10
Tue 10.15 A.M
E Hotel
Gate No. 1 Express Avenue Mall,
Patullos Road
Chennai 600 002
Moko Kahaan
Dhoondhe Re Bande?Journeys in Search of the Self
A Performance-Lecture
Shabnam Virmani will share the voices
of Kabir and other mystics through conversation and songs, exploring their radical
and biting critique of religion, identity, nation and gender,
together with their deeply felt reverence and quest for the sacred.
Shabnam is a filmmaker, singer and artist in residence
at the Srishti Institute of Art, Bangalore. Stung by the religious
riots of Gujarat in 2002, she initiated the Kabir Project - journeys in
quest of the 15th century mystic Kabir, exploring how his poetry
intersects with ideas of identity, religion, nationalism, impermanence and
orality.The work of the Kabir Project was given the Sadbhavana Award in June 2017 for contributing to inter-faith
understanding in the country.Shabnam’s film Kabira Khada Bazaar Mein won
the Special Jury Prize at the 52nd National Awards in 2010.
Inspired by the inclusive spirit of folk music, Shabnam
will be playing the 5-stringed tambura herself and performing a wide
repertoire of folk songs of Kabir.
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