Artists' initiative and residency, a space for learning, inspiration and artistic reflection. There goes not the eye, nor words, nor mind.
We know not; nor can we understand—
how then, can we explain what It is? The Unknown—Unmanifest—the very root of all inquiry. That is the essence of the Kena Upanishad, hence the essence, soul and aim of Kena Artists' Initiative. While one of the functions of Kena is to host curated art events and public art interventions and supporting artists and specific art projects. It's intention primarily i
28/11/2016
16 days and counting down!! :D
The Story Of | Space 2017 The Story of Space explores space and its connections to science, philosophy, art and culture to create inspiration, dialogue and spontaneous learning experiences through a free, public festival. Curated through conversations and an open call, the festival will bring together researchers of science…
05/02/2016
David Attenborough opens £1.5m gallery for socially-engaged art BBC naturalist inaugurated Lucy and Jorge Orta's show on environmental change at Attenborough Arts Centre in Leicester
10/01/2016
"Civilizations aren't remembered by their business people, bankers, or lawyers. They're remembered by their arts." — Eli Broad, founder of The Broad museum
30/12/2015
The Huge List of International Photography Grants, Funds and Fellowships We've put together a list of grants, funds and fellowships available to photographers from all around the world.
03/12/2015
Us Too! Bon anniversaire, Monsieur Godard! 85 today!
03/12/2015
Collectif BLBC and Kena Present 'Please Find Enclosed' series.
#01 - Pierre Folk
Keep a look out for the next one people. 20th of December with Patrick Sagnes. Will announce the location soon.
Images courtesy : Shree Sen, Rahul Gudipudi, BLBC.
Première exposition dématérialisée proposée par le collectif BLBC et montrée au Kena Art Center de Bangalore.
Présentation du travail photographique de Pierre Folk et discussion entre l'artiste, les curateurs et le public indien le dimanche 29 Novembre 2015
Many thanks to Kena, Pierre Folk, Gudipudi Rahul and the Alliance francaise de Bangalore !
26/11/2015
Event Details : https://www.facebook.com/events/514672628710628/
Pierre Folk
Born in 1986, Pierre Folk is a French photographer particularly known for his work on the inner city ‘Little Belt’ railway in Paris. Basing his reflection on the contentious relationships between the human being, his environment and between human beings themselves; Pierre offers a rich visual experience through his work on colours and a mastery of large formats. After several tens of publications (the Huffington Post, Slate, L’Obs, ...-) in 12 countries, his work was broadcasted on a French TV channel and he received the honours for the Moscow International Foto Awards in 2014.
PLEASE FIND ENCLOSED
An exhibition solely developed through digital streams BLBC, collective based in Paris, France in collaboration with KENA, based in Bangalore, India, presents his new project "Please find enclosed", an ephemeral photography exhibit based on the absence of physical exchange between the production space (artworks and curation) and the exhibition space. Thus, from Paris, where the photograph series "By the silent line" by Pierre Folk was realised, to Bangalore where it will be showcased, all the exchange produced around the exhibition, from the artistic dialogue between the artists, the curators and the gallery, to the production of the artworks and the administrative documentation, will be carried out through digital streams in order to illustrate the impact, now essential, at last on the multi polarisation of the art scene worldwide.
Since the exhibition "Les magiciens de la terre" (Magicians of the Earth) which created in 1989 a desire to break with the vision of an artworld structured by its historical poles (Europe, United Stated), artistic innovation has asserted itself, especially through emerging Biennales (Sao Paulo, Shanghai, Istanbul, Kochi...) as materialised by timely production of new trends, appearing without any levelling between the "historical" poles and the "new" poles of the globalized contemporary art scene. Subsequently, the new structurisation, depolarized and moving, allows us to consider digital artistic exchange as vectors of collaboration and artistic innovation, freeing itself from the usual barriers and to open thus far unthinkable perspectives. Thus, ‘PLEASE FIND ENCLOSED’ series proposes to relay on the new art world infrastructure a depolarized and dematerialized project, fixed in a economy of means which characterise the new areas of artistic production, to set on equal footing operators of contemporary creation.
'PLEASE FIND ENCLOSED' series is a collaborative project brought to you by Kena Artists' Initiative and BLBC, Paris and with the kind support of the Alliance Francaise, Bangalore.
25/11/2015
Kena
25/11/2015
Kochi Biennale Foundation and Foundation for Indian Art & Education is organising the first South-zone conference on art education titled 'State of Art Schools: Reality and Prospects' on November 26, 27 and 28 at Casino Hotel, Willingdon Island, Kochi.
Register now for the conference! Visit kochimuzirisbiennale.org/state-of-art-schools.
The conference is supported by Tata Trusts and CGH Earth.
18/11/2015
A whole lot poetry shared from various demographics and in different languages along with translations. Drop by and read something. :)
17/11/2015
Trailer: New Short Film by JR Starring Robert De Niro The short film stars Academy Award Winner Robert De Niro, was written by Academy Award winner Eric Roth and directed by the artist JR whose Unframed art inst...