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Wednesday, 02 March 2011 04:47Crafts | | Birthday celebration of Tsunamika, a doll that was born to help the tsunami victims. Tsunamika is a Tsunami related project of Auroville . Auroville is a universal city in the make in south-India, dedicated to human unity, and based on the vision of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother.
Auroville is actively involved in many Tsunami Relief projects in Tamil Nadu. Tsunamika is one of them.
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Wednesday, 05 January 2011 02:25Claudine, Basile, La Compagnie des films d l'IndeCrafts  | | CHAPTER TOO is an eleven minute movie that Adil Writer www.adilwriter.com requested Auroville film-makers Claudine and Basile to make for him last year. Clay-Edge 2007 was an invitational ceramic event held in Gulgong, co-hosted by Janet Mansfields Ceramic Art and Perception magazine and the Cudgegong Gallery where the invited masters were asked to showcase their work to the conventions delegates. Adil is a huge believer in the moving image, so instead of subjecting the viewers to the monotony of still images, this movie gave a compact idea of his work, his studio, Mandala Pottery, other potteries in Auroville and the setting of Auroville, an international experiment in communal living in South India, based on the philosophy of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother.??The movie focuses on his paintings as well as his ceramic work. Especially the Red Dot series, inspired by the wayside iconography and street architecture of south India. The red dot finds its way on a lot of Adil's current work.... |
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On a beautiful afternoon in the gardens of Mitra Youth Hostel, American singer/songwriter Ariel Eisen decided to treat us to a small and spontaneous performance. She has been in Auroville since January, and essentially came to study...
This recording was created on February 21st, shortly after the morning concentration at the Amphiteater. My walk started at the Matrimandir's gate toward the Banyan and back through the peace area, where I recorded conversations, guests entering...
Featured today is Tim; Footsteps Through the Salad, his book on wildlife and natural phenomena. Conscious of the Supramental Light-Force in the Earth atmosphere commemorated 29 Feb. Banyan Tree morning meditation 6-7 a.m. First sale of wood from cyclone: Rs 133,086...
Yesterday morning at quarter to six when the birds were still asleep, hundreds of Aurovillians and Auroville guests came to the Matrimandir amphitheatre for meditation to honor the mothers birthday. Shraddhavan who came to Auroville almost forty years...
On Saturday 18th at 4 pm at Audio Visual Room of Kala Kendra, Bharat Nivas Pavillion of India, a collective of artists, Sindhu, Dass, Raghu and Ramesh, presented their movie "Metroxical New York" produced in New York....