Redefining terror An artists’ initiative, Khoj Kolkata was founded four years ago to provide an alternative platform for active debate and participatory experimentation in art. Currently, it has focused on joining hands with mainstream platforms of art practice and projection to address the issue of terror. Art Against Terrorism, its series of ongoing art shows, condemns terror and seeks to redefine the concept of terrorism within the limits of our daily lives. The main thrust of this creative enterprise is to find and establish new meanings for terror, in terms of its palpable, alarming and horrifying presence in the life of the common man. Confusing and at times incomprehensible as the issue may be, the eight artists, participating in this show, attempt to ‘understand’ the ugly, monstrous face of terror through projects that include photography, video, animation, sculptural arrangements, graphic novels and community art projects. Participants: Srikanta Paul, Chhatrapati Dutta, Sanjeet Chowdhury, Tamal Mitra, Abhijit Gupta, Saikat Surai, Dipyaman Kar and Paula Sengupta. Supported by Chisel Crafts. Event: An exhibition of art works against terrorism When: Till April 21; 2 pm - 7 pm Where: Aakriti Art Gallery, 1st floor, 12/3A Hungerford Street

Art

April 20 - May 2 at G.C. Laha Centenary Fine Arts Gallery, 7 Chittaranjan Avenue, #6521 6931; 2 pm - 7 pm: The 4th annual exhibition of painting, graphic and sculpture. Inauguration today at 6 pm. Till April 23 at Chemould Art Gallery, 12F Park Street; 2 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Tanmoy Roychowdhury, Arun Kumar Mondal, Prabal Roy, Dipankar Biswas and Mohini Biswas. Till April 24 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Recent paintings by Munmun Das. Till April 24 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South ‘A’ Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Relation — a group exhibition of paintings by Madhab Das, Jayasree Banerjee, Swapna Basu, Prasanta Khatua, Prabir Pandit, Romania Chatterjee, Baisakhi Sadhukhan Saha and Somnath Mazumder. Till April 25 at Artists Circle Gallery, 46 Circus Avenue, #2283 3176; 3 pm - 8 pm: Parampara — an exhibition of recent works by Anita Roy Chowdhury and Subhendu Sarkar. Till April 30 at Art Walk, South City Mall; 12 noon - 8 pm: ...and Nature — an exhibition of recent watercolours and mixed media works by Suman Kabiraj. Till April 30 (except Sunday) at Ganges Art Gallery, 33A Jatin Das Road, #2465 3212; 11 am - 7 pm: Rokeya Sultana: Mixed Media and Gouache. Till April 30 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road, #65508418; 10.30 am - 7 pm: The Rhythm of Colour — works by Subrata Gangopadhyay, Suhas Roy, Prakash Karmakar, Shyamal Mukherjee, Samir Paul, Bratin Khan, Sanatan Dinda, Gourango Beshai, Sibsaday Chaudhuri, Atin Basak and others. Till April 30 at Genesis Art Gallery, 8B Middleton Street; 2 pm - 7 pm: Connoisseurs’ Choice — an exhibition of paintings by Arpan Bhowmik, Arunabha Karmakar, Bratin Khan, Dewashish Das, Hari Sadhan Dey, Partha Pratim Deb, Sanatan Dinda, Shyamal Mukherjee, Subhendu Porel, Subrata Das, Suchismita Sahoo, Suhas Roy, Sukanta Das, Sutapa Khan and sculptures by Banasri Khan. Till May 2 at Galerie Karma, P-505 Keyatala Road, #2463 6731/2: Destiny — an exhibition of recent drawings and paintings by Basudeb Pal Majumdar. Till May 20 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road; 2 pm - 8 pm: The Seagull Foundation for the Arts presents Somnath Hore: Bronzes, Drawings, Watercolours — an exhibition of the works of Somnath Hore. Till May 25 at The Halo Heritage Art Gallery, 26 Ritchie Road, #9830050568; 3 pm - 8 pm: Heritage Happenings — an exhibition of sketches and watercolours by Samir Biswas.

