Repurposing the Spaces for the Arts
A workshop by Christophe Knoch and Sharvari Sastry
10 to 16 November 2019
Time and venue will be declared closer to date
Christophe and Sharvari will conduct a five-day workshop with a group of young people from Kolkata, asking them to imagine what repurposed spaces could be, and why they are important and intrinsic to how a city and society sees itself. They will interrogate and explore what qualities such a space should have, where suitable spaces can be found in Kolkata, and how one can engender and enhance them to be appropriate homes for the arts. Responses and results from this workshop will be shared during a roundtable discussion during the ‘Dance and the City’ weekend, feeding into how we imagine the Pickle Factory venue, and how we sow the seeds for its birth, growth and future.
For more information and registration, please visit the Season at http://picklefactory.in/
Sharvari Sastry:
Sharvari Sastry has been working as a theatre administrator and researcher in Mumbai since 2009. She has worked in an administrative and editorial capacity with Theatre Professionals Pvt. Ltd., Prithvi Theatre, India Theatre Forum and Junoon.
She has also been involved in the documentation of two SMART (Strategic Management in the Art of Theatre) residencies. She is currently working on a collaborative project that seeks to identify small, alternative performance spaces in various parts of India, document the vision that underlies in the creation and curation of such spaces, and assess their impact within the local and national context.
Christophe Knoch:
After studying law, Christophe Knoch worked for different institutions in the fields of opera and theatre. He worked for theatre director and performance artist Christoph Schlingensief as his assistant followed by him being entrusted with running operations of the Opera Village in Burkina Faso. In Spring 2011 Christophe Knoch started the Mica Moca project in Berlin, which evolved to make a strong transdisciplinary impact on the Berlin venue scene. He currently drives the public discussion on how to repurpose public spaces in Berlin. In his last project he combined his commitment to artistic and urban development in suggesting the creation of a forest in Berlin’s closed airport Tempelhof.
This workshop is part of Widening Circles – Pickle Factory Season 2 in November 2019, presented in collaboration with the Pickle Factory Foundation. This is an initiative to take the first steps towards creating a permanent venue for the arts by programming a series of conversations around the design, function and impact of repurposed arts spaces in urban environments.
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Roundtable: Spaces for Change, Spaces for Roots
16 and 17 November 2019
Time to be declared closer to date
Venue: Metcalfe Hall
12, Strand Rd
B.B.D. Bagh
Kolkata 700001
A two-day roundtable at the new 'Ami Kolkata' museum in Metcalfe Hall, to discuss how repurposed spaces may be created and sustained with the active involvement of local communities, artists and administrative organizations. This roundtable will bring together various stakeholders from the spheres of art, architecture, government, urban planning and development, business, real estate, law, etc. from within Calcutta, in dialogue with broader national and global perspectives.
This programme is part of Widening Circles – Pickle Factory Season 2 in November 2019, presented in collaboration with the Pickle Factory Foundation. This is an initiative to take the first steps towards creating a permanent venue for the arts by programming a series of conversations around the design, function and impact of repurposed arts spaces in urban environments.
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