NORTHEAST INDIA AND ITS TRANSNATIONAL NEIGHBOURHOOD

Inner Lines: A Media and Art Event

January 16-19, 2008
ITA Auditorium, Machkhowa, Guwahati

Programme Schedule

January 16, 2008

1600-1730 hours: Opening of exhibition and Press conference – Main Auditorium

• A S Panneerselvan, Director, Panos South Asia
• Sanjib Baruah, IIT Guwahati
• Mriganka Madhukaillya, Curator,Inner Lines

1730-2030 hours: Musical performances – Main Auditorium

• Rattle and Hum, (Naga Traditional Music with Vocals)
• Guru Rewben Mashangva, (Naga folk blues/indigenous instrumental)
• Group from Arunachal (Blues fusion with Adi Shamanic chants)

January 17, 2008

1000 hours: Exhibition/installations open to public – Art Gallery and Lobby

1000-1200 hours: Digital Borders: A workshop on Internet Literacy by Angad Chowdhry, (sacredmediacow.com) – Conference Hall

1000-1700 hours: Film Screening programme of Inner Lines– Main Auditorium

1400-1630 hours: Cultural Production in the Transnational Space in South and Southeast Asia: A Discussion (Moderator: Pooja Sood, Director, Khoj International artist workshop, New Delhi) – Conference Hall

• Desire machine media collective, Guwahati
• Visiting artists from Indonesia, France, UK, Bangladesh and India

1800-1930 hours: Northeast India and Transnational Neighbourhood – A Round Table Discussion. (Moderator: A S Panneerselvan) – Conference Hall

• Sanjib Baruah, IIT Guwahati
• Willem van Schendel, University of Amsterdam
• Thant Myint-U

1930-2030 hours: Voices of Silence: A Mime Performance by Moinul Haque, Mime Academy – Main Auditorium

January 18, 2008

1000 hours: Exhibition/installations open to public – Art Gallery and Lobby

1000-1200 hours: Media and Borders: A Discussion (Moderator: A.S. Panneerselvan) – Conference Hall

• Akum Longchari, Morung Foundation
• Pradeep Phanjaobam, Editor, Imphal Free Press
• Dilip Chandan, Editor, Asom Bani
• Sanat Chakravarty and David Thangliana

1100-1700 hours: Film Screening programme of Inner Lines– Main Auditorium

1400-1600 hours: Artists Presentation Farhana Syeda, visiting artist – Conference Hall

Bruce Allan, visiting artist – Conference Hall

Zariyein, New Delhi - Conference Hall

January 19, 2008

1000-1300 hours: Exhibition/installations open to public – Art Gallery and Lobby

1000-1300 hours: Film Screening programme of Inner Lines– Main Auditorium

At 1300 hours, the event closes.