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Arts and Theatre, Colombo, Culture, Moving Images

Sumitra: Last Emissary of a Bygone Era

My Lunches with Orson is the title of a collection of interviews that Henry Jaglom, a US avant-garde filmmaker, did with Orson Welles over a period of two years (1983-1985). It is…

Uditha Devapriya Uditha Devapriya on 01/22/202301/23/2023
Arts and Theatre, Colombo, Culture, Human Rights, justice, Longing and Belonging, Memorialisation, Peace and Conflict, Reconciliation

Jungle and the Sea: A Tale of Courage, Hope and Survival

Following the runaway success of his first play, Counting and Cracking, writer and director S. Shakthidharan has produced a new play called Jungle and the Sea, which has received enthusiastic reviews since…

Groundviews Groundviews on 12/21/2022
Arts and Theatre, Colombo, Culture, Media and Communications, Moving Images, Photos, Poetry

Brilliance and Resilience

There have been dark times in Sri Lanka in 2022. Economic anxiety and disruption of existing supply chains for the essential services of food, gasoline, petrol and electricity led to profound distress…

Devika Brendon Devika Brendon on 12/11/202212/11/2022
Arts and Theatre, Colombo, Diaspora, Longing and Belonging, Peace and Conflict, Reconciliation

Counting and Cracking: A Journey of Learning, Healing and Understanding

It debuted to rave reviews in Australia in early 2019 and met with the same response in Edinburgh and Birmingham. Despite recounting very personal and Sri Lankan experiences, S. Shakthidaran’s Counting and Cracking…

Groundviews Groundviews on 09/27/202209/27/2022
#GotaGoHome, Arts and Theatre, Colombo, Culture, Education, Media and Communications

GotaGoGama: A Learning Curve

GotaGoGama is gone. Gota has returned. Things have regressed in the past two months or so. The nucleus of Sri Lanka’s popular protests have ceased to exist. Its last days were a…

Pranith Wirasinha Pranith Wirasinha on 09/08/202209/27/2022
Arts and Theatre, Colombo, Culture, Media and Communications, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Performance Art and Political Protest

Performance art is an offshoot of visual arts where the artist uses his or her body as a medium of communication. Performance art has always been interconnected with society and politics. Artists…

Godwin Constantine Godwin Constantine on 08/29/202208/29/2022
Arts and Theatre, Colombo, Culture, Disabilities, Human Rights, IDPs and Refugees, Longing and Belonging, Peace and Conflict, Post-War, Reconciliation

Atrocities of the Civil War Through the Eyes of Artists

A common theme running through this year’s Colomboscope, entitled Language is Migrant, is the enduring consequences of Sri Lanka’s civil war as seen through the eyes of several young artists based in…

Groundviews Groundviews on 01/28/202201/28/2022
Arts and Theatre, Colombo, Culture

The Extraordinary Life, Times and Talent of Laki Senanayake

Laki is seated on a black, high-backed, padded executive swivel chair. He is bare-bodied, in a bright red sarong, dappled sunlight catching his white beard. On the table in front of him…

Michael Meyler Michael Meyler on 06/05/202107/07/2021
Arts and Theatre, Colombo, Culture

Vajira – the Creator of Children’s Ballets

Histories of the tri-traditional dances of Sri Lanka – Kandyan, Low Country and Sabaragamuwa – generally highlight a handful of pioneering women, point out their significance as the first female dancers on…

Mirak Raheem Mirak Raheem on 03/28/202103/28/2021
Arts and Theatre, Colombo, Human Rights, Issues, justice, Memorialisation, Poetry

Richard

Animals continue to crack in Sri Lanka, Richard. Lions don’t exist in the natural state, nor tigers roam through the brush. Elephants, yes, are still around, mostly straggly survivors in an orphanage…

Indran Amirthanayagam Indran Amirthanayagam on 02/18/202102/20/2021
Arts and Theatre, Colombo, Culture

“Eyes Only” Delves Into the Psyche of Sri Lankan Society

Artist Gayan Prageeth is exhibiting his latest collection, Eyes Only, at the Saskia Fernando Gallery. His work reflects a deep concern for the state of society and politics, delving into the psyche…

Groundviews Groundviews on 02/11/202102/12/2021
Arts and Theatre, Cartoon, Colombo, Culture, Memorialisation, Pandemic, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Satire

Corona with the Big Brothers

It is increasingly evident that the lasting impacts of the Coronavirus pandemic will not be merely health related. In the early stages of government efforts to contain the virus and over the…

Vikalpa Vikalpa on 11/02/202011/02/2020
Arts and Theatre, Colombo, Environment, Features, Peace and Conflict

Fighting the Fires of Climate Change Through Art

Today is the Global Day of Climate Action Themes of sustainability and environmental degradation have pervaded my work since 2004, long before climate change or the extinction rebellion became global political issues.…

Anoma Wijewardene Anoma Wijewardene on 09/25/202009/25/2020
Arts and Theatre, Colombo, Memorialisation, Peace and Conflict, Reconciliation, Remember the Riots

Thenuwara’s At/Most/Fear: A Virtual Testament in Times of a Pandemic

For the past 22 years, activist and renowned contemporary artist Chandraguptha Thenuwara has been memorialising the horrific period of July 1983 through paintings, drawings, sculpture and installation. This year, undeterred by the…

Groundviews Groundviews on 07/24/202007/24/2020
Arts and Theatre, Issues, Politics and Governance, Satire

State Power and Street Theatre in Sri Lanka

In the 1970s and 1980s, Sri Lanka witnessed a marked conflict between the State’s enactment of power in relation to the control of public space, and street theatre’s appropriation of it. The…

Daisy Perry Daisy Perry on 08/22/201908/22/2019

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