DRAMA

April 20 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Pratikriti presents Padma Nadir Majhi. Drama & direction: Aalok Deb. April 24 at Academy of Fine Arts, April 25 at Madhusudan Mancha & April 26 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Nandikar’s presents its latest production, Ajnatobass, directed by Sumanta Gangopadhyay. Story: Sukanta Gangopadhyay. The cast includes Sohini Sengupta, Sumana Mukherjee, Swatilekha Sengupta, Sumanta Gangopadhyay, Swajan Srijan Mukherjee and Rudraprasad Sengupta. Directorial adviser: Rudraprasad Sengupta. April 26 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Natadha will stage its latest production, Shakuntala. Drama & direction: Shib Mukhopadhyay. April 26 at Girish Mancha; 10 am & 2.30 pm: Nandikar’s Children Theatre: At 10 am: Aahare Shaisab (Dir: Parthapratim Deb) and Satyi Rajputra (Dir: Sohini Sengupta). At 2.30 pm: Batasmamar Galpo (Dir: Anirban Roychowdhury) and Indian Idol (Dir: Debshankar Halder). April 26 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Sundaram will stage Galpo Hekim Saheb. Drama, direction & acting: Manoj Mitra.

PERFORMING ARTS

April 20 at Outram Club; 7 pm: Padatik Dance Centre presents Vividha, a show of Kathak with Fusion. Performers: Souvik Chakraborty, Ritusri Chowdhuri, Suman Saha, Payel Mullik, Subhas Bera, Anirban Pramanik, Poulami Bose and Sushmita Chatterjee. Items include Abahan, Swachhand, Rhythm Scape, Shrishri and Sufi Experience. Choreographed by Chetna Jalan.

POETRY READING

April 20 at Seagull Bookstore, 31A S.P. Mukherjee Road, near Indira cinema hall; 6.30 pm: Seagull Foundation for the Arts and Seagull Bookstore present an evening of poetry reading. Amiya Deb, Samik Bandopadhyay and Chinmay Guha will read poems in English and French and their translations into Bengali by Jibanananda Das, Sudhindranath Dutta, Buddhadeva Bose, Bishnu De and Arun Mitra.

SEMINAR

Till April 22 at Bangla Academy; 6 pm: Seminar organised by the state government’s department of information & cultural affairs as part of the ongoing Bangla Sangeet Mela. Today: Sanjoy Mukherjee will speak on Chalachitrey Tapan Sinhar Sangeet Bhavna.

TALK

April 20 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 5.30 pm: Sitanath Goswami will speak in Bengali on Panchadashi. April 20 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 6 pm: Swami Arunatmananda will speak on Mayer Katha. April 20 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6.15 pm: Swami Ritananda will speak in Bengali on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Lilaprasanga. April 20 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Dr Bhupendra Nath Sil will speak on Bharat Premik Swami Abhedananda.

FILM SHOW

April 20 at Gorky Sadan; 6 pm: Gorly Sadan and Eisenstein Cine Club present Cinema Continental, a festival of films in celebration of life. Inaugural film: Wedding (Dir: Pavel Lungin) to be followed by the screening of Xala (Dir: Ousmane Sembane).

EXHIBITION

April 20 - 28 at Seagull Bookstore, 31A S.P. Mukherjee Road, opp. Bhowanipore Police Station: An exhibition of books of poems. Till April 22 at Gaganendra Shilpa Pradarshashala; 3 pm - 8 pm: Centenary exhibition on Vishmadev Chattopadhyay, Tarapada Chakraborty and Santosh Sengupta. Till April 25 at Finesse, 11/1B New Road, Alipore; 11 am - 7 pm: Calcutta Fashion Week designer Sujata Sarawgi showcases tussar printed / kantha / woven saris. Till April 30 at P-249 Purna Das Road, #24644027; 11 am - 8 pm: Darbari is holding an exhibition, Agomoni, showcasing a summer collection of saris, salwar-suits, kurtis, skirts, accessories and an all-new men’s chic ethnic collection.

PHOTOGRAPHS

April 21 - 29 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Members of the Association of Freelance Photographers and Art Pictorialists present their 7th annual exhibition of photography. Inauguration tomorrow at 5.30 pm. Participants: Animesh Basak, Asish Gopal Mazumder, Asoke Sen, Barun De, Mohan Chandra, Pranab Kumar Burman, Sankar Dasgupta, Somnath Mukherjee and Sushil Kumar Dutta.

QUIZ

April 26 at Lake Friends Club, Rabindra Sarobar: The Beautiful Minds and Lake Friends Club will organise a quiz contest on sport and entertainment for any three-member teams. Registration: 3 pm onwards. Quizmasters: Subhasis Sen Gupta (98312 06666), Supratim Chakladar (9831033263) and D. Ghose.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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