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Attend: Book reading by Katharina Hagena

Bestselling German author Katharina Hagena will read from her book ‘Der Geschmack von Apfelkernen’ today, at the Max Mueller Bhavan.
by The Editors | editor@themetrognome.in

Katharina HagenaFor German author Katharina Hagena (in pic on left), her memories have a taste, a sapidity, an aftertaste, an aroma. Packed with gorgeous imagery and undertones of buried secrets, her book The Taste of Apple Seeds (Der Geschmack von Apfelkernen) is an international bestseller.

This evening, Katharina will read from this and some of her other books at the Max Mueller Bhavan, Mumbai. She will also have a conversation with Ranjit Hoskote and will interact with the audience.

In Der Geschmack von Apfelkernen, when Bertha dies, her granddaughter Iris inherits her house and finds herself back in the home where she and her cousin used to play dress-up in the summer holidays. She wanders through the rooms and garden, a timeless world where red currants turn white overnight, where a tree blossoms twice, villages vanish and women shake sparks out of their fingers. But the garden is now wild and overgrown. After she fell out of the apple tree, Bertha became absent-minded, then forgetful. Eventually, she didn’t even recognise her own three daughters. Iris stays in the house on her own for a week. She cannot decide whether she wants to keep it. She swims in a black lake, receives a visitor, kisses an old friend’s brother and paints a wall.

While she wanders from room to room, she gropes her way through memories and things she had forgotten: What did her grandfather really do before he went to war? Which men were Bertha’s daughters in love with? Who ate his apple with the seeds? Finally, Iris recalls the night her cousin Rosmarie had the terrible accident: What was Rosmarie doing on the conservatory roof? What did she want to tell Iris? Iris senses there are several ways to forget. And remembering is only one of them.

 Katharina Hagena will read German and English excerpts from her books. Head to the Library, Max Mueller Bhavan, Kala Ghoda, at 6 pm. 

(Pictures courtesy ebookee.org, www.zimbio.com)

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Attend: Showing of artist Brinda Miller’s stunning new work

Renowned artist Brinda Miller’s new painting, titled ‘Himalayanscape’ is a customised piece of art inspired by the Himalayan mountain range.

Natural mineral water brand Himalayan recently partnered with renowned artist Brinda Miller to create a customised piece of art inspired by the Himalayas. The painting, titled ‘Himalayanscape’, was showcased at the Lakmé Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2014. It is now open for viewing at the Tao Art Gallery.

The painting is Brinda’s vision and representation of a pristine landscape, that narrates a story about water that flows from the Shivalik range in the Himalayas to an aquifer below the Earth – that is, from the source (the sky) to its eventual destination on earth.

The painting is now being displayed at the Tao Art Galleryand will be auctioned in the next couple of months. The proceeds from the auction will go towards a charity that works in the area of conservation of the Himalayas.

In Brinda’s words, “The snow-capped mountains, the layers of organic minerals, the striation of rocks, silt and gravel are metaphorically painted on the canvas – through textural chroma-zones, translucent multi- layering and opaque impasto of paint. The painting, in abstract style, is a montage of heaven, clouds, rain, earth, mountains, the forests, rocks and natural reservoirs of water.” The hues are pure whites, blues, silver and soft grey tones, with a subtle touch of turquoise and pink.

The mixed media work is a combination of acrylic paint, oil paint, handmade paper, silver leaf on canvas – (8 feet x 6 feet).

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Attend: ‘Noise Life’, sound and video exhibition

The Desire Machine Collective will unveil their first solo exhibition in India this evening at the Max Mueller Bhavan, Kala Ghoda.
by The Editors | editor@themetrognome.in

This evening, the Goethe Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan Mumbai and Project 88 will host Desire Machine Collective’s (DMC) first solo exhibition in India. Noise Life is DMC’s new video and sound work, historicising the representation of Assam. In it, the artist duo engages French philosophers Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari’s term ‘schizoanalysis’, which privileges empirical sensation and intensity over meaning.

More personal than other works by DMC, the piece points to excessive states of perception occurring in exceptional experiences of blindness or deafness. The work overwhelms the viewer with a chaos of sensations, and attempts to convey how we make complex sense of our lives and express our experiences.

While the videos will be displayed at Project 88, DMC continues their engagement with schizoanalysis at Galerie Max Mueller by using hundreds of photographic works of a single motion to create the illusion of movement. Additionally, Alt-rock band Digital Suicide will perform at Galerie Max Mueller at 6.15 pm during the opening.

