[Reader-list] reader-list Digest, Vol 61, Issue 14

[Logos Theatre]

Dear Vishnu,

Isn't an 'independent' entity supported by corporate money (especially a
rogue outfit like the Tatas) a bit of an oxymoron?

Ah well, one more step in the corporate (mis) appropriation and
institutioanlization of art.

Then again, I don't expect you to respond to this - obviously you've first
had to firmly plant your head in the sand of apathy in order to get your
monthly dole from Mr. Tata's minions.

I wonder if there are going to be 'artistic' endeavours extolling the great,
new people's car, made possible by the TIA?

Lastly, a plea to all those on this list who still are artists, in the real
sense - if the Tatas and their puppets like the IFA represent 'art' in this
country, let's form an India Foundation for the non-Arts, shall we? Our
theatre, after all, has stayed in the holiness and filth of streets, the
breath of the great unwashed - let's relcaim 'theatre' from the venal
casuistry of these foundations and take it back where it belongs!

Meanwhile, the pyre of Tapashi Malik still burns.

Warm regards,
Arka


On 07/08/2008, Logos Theatre <logos.theword at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Message: 5
> Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 23:58:03 +0530 (IST)
> From: VISHNU VARDHAN <thvishnu_viva at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [Reader-list] Launch of the Theatre Infrastructure Cell
> To: reader-list at sarai.net
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> Dear Friends and Colleagues,
>
> The
> Arts and Culture team of the Sir Ratan Tata Trust and Allied Trusts
> invites you to the launch of Theatre Infrastructure Cell funded by the
> Lady Navjbai Ratan Tata Trust and set up in collaboration with India
> Foundation for the Arts (IFA), Bangalore.  Please find the invite below.
>
>
>
> Warmly,
> Vishnu
>
>
> India Foundation for the
> Arts
> invites you to the launch of
> the
> Theatre Infrastructure Cell
>
> A joint initiative with the Navajbai Ratan Tata
> Trust
>
> Venue:   United
> Theological
> College, Miller's Road, Bangalore
>
>
>
>
>
> Telephone: 080
> 23333438
> Date:
>   Friday August 8th,
> 2008
> Time:
>   5.00 pm
> RSVP: Vindya –
> vindya at indiaifa.org
> Tele / Fax: 91 80 23414681 /
> 82
>
> The launch event, apart from presenting the work and
> objectives of the TIC, will also feature an open-house discussion involving
> performing artists, production designers, and architects.
>
> Kindly share this invitation with others who may be
> interested in knowing more about this initiative
>
> Background
>
>
>
>
>
> The Navajbai Ratan Tata Trust (NRTT) and
> India Foundation for the Arts (IFA) have jointly set up the Theatre
> Infrastructure Cell (TIC), which aims to work towards strengthening
> infrastructure in the field of performing arts. The Cell will look at
> infrastructure issues holistically and lend advisory support as well as
> monetary
> support to projects on a case-by-case basis. An Advisory Panel consisting
> of
> eminent architects, theatre directors and designers has been set up to
> guide and
> strengthen TIC's work. The panel consists of Bansi Kaul (Theatre Director),
> Himanshu Burte (Architect), Jagan Shah (Architect), Naveen Kishore
> (Publisher
> and Lighting Designer), Sunil Shanbag (Theatre Director), and Vivek
> Patankar
> (Architect and Acoustics Expert).
>
> The  NRTT is an allied trust of the
> Sir Ratan Tata Trust (SRTT) and is one of the leading funding organisations
> of
> Arts and Culture in India. The Tata Trusts' Arts and
> Culture portfolio is committed to strengthening and developing the field of
> arts
> through its diverse programmatic interventions of funding art institutions,
> arts
> initiatives, research in arts, advanced learning in the arts and
> collaborative
> field interventions.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> IFA is an independent, nationwide
> philanthropy, professionally managed, and dedicated to strengthening the
> arts in
> India.  IFA has funded more
> than 225 projects over the last 14 years. It supports research and practice
> leading to films, books, artworks, archives, exhibitions and performances.
> The
> IFA also helps bring the arts into the classroom while funding the
> preservation
> and transmission of valuable cultural knowledge. Another area of its work
> is to
> offer advice, information and expertise related to the Indian
> arts.
>
> Theatre Infrastructure
> Cell
> India Foundation for the Arts
> Bangalore
> (080)
> 23414681/23414682
> Please visit our website www.indiaifa.org
>
>
>
> T. Vishnu Vardhan
>
> (Ph.D)University of Ulster UK - CSCS Bangalore
>
> Consultant, Arts and Culture Programme,
>
> Sir Ratan Tata Trust.
>
>
>
> #466, 9th Cross, I Block
>
> Jayanagar, Bangalore - 11.
>
> Tel: +91 80 26562986
>
> Mobile: +91 9845207308
>
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> Logos Theatre
>           In the beginning was the word
> No. 126,
> 3rd Main Road,
> Jayamahal Extension,
> Bangalore 560046
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> 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.




-- 
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.