FINAL GUIDED TOUR: ‘Corridors of Power’
FINAL GUIDED TOUR By curator of ‘Corridors of Power’ exhibition, Sanjana Hattotuwa 4 – 5pm, 20 September at JDA Perera Gallery, Horton Place, Colombo Free & open to public. Parking available inside…
Arts and Theatre
Framing discourse: Media, Power and Democracy
PANEL DISCUSSION: ‘Framing discourse: Media, Power and Democracy’, 5.30-7.00pm, 20th September JDA Perera Gallery, Horton Place, Colombo Free & open to public. Parking available inside the venue. Seating limited. The architecture of…
The ‘F’ word and the Tamil National Question
KEYNOTE: ‘The ‘F’ word and the Tamil National Question’ by Shiral Lakthilaka, 5.30-7.00pm, 19th September JDA Perera Gallery, Horton Place, Colombo Free & open to public. Parking available inside the venue….
The chiaroscuro of power: Architecture’s role in hegemony and change
KEYNOTE: ‘The chiaroscuro of power: Architecture’s role in hegemony and change’ by Channa Daswatte, 5.30-7.00pm, 18th September JDA Perera Gallery, Horton Place, Colombo Free & open to public. Parking available inside…
The challenge of constitutional reform: Mediating change and managing continuity
KEYNOTE: ‘The challenge of constitutional reform: Mediating change and managing continuity’ by Rohan Edrisinha, 5.30-7.00pm, 17th September JDA Perera Gallery, Horton Place, Colombo Free & open to public. Parking available inside…
KEYNOTE: ‘The constitutional vision of the new government’ by Dr. Jayampathy Wickramaratne
KEYNOTE: ‘The constitutional vision of the new government ‘ by Dr. Jayampathy Wickramaratne, 5.30-7.00pm, 16th September JDA Perera Gallery, Horton Place, Colombo Free & open to public. Parking available inside the…
OPENING NIGHT | Corridors of power
Opening Night Corridors of power: Drawing and modelling Sri Lanka’s tryst with democracy 6 – 9pm, 15th September 2015, JDA Perera Gallery, Horton Place, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Completely free and open to the public….
Corridors of power: Drawing and modelling Sri Lanka’s tryst with democracy
15 – 22 September 2015, JDA Perera Gallery, Horton Place, Colombo Free and open to the public. No tickets. Limited seating at venue. Led by the input of Asanga Welikala and…
PODCASTS from “Watch this space: Framing the past, untying the future” exhibition
Curated by Senior Researcher at the Centre for Policy Alternatives and Editor of – an exhibition featuring Sri Lankan art and work from the Artraker “Art of Peace” series, theatre and…
Writing transitions: Changing and changeable texts (Panel discussion)
Today (Sunday, 16th), 5.30-7pm, Park Street Mews, Warehouse D, Colombo, Sri Lanka Free and open to the public. No reservations or tickets. Limited seating. What role can and does art in general play…
PANEL DISCUSSION: Transforming politics for transitional justice
Today (Saturday, 15th), 5.30-7pm, Park Street Mews, Warehouse D, Colombo, Sri Lanka Free and open to the public. No reservations or tickets. Limited seating. What role does mainstream politics have to play in…
Panel Discussion: The Art of Memorialisation
Today (Friday, 14th), 5.30-7pm, Park Street Mews, Warehouse D, Colombo, Sri Lanka Free and open to the public. No reservations or tickets. Limited seating. How do we see our past, and thereby choose…
Sights of violence, sites of memory: Reframing the past
Keynote on ‘Sights of Violence, Sites of Memory: Reframing the Past’ delivered on the 13th of August, 2015 for ‘Framing the Past: Untying the Future’, 11th -17th of August 2015, Park street…
KEYNOTE: Sights of violence, sites of memory: Reframing the past
Today (Thursday, 13th), 5.30-7pm, Park Street Mews, Warehouse D, Colombo, Sri Lanka Free and open to the public. No reservations or tickets. Limited seating. Should sites of violence have new lives and under…
ART, BEAUTY, PAIN AND HEALING
### When Sanjana Hattotuwa asked me to give the keynote today on the topic “Beyond Violence and War- Imagining a Just Peace” and to center that topic around the question of art,…
