Mar 08 2023 to Mar 12 2023 6 p.m.

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Where

Bangalore International Centre

7 4th Main Rd, Stage 2, Domlur 560071

Event Description

In commemoration of International Women’s Day on March 8th, BIC is hosting a number of panel discussions, exhibitions and performances, among other things, to celebrate women and to highlight women trail blazers in various fields. The events are spread across March 8th – 12th (Wednesday to Sunday). March 8 | Hall 1/2 6pm | As the Music Flows… A Musical Performance by Dr. Radhika Joshi, a vocalist of the Hindustani tradition It has been a tradition amongst composers in HIndustani music, to add their names or pen names in the last line of the composition. Even though there are numerous compositions that have been composed by women composers, almost none include their names within the composition. This concert commemorates all female composers and their contribution to North Indian music through the presentation of some of their compositions. 6 to 8 pm | Poster Making Workshop with the Fearless Collective 6:30pm | Trail Blazers Women Breaking Barriers | A Panel with Sunalini Menon and Hema Ravichandar, moderated by Viju Parameshwar Two Trail Blazers from two diverse fields share their journey and endeavours in their professional fields. Sunalini Menon, Asia’s first woman professional in the field of coffee tasting and Hema Ravichandar, who has spearheaded large scale HR interventions experience, will speak about their experiences and discuss with the moderator about what it takes to be a woman professional within institutions and in management positions. 8 pm | Talk by the Fearless Collective A presentation by Shilo Shiv Suleman, Founder of the Fearless Collective March 9 | Hall 1/2 6pm | As the Music Flows… A Musical Performance by Sukanya Ramgopal and Sumana Chandrasekhar In this Ghatam duet, Sukanya and Sumana will present a rhythmic conversation on four ghatams and vocal percussion. 6:30pm | Walking the WIRE Women in Real Estate | A Panel with Uzma Irfan, Vyoma Pandit and Aparna Narasimhan, moderated by V Ravichandar Women in Real Estate (WIRE), particularly leaders in Development, Retail, Realty and Architecture are a rarity in a predominantly male driven environment. This session will explore the reasons for the career choices made by these women and the challenges they faced in evolving into the leaders they have become. March 10 | Hall 1/2 6pm | As the Music Flows… A Musical Performance by Chandni Venkataraman Armed with a guitar, Chandni will present a few songs on the immeasurable theme of love. 6:30pm | The Many Loves of Women What We Want From Relationships | A Panel with Arundhati Ghosh, Dhamini Ratnam and Vijeta Kumar moderated by Priya Ramani The panel explores the range of romantic relationships in the lives of different women and goes into the societal and personal pressures and expectations that come with these choices. March 11 | Gallery 6:30 pm | Our Pictures, Our Words: A Visual Journey Through the Women’s Movement Presentation by Laxmi Murthy “Our Pictures, Our Words” is a rich pictorial history of the varied dimensions of the Indian women’s movement since the late 1970s. The visual representation of posters, placards, photographs and brochures are part of Zubaan’s Poster Women project which attempted to visually map the diversity of issues, including violence, women’s health, sexuality, the environment, literacy, the impact of religion and communal violence on women’s lives, political participation, globalization, displacement, labour rights, disability rights, class and caste issues, and many more. The posters are boldly expressive, stark, yet playful and tell stories of the misery of women’s existence, as well as the potential trapped within…the dreams, visions and possibilities. 7 pm | Women In Indian Comics Presentation by Aarthi Parthasarathy Kadak Reading Room, a traveling library of self-published comics, zines and art is a collection of work by the Kadak Collective. The Reading Room is introduced through talk on the history of women in comics, both as creators and characters, and looks at the parallels between the socio-political events across the 20th and 21st centuries and the representation in art created that time. The talk is part of a research project by Aarthi Parthasarathy and Arun Prasad, under Kadak Collective. March 8 – March 12 कही – सुनी (Kahi-Suni) An Interactive and Participatory Installation by Ashmi Mridul and Sneha Joshi कही – सुनी (Kahi-Suni) is a research project that delves into the subject of marriage migration, a common custom followed by women in India. By engaging with women from different age groups and socio-economic backgrounds, personal stories were collected as oral histories of women’s experiences of marriage migration. The project is as much a research into the subject of marital migration as it is a platform for women to express themselves. The research will be presented as an interactive installation. Audiences are also encouraged to leave behind their own stories or that they have heard from others, such as their relatives or friends. This project received its seed grant for Gender Bender 2019, with the support of Goethe Institute Bangalore and Sandbox Collective. Speak Up! Exhibition and Pop-Up Poster Making Activity Vibrant, dynamic, spirited, and forceful. The contemporary women’s movement in India, which began in the late 1970s, fought valiantly against dark times marked by violence and misogyny. But it also celebrated – liberation, solidarity among women, and the joyous breaking away from patriarchy. Its members sang, performed, and painted, in order to draw attention to the vital issues of the time. The same legacy continues through the work of the Fearless Collective which was started in 2012 in response to the powerful protests that shook the country in response to the “Nirbhaya” tragedy in Delhi, India. Since then the collective has been at the frontline of crucial moments of resistance in South Asia. This is an exhibition of select posters from the book Our Pictures, Our Words: A Visual Journey through the Women’s Movement by Laxmi Murthy and Rajashri Dasgupta, Poster Women, Zubaan Books online archive of posters, and the Fearless Collective. It also features the Kadak Reading Room, by Kadak Collective; a network of South Asian comic creators, writers, illustrators, designers and digital artists that looks at the parallels between the socio-political events across the 20th and 21st centuries and the representation in art created at that time. There will be an ongoing Pop-Up Poster Making activity in the gallery throughout the duration of the exhibition and participants posters will also go up on the wall, in the creation of a dynamic, participatory exhibition of posters on women’s rights. In collaboration with Zubaan Books, Fearless Collective and Kadak Collective