Gallery Gitanjali is delighted to announce the second session of *Fontainhas > Exchange* , entitled *I's, Interrupted*, a performance by Astri Ghosh in > collaboration with Pushpanjali Sharma and Gautam Nima through poetry, > movement, music and text developed in response to and in conversation with > the artworks of Praveen Naik’s solo exhibition at Gitanjali, *Notes From > The Zeitgeist* . >
> Using the gallery as a stage, poet Astri Ghosh and performing artists > Pushpanjali Sharma and Gautam Nima come together to peel through > *Interruptions > in Identity, Intimacy and Intention. * > > > > *The Performance will take place on Wednesday, February 22 at 6.00pm. * > > > > > *Astri Ghosh* > > > > A poet and a writer, after working as a journalist for many years, she > turned to translation and has published 12 books in Norwegian, English and > Hindi and her translations have been included in four anthologies. She grew > up in Delhi and Mussoorie, moving to Norway to study at the University of > Oslo. > > > > Currently translating twelve contemporary plays of Henrik Ibsen, four of > which were published in 2015,she also does poetry performances and > organises jazz festivals. > > > > *Pushpanjali Sharma **and Gautam Nima* > > Pushpanjali Sharma (M.A. Interdisciplinary Studies, Lesley University, > Cambridge, MA., U.S.A) and Gautam Nima (M.F.A. Dance and Choreography, > Hollins University, VA., U.S.A.), are interdisciplinary performing artists > based in Goa. > > They are engaged in developing performances and pedagogies that serve > experiential knowing through embodiment, movement/dance and > somatic/mind-body practices. > They believe that experiential learning, embodied knowing and > interdisciplinary education is the way to bring about change, and that this > can successfully happen through non-dual practices. They use movement arts > towards self-knowing, personal transformation and healing, and teach the > same through their workshops. > > As dancers they are interested in opening up the function of dance beyond > the realm of entertainment and fitness; encouraging individuals to embark > on a journey of self knowing through the* lived body* and *Movement As > Experience.* > > Their performance works are contemplative and philosophical in nature, > exposing the unseen, unheard and unvoiced. As artists, they focus on the > *process* of creativity and *performance as research*, enabling > a witnessing of the real life of the creative process and the fresh > birthing of new material. > > Through their performances they work towards reducing the gap between the > audience and the artist and enhancing their experience by inviting them to > be a part of their work through interaction and their own creative > contribution. > > > > Pushpanjali is invested in creating performance works that contemplate on > what is essential; resonating with moving to move-to voice the silenced-to > play-to heal-to know-to be. > > > > Gautam aspires to make dances that reveal the true nature of what is by > revealing what is not; and desires to create artworks that would facilitate > the human consciousness to expand. > > > > *Fontainhas Exchange is a platform developed by Gallery Gitanjali to > foster a dialogue between people from across the creative field spanning > the Visual , Performing , Literary and AudioVisual Arts as well as in > matters of Sustainable Architecture and Ecological concerns .* > > > Follow this event at : https://www.facebook.com/events/782312288585779/ <https://www.facebook.com/events/782312288585779/>
