Road; 3 pm - 8 pm: Passages, an exhibition of paintings by Sunil Chandra Pal. February 12 at Akar Prakar, P 238 Hindustan Park, #2464 2617; 6.30 pm: Preview of a show of work by Akhilesh. Eminent artist S.H. Raza will grace the occasion. The show will continue till February 27, except Sundays, between 2 pm and 7 pm Till February 13 at Galerie 88, 28B Shakespeare Sarani, #2290 2274; 11 am - 7 pm: Search Within — an exhibition of the works of Benitha Perciyal K., Dimpy Menon, Parvathi Nayar, Prasannakumar N. and Siva M. Till February 13 at Masters Collection Art Gallery, G7 Malayalay Building, 3 Woodburn Park: A group show featuring works by Sunil Shaw, Tanuva Adhikari, Kangkan Barman, Gouri Rakshit, Prasenjit Nath, Prasenjit Shaw, Devasis Mukherjee and Susmita Saha. Till February 14 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 4 pm - 8 pm: Spectrum Artists’ Circle presents its 35th group show of recent paintings and sculptures. Till February 15 at Chemould Art Gallery, 12F Park Street; 2 pm - 7 pm: Eighth solo exhibition of paintings by Subhendu Das. Till February 17 at Academy of Fine Arts, North & West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Relation Next, the solo show of Sanatan Dinda. Till February 20 (except Sunday) at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road; 11 am - 8 pm: Phir Wohi Doodh — an exhibition of the works of A. Rajeswara Rao. Till February 21 at Emami Chisel Art Pvt. Ltd, 687 Anandapur, EM Bypass; 10 am - 7 pm: One World Family, an exhibition of recent paintings by Tinku Das. A part of the sale proceeds will be donated to Art of Living Foundation. Till February 27 (Sundays by appointment) at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road, #65508418; 10.30 am - 6.30 pm: The Rapture of Form —an exhibition of paintings by Suhas Roy, Prakash Karmakar, Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Aditya Basak, Bratin Khan, Gourango Beshai, Sibsaday Chaudhuri, Subrata Pal, Subrata Das, Samir Paul, Sukanta Das and others. Till February 27 (except Sundays) at Experimenter, 2/1 Hindusthan Road, #4001 2289 / 2463 0465; 2 pm - 7 pm: Experimenter presents Sisyphus Effect featuring work by Sanchayan Ghosh. Till February 28 (except Mondays) at Ahuja Museum for the Arts, 26 Lee Road, #40034974; 12 noon - 7 pm: Young Indian Artists-I — an exhibition of paintings from the Museum’s collection. Till March 20 (except Sundays & national holidays) at The Harrington Street Art Centre, 8 Ho Chi Minh Sarani, #2282 9220; 12 noon - 8 pm: Stains on my Chintz — featuring works by Archana Hande, Lavanya Mani, Paula Sengupta, Joscelyn Gardner, Michele Elliot and Teresa Cole. Curated by Dr Paula Sengupta.

DRAMA

February 12 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Kalindi Natyasrijan presents two short plays: Bikalpo and Indian Legion. Direction: Bilwadal Chattopadhyay. February 12 - 18 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: 5th Durgadas Natyotsav, organised by Durgadas Smriti Sangha. Today: Sayak will stage Jnan Briksher Fall. Direction: Meghnad Bhattacharya. Till February 13 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6.30 pm: Anamika Kala Sangam presents a festival of plays produced by Akvarious Productions, Mumbai. Today: Afsaneh Bai Se Biscope Tak (in Hindi), a Purva Naresh’s play directed by Akarsh Khurana. February 12 at Tapan Theatre; 6.30 pm: Natya- Anan presents Abbulish. Dir: Chandan Sen. February 12 at Girish Mancha; 6.45 pm: Rang Roop presents Byaram Biram. Direction: Seema Mukhopadhyay.

