Fw: PRESS RELEASE: BCP presents Through the Looking Glass

>
> We are happy to announce a Retrospective of the BCP
> activities since its
> inception two years ago. "Through the Looking Glass", a
> multimedia
> exhibition, will be on display at Samuha from February 20
> to March 3,
> 2010.
>
> Event:    BCP Retrospective: Through the
> Looking Glass
> Date:        February 20 to
> March 4, 2010
>         Inauguration February
> 20, 7.00 p.m.
> Timings:     11.00 a.m. to 8.00 p.m.
> Venue:     Samuha at ADA Rangamandira, Opp.
> Ravindra Kalakshetra, J.C. Road
> All are welcome! Further details on the BCP and Samuha
> websites:
> bcp.wikidot.com or samuha.wikidot.com
>
> The Bangalore City Project comprises a group of concerned
> citizens from
> different fields, including art, culture, urban planning
> and
> architecture, as well as various organisations such as the
> Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan, UDBHAVA Forum, 1
> ShantiRoad, INTACH,
> Rainwater Harvesting Club, Samuha, National Institute for
> Geographical
> Studies, etc. It aims to create awareness about art and
> culture in the
> City of Bangalore, by initiating discussions and programmes
> on a neutral
> platform - to publicise the importance of cultural
> infrastructure, as
> well as the history and importance of various places in the
> city that
> remain silent and veiled.
>
> One of the objectives is to help create a unique identity
> for the City,
> a concept that will bear special significance for the
> future, as
> Bangalore grows in manifold directions and on manifold
> levels.
>
> On looking back it can be seen as a social and cultural
> experiment,
> currently either poised to become a permanent fixture on
> the city's
> cultural landscape or destined to occupy a venerable place
> in the
> archives.
>
> -    Displays include panels dedicated to each
> BCP Urban Space Event
> -    Photographs by BCP stakeholders of the
> various neighbourhoods
> -    'Through the Looking Glass' - a short film
> introspecting the BCP
> experiment
>
> Other events include:
> A Panel Discussion on February 26, 2010 at 7.00 p.m. led by
> Dr. Evelin
> Hust, Director, Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan, Ar.
> Soumitro Ghosh,
> Ar. Prof. Sathya Prakash Varanasi, Artist Ayisha Abraham
> and Meera K.,
> Editor, Citizen Matters among others.
>
> Performance by MPSR Foundation.
>
> Short films by eminent artists around the BCP theme
>
> The Exhibition is curated by Bangalore Artist Archana
> Prasad and
> Conservation Architect Krupa Rajangam.
>
> We would be grateful if you could announce and report on
> this unique and
> important event in your columns.
>
> Thank you as always for your cooperation,
>
> Sincerely yours,
>
> Maureen Gonsalves
> Programme Coordinator
> Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan
> 716 CMH Road
> Indiranagar 1st Stage
> Bangalore 560 038
> Ph: +91 80 2520 5305/06/07/08-203
> Fax: +91 80 2520 5309
> arts@bangalore.goethe.org
> www.goethe.de/bangalore
> www.goethe.de/india
>