BHUBANESWAR: The month of November promises to be a lively one with several fun-filled events scheduled to cater to the appetite of people from all age groups this year.
The city will host a first of its kind International Public Art Symposium (IPAS), where internationally reputed artists would create unique sculptures from waste material to be later displayed in an open air museum. The event is scheduled from November 1 to 20. The event will be organised by Artists Network Promoting Indian Culture (ANPIC) in association with Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) at Kalinga Nagar here.
It will be India’s first live sculpturing programme under ANPIC’s 40-day event Odisha Triennial of International Art (OTIA) to be held in the state. After the live sculpturing, an open air sculpture museum would be inaugurated on theme of ‘Reduce, Reuse, Recycle’.
Similarly, another art event titled Bhubaneswar Art Trail is underway at the old town area of the city. Artists from around the world have gathered here to document Old Town through innovative artworks. The state government and Utsha Foundation had launched the public art project to involve the community and artists to analyse how a city is to be remembered.
Street houses, medieval monuments, modern and contemporary architecture, schools, shops, and public institutions will be part of the project where artists will explore the edifices from different time periods and interact with community members to map the transformation and record their memories and aspirations, dreams and yearnings about the city.
This project aims to explore the history, lived realities and social relations of various communities and will address issues of access, exclusion and discrimination. Event curator Jagannath Panda said, “Through these individual interventions, our objective is to enhance an art practice that emerges from local community and involves the local art scene.” The theme of the event is “Navigation is Offline” and will be curated jointly by Panda and Premjish Achari.
Two mega sporting events Ekamra Sports Literary festival and Odisha Hockey World Cup are scheduled to enthrall sports lovers of the city in the month.
The literary festival which focuses on the sports specifically will welcome sports personalities from different sports, sports writers and authors from November 2 to 3 at a city hotel. Jeff Thompson (Cricket), Ric Charlesworth (Hockey), Ajinkya Rahane (Cricket), Stephanie Rice (Swimming) and MD Kaif (Cricket) among others will be in city for these two days.
The city would also host the Hockey World Cup from November 28 to December 16. Kalinga Stadium, venue for the tournament, has been refurbished completely. Old Bhubaneswar is at the centre of a Rs 100 crore project to give the city a makeover.
