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09.04. & 10.04.2025 | G.D. Birla Sabhaghar Hello to Emptiness

German choreographer and director Stephanie Thiersch and her ensemble, baul folk singer Parvathy Baul, and dancers Joshua Sailo, and Riya Mandal come together to present a cross-cultural choreographic concert on rituals of mourning and longing.

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Kunst Kiosk

Kunst Kiosk, a long-term project by the Goethe-Institut Kolkata, aims to give art lovers access to relevant approaches and trends in contemporary art from Germany and India. These presentations are shown in an installation titled “Grounded Grid: Encounter of Circles”, created by the renowned artist and art mediator Sanchayan Ghosh.

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On Cables and Cumulus

An artistic installation by Katja Davar at the staircase of Goethe-Institut Kolkata. In the main stairwell, a seventeen metre long textile work digitally collaged from Davar’s pencil drawings of clouds, cascades through the building.

Kunst im Treppenhaus © Rajat Dey / Goethe-Institut © Rajat Dey / Goethe-Institut

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