Interactive multimedia presentation on ‘Gita Govinda’ at Auditorium, IGNCA, 1, CV Mess, Janpath > 6:30pm on 27th May 2015

Time : 6:30 pm Add to Calendar 27-05-2015 18:30:00 27-05-2015 20:00:00 68 Interactive multimedia presentation on ‘Gita Govinda’ Event Page : http://www.delhievents.com/2015/05/interactive-multimedia-presentation-on.html Auditorium, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), 1, Central Vista (CV) Mess, Janpath, New Delhi-110001 DD/MM/YYYY

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served Basis)

Venue : Auditorium, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), 1, Central Vista (CV) Mess, Janpath, New Delhi-110001
Landmark : Opp. National Archives, adjoining India Gate Lawns
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Event Description : IGNCA releases interactive multimedia presentation on ‘Gita Govinda’

Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) release an interactive multimedia presentation on Gitagovinda, a research project of IGNCA, spanning over two decades. This multimedia experience on Gīta Govinda, a 12th Century epic by Jayadeva was developed with the objective to familiarise audiences on the fundamental concepts of Indian music, dance, art and their inter-relationships and interpretation. The content was conceived by Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan, a scholar of Gīta Govinda for over thirty years and an internationally acknowledged authority and pioneer of inter-and multi-disciplinary studies in the humanities, and the arts.  
It belongs to the medieval Vashnavism and describes the love sports and pangs of separation of Radha and Krishna.  In this poem, according to the author, he has shown his mastery in music and dance, his devotion to Vishnu, his understanding of science of erotica etc.  IGNCA chose 6 songs which were portrayed through 6 different dance forms, 6 painting forms and 6 different music forms. This has involved a major documentation effort in video, audio, photography etc. - in total, forty giga bytes of authored Gīta Govinda content was presented. The Gīta Govinda consist of twelve chapter, further divided into twenty-four songs. Each song consists of eight couplets, it is called Ashtapadi.

Ranjit Makkuni, a researcher at Xerox PARC, USA led the multimedia research and design activities of the Gīta Govinda presentation at IGNCA.

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