PERFORMING ARTS

Till February 13 at Rabindra Sadan: West Bengal Dance Group Federation hosts Stars of Tomorrow, a festival of young talents in dance. Today, 5.45 pm: Samrat Dutta (Bharata Natyam), Swagata Banerjee (Odissi), Barnali Ghosal & Amit Chowdhury (Bharata Natyam), and Sreemoyee Khasnabis (Kathak). February 12 at Plush, The Astor Hotel; 10 pm: Celebration of Valentine’s Day with musical mastero dup DJ Leon Russell and DJ Doktor Daniel. February 13 at Kala Mandir; 6 pm: Springs of Love — a Valentine’s Day celebration based on Hindusthani classical music and dance.Concept: Sounak Chattopadhyay. Participants: Purbayan Chatterjee (sitar), Jaya Seal Ghosh (dance) and Sounak Chattopadhyay (vocal) accompanied by Anubrata Chatterjee and Subhajyoti Guha (tabla) and Rupashree Bhattacharya (harmonium). Presented by Chinton. February 13 at Science City auditorium; 6.15 pm: Inner Voyage Communication presents the trio: Birju Maharaj (dance), Hariharan (ghazal & thumri) and Swapan Choudhury (tabla). February 14 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6 pm: Bishwabhara Pran presents an evening of Tagore song and reading in solos and chorus by Anuradha Bala, Gouri Ghosh, Gopa Roy, Jonaki Choudhury, Trishit Choudhury, Partha Ghosh, Pradip Sarkar, Mita Ghosh, Shamit Roy and Sumana Bhattacharya. Also, solo recital of Tagore songs by Aditi Mohsin, Shraboni Sen and Subrata Sengupta, and felicitation to Sumitra Sen.

PHOTOGRAPHY

Till February 14 at Seagull Arts & Media Resource Centre, 36C SP Mukherjee Road, #2455 6942; 2 pm - 8 pm: Gallery Sumukha & Seagull Foundation for the Arts present Disappearing Professions in Urban India, an exhibition of photographs by Clare Arni. Till March 5 (except Mondays & public holidays) at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 3 pm - 8 pm: East City — Kolkata Before the Campaign, an exhibition of photographs by Leena Kejriwal.

TALK / SEMINAR

February 12 at Taj Bengal; 9.30 am: Assocham, in association with ICSI (EIRC), hosts a conference on GST - Roadmap to 2010. February 12 at Seminar Hall-1, GNIT Campus, 157/F Nilgunj Road, Sodepur; 2 pm: Gurunanak Institute of Technology, under the JIS Group, is organising a seminar on Valedictory Function of Wipro Mission 10X. February 12 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra; 6.30 pm: Madhabi Mukherjee will speak on Sri Ramakrishna O Shivageeti.

BOOK LAUNCH

February 12 at Thema, 46 Satish Mukherjee Road, # 65457160 / 99038 80220; 6.30 pm: On the occasion of the publication of Sangeetsurya Ustad Amir Khan: Jeebankatha, Sangeetkeerti O Bandishsangraha (Sangeetsurya Ustad Amir Khan: Life, Music and Complete Bandishes) Meena Bandyopadhyay’s Bengali translation of the Hindi original by Tejpal Singh and Prerna Arora, a talk by Amiya Ranjan Bandyopadhyay, will be followed by playing of rare records of the maestro’s performance from the collection of Amlan Das Gupta and screening of a documentary on Ustad Amir Khan. Also, special display of related titles on music.

CONVOCATION

February 12 at Mahajati Sadan; 5 pm: The 33rd annual convocation of Sarbabharatiya Sangeet-O-Sanskriti Parishad.

EXHIBITION

Till February 13 at 8/2 Loudon Street, 2nd floor Loudon Manor, #2281 1524: Earthy Myths’ exhibition of indigo art in kurtas, westerns and saris. Till February 15 at Darbari, P-249 Purna Das Road, #2464 4027: An exhibition of hand-embroidered, printed and woven ladies and men’s wear from across the country. Till February 15 at Pumpkin Patch, South City Mall, Shop # S-210 (2nd floor); 11 am - 8 pm: A wide range of fashionable children’s wear.

AUDIO-VISUAL

February 12 at Calcutta School of Music; 6.30 pm: Andre Rieu - Live in Australia: The showman violinist with the Johann Strauss Orchestra, Imperial Ballet of Vienna and others. A Bonus Friday programme by Thiri PoSaw.

VARIETY

Till February 14 at Amoda Spa Bar; 10 am - 8 pm: Mystical Moments: A day-long event with the following aspects: crystal-ball gazing, graphology (sign analysis) & tarot-card reading and love barometer.

REUNION

February 14 at Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, Belur Math; 7 am onwards: The day-long celebration of 21st Triennial Reunion Ceremony for the ex-students of Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, Belur Math.All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to: Time out, The Telegraph, 6 Prafulla Sarkar Street, Calcutta-700 001; Fax: 2234-8244

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All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to:

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Fax: 2234-8244