National
Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai
Ministry
of Culture, Govt. of India
Sir
C. J. Public Hall
Mumbai-
400 032
The
National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai, Ministry of Culture, Government
of India, is presenting an exhibition entitled ‘Music and Goddess’. The
exhibition is directed by Ranjit Makkuni founder of Sacred World which explores
to build bridges between techno and traditional cultures.
Ranjit Makkuni is an
international multimedia researcher, artist and designer. A graduate in architecture from the reputed
IIT Kharagpur, Ranjit Makkuni perceived his masters in Design Theory and
Methods from University of California. With involvements in many prestigious
institutions Ranjit Makkuni is also member of the mentoring group of Nehru
Memorial Museum, New Delhi, constituted by the Prime Minister of India.
‘Music
and Goddess’-The Exhibition at NGMA (M)
The genesis of art
dates back to the early age of humanity. Here we see Makkuni bringing in the
rich panorama of artistic forms and designs- from ancient to modern. Going
beyond the boundaries of physical landscapes, he brings in multidisciplinary
art forms and designs with cords of music and spreads a labyrinth beyond
imagination. With this one of its kind exhibition Makkuni communicates a vision
for the re-discovery of solitude. Art and Music was never so beautifully
brought together.
This exhibition
presents advances in interactive art through an exploration of the science, art
and spirituality of Music, and its reflections in the Goddess images across
Asian cultures. Ranjit Makkuni makes the exhibition a spiritually musical and
gracefully interactive. It simply makes a lay person spellbound. It is an audio
visual treat for the art and music lovers. The exhibits not only play music but
allow viewers to interact with the instrument that plays it and the creative
installation that bares it. Majority of the instruments show a connection with
the Goddess Sarasvati and hence create a mesmerising spiritual ambiance. The
journey to the musical world spreads over the holy pagodas and Bodhisattva
paintings. The mystic aura of rhythm leaves the listener engulfed in streams of
South East Asian Buddhist monasteries. The exhibition brings sound of music
from each and every member of the Mother Nature like birds, bees, water, woods,
human body and air.
Through a collection of
interactive exhibits employing new musical synthesis based on traditional
grammar, interactive multimedia installations and recordings of performances by
masters, the project will allow viewers to enter the world of sound and its
cultural and spiritual aesthetics.
The display of the
exhibition presents both traditional and new instruments based on Indian Sitar,
Burmese Saun Harp, Thai Xylophone, Korean Kayagum, Chinese Guzheng and Pipa,
Vietnamese Dan Tranh, Javanese & Balinese Gamelan, chanting and many more.
New instruments with embedded computation demonstrate interactions through
gesture, touch, pull, movement, gaze and kinaesthetic action. In addition,
through responsive computing, people by their position, gesture and movements
control musical events in exhibition environment.
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