Date:29th August to 1st September 2019
SPACES FEST 2019, a four day celebration of Spaces commenced on 29th August at Kanakakkunnu Palace, Trivandrum. An open space for art and different thoughts, Spaces Fest is organized by DC Books Foundation and DC Books.
The festival of culture, design and politics of spaces is a platform for open dialogues on different thoughts on spaces both imagined and real. With 100 plus sessions, workshops and 300 plus speakers including practicing architects, industry experts and dignitaries, historians, academicians, writers, social scientists and architects from Spain, Srilanka and Singapore, SPACES FEST is first of its kind.
The festival will be inaugurated by the Honourable Chief Minister of Kerala, Shri. Pinarayi Vijayan on 29th August 2019 at 6.30 PM. The sessions commence at 10AM at four venues – Nisagandhi, Hamlet, Forum and chithrasala - on all four days and close at 7PM with cultural events like Rock Music by Thakara Band, Shadow Puppetry by Kalasree Ramachandra Pulavar and team, Classical Music by T. M Krishna and Drama by Kalam Theater and Repertory Kerala to end the day with a bang.
Poet Satchidanandan is the Festival Director. Architect T.M Cyriac is the Festival Curator. Discussions on History, Design, Cinema, Vastushastra, Art, Politics, Philosophy, Literature and Architecture will be held simulataneously at three venues and workshops on Bamboo Crafts, Pottery, Mural Painings and Circus will be held at the fourth venue – Chithrasala.
The imminent speakers include Madhav Gadgil, Rakesh Sharma, Shashi Tharoor, Ira Trivedi, Vikas Dilawari, Prakash Raj, T.M Krishna, N.S Madhavan, Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Neelam Manjunath, Bose Krishnamachari, Resul Pookutty, Srilankan Architect Palinda Kannangara, Sunil P Ilayidam and Sara Joseph. Book Installation by artist Riyas Komu and film festival by Shaji N Karun will add colour to the festival.
The registration is free. You can carry yourself with confidence and without pretention. You’ll have room for your ideas to take root and grow.
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