HOLI CELEBRATION : Red Earth presents "Holi 2008" Holika Dehen ( Burning of Holi ) at Rafael’s, Chattarpur - 21st & 22nd March 08

Time :
21st March : 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
22nd March : 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Event Details :
Naurangi Dress Code : Nine Colours
Khel : Flowers
Flower petals will be available at venue. You may also bring your own!
Mridang - Dhol performances by artists from Chandigarh
Chitra : Preview of Holi 2008 Art Exhibition
Artists paint Holi, using Holi colours, and natural / Indian materials; we celebrate Holi with our own colours, not just Oils and Acrylics
Celebrations start on the evening of March 21st 2008, at Rafael’s, a new gallery space in Chattarpur with the opening of an art show featuring renowned visual artists, and the ceremony of Holika Dehen (The Burning of Holi). The artists have made works specially for the show, on the theme of the festival. Many of the artists have also used natural colours, pigments and Indian materials, like Holi colours to make the works, as a way of celebrating one of the oldest Indian festivals with Indian colours!
Holika Dehen is presented in collaboration with Ritu Walia Art.
Next morning, Dhulendi (Colour Play) celebrations will see a burst of colours. The celebrations will solely be with natural wet colours (which will be made in-house for the occasion) and gulaal (dry colour powder). Toxic colours are not used in our Holi, in aim to revive older traditions of playing Holi organically, and in an attempt to stay away from the vulgarity that Holi has come to be associated with in modern times.
Dhulendi is presented in collaboration with CKS.
Both days will feature special traditional food and drinks (Bhang included), and celebration with Holi music – pre-recorded Holi music as well as live Dhol players from Punjab. In addition, both celebrations will have a thematic dress code – Naurangi (Nine Colours) on the first day and Basanti (Yellow / Saffron) on the second. Thus Holi 2008 will present a complete organic experience in tune with the traditional way of celebrating the festival.

Artists showcasing their works on 21st evening are :
1. Ajay Kanhere
2. Andrew Mezvinsky
3. Bara Babu Mahto
4. Chetana Sharma (I Me Am Design)
5. Dharmendra Rathore
6. Gagan Vij
7. Gagandeep Singh
8. Hukum Shah Rathore
9. Joydip Sengupta
10. Jyoti Bhatt
11. Mayank Mansingh Kaul
12. Medha Prabhakar
13. Mura Collective
14. Naya Meenakshi Kalita Mukul
15. Nitin Mukul
16. Prafulla Mohanti
17. Pranay Lal
18. Raj Mohanty
19. Rajendra Kapse
20. Ravisha Rathore
21. Rohini Singh
22. Sarita Chouhan
23. Seema Kohli
24. Shumita Didi Sandhu
25. Siddhant Vij
26. Simrin Mehra Aggarwal
27. Sonia Mehra Chawla
28. Suman and Sourav
29. Tapan Dash

Curated by : Himanshu Verma

Collaboration : Ritu Walia Art

Place : Rafael’s, 294/2, Dhanmill Road, Near Telephone Exchange, Chattarpur, New Delhi 110074

HOLI CELEBRATION : Red Earth presents "Holi 2008" Holika Dehen ( Burning of Holi ) at Rafael’s, Chattarpur - 21st & 22nd March 08

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