Curating at Serendipity Arts Festival, Goa

I am curating an evening of poetry, art and music at Bento Miguel, Fontainas, the Goan art pavilion 'Konkani Surrealism' curated by Vivek Menezes at the Serendipity Art Festival
All are invited! Entry free!

Friday, 5th Jan, 2018
4:45-5:45pm 
Colours of Goan Poetry

A number of different languages coexist in Goa - Konkani, Marathi, Kannada, Hindi, English and Portuguese, enriching tongues and facilitating communication on multiple planes. The etymology of words and alphabet reveal enmeshed cultural maps akin to human genome studies. How can we disregard facts of beautiful language tributaries feeding the invisible river of syncretism? Human trajectories woven in diverse languages fill a common story pool, binding steadfast the history of a people who have seen and experienced much. We present such a symphony in the form of poetry.

Friday, 5th Jan, 2018

5:55 – 7:30 pm

Mapping FN Souza’s Art Practice: Inspiration & Legacy
A presentation by Jugneeta Sudan
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Live art by Goan artist during the course of the presentation in engagement with Souza's art- Inspiration, Provocation or a Rebuttal

“To comprehend and appreciate (modern paintings) one must know one’s way in the world history of art, from Praxiteles to Picasso, from the Han to Manchu dynasty and from Mohenjodaro to Francis Newton”. This famous quote by the irresistible, irrepressible and incorrigible Goan artist, may imply egotism but mapping his art practice reveals grains of truth. Comprehension of his esoteric practice requires an immersion into world art, philosophy, psychology, science and the story of human evolution. Meet the world in FN Souza’s art, a legacy worth the Goan salt!

Friday, 5th Jan, 2018
7:30-8:30pm
Jazzy Zephyr: Jazz in Goa
Jarryd Rodrigues (Saxophone) & Jonathan Furtado (Guitar)

Jazz, born in the slums of New Orleans, swept the world with its swing and vitality. Its purity stems from its diversity. Its tunes harbour strains of varied musical forms. The blazing trajectory is an example of how cultures grow stronger by borrowing elements from each other. Sons of Goa took to it magnetically, riding waves of fame and glory. The gentle winds here carry a flavour of this magic till today, blowing steady sustaining souls through soulful jazzy numbers!

Jarryd Rodrigues is the great grandson of Chic Chocolate,the legendary Jazz trumpeter & Jonathan Furtado is Kp's ( my son) best college mate! Tongue in cheek!