{"id":92058,"date":"2023-12-24T14:35:25","date_gmt":"2023-12-24T09:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/?p=92058"},"modified":"2023-12-24T14:35:25","modified_gmt":"2023-12-24T09:05:25","slug":"day-9-of-serendipity-arts-festival-2023-gives-art-lovers-this-years-final-tryst-with-creativity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/?p=92058","title":{"rendered":"Day 9 of Serendipity Arts Festival 2023 gives art lovers this year\u2019s final tryst with creativity\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Goa Khabar: The celebration of art, creativity, tradition, heritage and a dogged commitment to resolving societal issues through an innovative approach continued on the ninth and last day of the Serendipity Arts Festival (SAF) 2023 on Saturday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

On the final day of the sixth physical edition of the festival, the crowds rushed across its various venues \u2013 on the land and sea (River Raag, starting from Santa Monica Jetty) \u2013 to savour the last bite of its offerings.<\/p>\n

Since 2016, SAF has been transforming India\u2019s art landscape by offering its platform to artists and experts from different fields to expand their horizons. From theatre to dance, music, food, textiles and so many other forms of creative expression have been showcased at the cultural extravaganza. Over the years, the annual fest has gotten bigger, wider and more inclusive to bring more participants into its fold.<\/p>\n

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In striving to do so, SAF has created a space for the differently abled in the Access Lounge at the Old GMC Complex. This corner has been holding an outreach programme for people with special needs \u2013 \u2018Senses\u2019 \u2013 since the beginning of the Festival. The workshop has been curated by Siddhant Shah of Access for ALL.<\/p>\n

\u2018Upcycle and Tie-Dye your T-shirt!\u2019, one of the activities organised under \u2018Senses\u2019, saw participants turning their drab and white tees and tops into colourful pieces of art as they learned different tie-dye techniques.<\/p>\n

At the Theatre, the audience bore witness to an electrifying performance by the Ouinch Ouinch Collective inspired by the Hype Call, a practice derived from the Krump culture. The performance \u2018Ouinch Ouinch: Happy Hype\u2019 had DJ Mullah mix urban Afro and hip-hop tunes while the collective gave it their all on stage.<\/p>\n

The performance\u00a0 \u2018Ouinch Ouinch: Happy Hype\u2019 is supported by Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia, the Embassy of Switzerland in India and Bhutan and\u00a0boxout.fm<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Some distance away, at The Children\u2019s Corner in the Old GMC Complex, where ThinkArts has been hosting \u2018Young At Art\u2019 programmes daily, the atmosphere was electric. The workshop, \u2018Stories of the Sea\u2019, attempted to ignite children\u2019s imagination by encouraging them to trace the origins of objects that get washed up on the beach and tell their story by creating art using fishing nets and other objects.<\/p>\n

As the children tried to demystify the objects found on the seashore, it was a different kind of exploration at The Studio in the Excise Building, where movement artist Dipna Daryanani asked adults to take a closer look at their bodies with a childlike sense of wonderment to understand and appreciate it better. Through her workshop \u2018Hello Body\u2019, designed for movers, dancers, actors, performers, educators and others, Daryanani tried to inculcate in participants a deeper love for their bodies.<\/p>\n

At the Art Park, naturalist and plant lover Dr Maryanne Lobo educated her audience on the medicinal virtues of local plants. \u2018Plant Walk\u2019, an activity that was part of Mercado (meaning market in Portuguese), instilled an awareness of the usefulness of native plants and how they maintained the biodiversity of the region.<\/p>\n

After a day of artistic exhilaration at the venues around the Old GMC Complex, it was time for the SAF 2023 crowds to head to The Arena at Nagalli Hills Ground for an evening soaked in music. On Saturday, Pune-based band Easy Wanderlings warmed up the audience for a musical evening with soft melodies of soul, pop and folk music.<\/p>\n

The crowds swayed to the wide genre of musical composition rendered by Easy Wanderlings, whose soul-funk EP (extended play) ‘Caught in a Parade’ was rated as the best Indian EP in 2022 by\u00a0Rolling Stone Magazine.<\/p>\n

Then came the finale of SAF 2023\u2019s musical journey with the Grammy-nominated Indian playback and independent singer Shilpa Rao taking the stage and sending the crowd into a frenzy. Popular Bollywood numbers \u00ad\u2013 Tose Naina, Khuda Jaane, Malang and Ghungroo \u2013 filled the evening air.<\/p>\n

Shilpa Rao rang down the curtain on SAF 2023 as she belted out the last song and the crowd dispersed, bidding goodbye to this year\u2019s Festival. And with that, SAF 2023 hit the pause button on the Festival in anticipation of returning in 2024 \u2013 same time, perhaps more places \u2013 between December 15 and December 23.<\/p>\n

The 2023 edition has several project and institutional partners, such as Institut Fran\u00e7ais (India), the British Council, Boxout, Japan Foundation, Pro Helvetia Swiss Arts Council, Sampad, Paper Boat Collective, Art South Asia Project, JCB Literature Foundation and more.<\/p>\n

The official hashtag for SAF 2023 is #ComeTogetherAtSAF, a sign of celebration and sharing of a vision that has been widely supported. This is the Festival\u2019s 8th edition, of which two were digitally presented in 2020 and 2021, respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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