Head to Galerie Max Mueller, Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Mumbai, Kalaghoda, at 6.00 pm, and 7.30 pm at Project 88, BMP building, NA Sawant Marg, Colaba.

(Picture courtesy DMC and Max Mueller Bhavan)

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Attend: ‘Jazzification’ with Rajeev Raja

Old musical favourites will receive a jazz makeover in this concert helmed by musician Rajeev Raja, accompanied by several others.
by The Editors | editor@themetrognome.in

Today, if you’ve got the evening free and like music, you might consider heading to the NCPA.

Rajeev RajaMusician Rajeev Raja will present ‘Jazzification’, a concert that will ‘japp up’ the tunes of favourite bands and musicians through the ages, such as The Beatles and Led Zeppelin, to The Doors to Michael Jackson, Adele and many more.

The concert will feature renowned flautist Rajeev Raja, who will be accompanied by an array of stellar jazz musicians such as Merlin  D’souza (Piano/Keys), Sanjay Divecha (Guitar), Karl Peters (Bass), Ryan Sadri and Rhys Sebastian (Saxophones), Karim Ellaboudi (Piano/Keys) and Ruben Steijn (Drums).

Rajeev has composed music for the Bollywood film Bas Yun Hi and has also played with Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Taufiq Qureshi, Susmit Sen of Indian Ocean fame, etc. He has his own Indo-jazz band called the ‘Rajeev Raja Combine’.

Head to the NCPA on Friday, August 22, at 7 pm. Look up www.ncpamumbai.com for tickets and bookings.

(Pictures timescity.com, www.actfaqs.com)

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Mumbai gets country’s largest photo gallery

The Kanakia Zillion Gallery, home to over 10,000 photographs on Mumbai, opened at BKC Annexe last week. A must-visit space.
by The Editors | editor@themetrognome.in

India’s most exciting city now has a new feather in its cap – Mumbai is now home to the country’s largest photo gallery of Mumbai photographs.

The Kanakia Zillion Gallery opened at the BKC Annexe last week, and houses a staggering 10,000 photographs on Mumbai. The images, contributed by both professional and amateur photographers, were selected from over 36,000 entries. More than 50,000 Mumbaikars were engaged through social media and other platforms to connect with this initiative.

Capturing the spiritual ‘Eight Fold Path’, the initiative salutes the spirit of Mumbai and entries were invited from the photographers to depict eight categories, namely, Architecture, Business, Celebrations, Diversity, Entertainment, Food, Games and Humanity of Mumbai.

At the launch of the space last week, the Kanakia Art Foundation also organised a unique fashion show as a tribute to the city’s dabbawallahs, the Traffic Police of Mumbai, the fisherwomen and the gas supply boys of the city. Sunil Prabhu, Mayor of Mumbai, was present as one of the dignitaries at the event.

HimanshuKanakia, Managing Director of Kanakia Group, said, “This is a rare collection of beautiful efforts of amateur and professional photographers from various walks of the life. We are just overwhelmed to receive about 36,000 photographs and the task of judges was not only mammoth but also difficult while choosing the winners. We congratulate all participants and invite all Mumbaikars to have a glimpse of this unique gallery.”

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The good doctor has come to Mumbai

American physicist Dr John Mcdougall is in the city to speak about reversing disease through nutrition – Mumbaikars, please note.
by The McDougall Dietary Program for Health and Reversal of Disease

The human body is a perfect machine. However it’s the wrong input that causes the problem. Just as putting low-quality petrol affects the functioning of a vehicle, similarly a wrong diet is the cause behind most diseases, including diabetes and arthritis. With India being the diabetes capital of the world, we need to listen to this philosophy.

With 30 years of research and successful results backing him, Dr Mcdougall has helped thousands of people reverse degenerative diseases simply by adapting a low-fat, whole foods, plant based, vegan diet.

It all started when he himself in 1965, at the age of 18 suffered from a massive stroke, which left him completely paralysed on the left side for two weeks. This set him thinking and upon research he realized that the American diet was the major cause behind his ill state of health. He says his mission in life is to spread awareness of how we can regain our health simply by eating the right kind of food. He has written several research papers, best-sellers and holds regular and residential programs which are always house-full.

Today Dr Mcdougall can be credited with actually revolutionising health care by use of a dietary program for preventing and reversing an entire gamut of health problems like obesity, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, peptic ulcer, arthritis, asthma, autoimmune disorders etc. He believes that people should look and feel great for a lifetime. He has helped literally thousands of people, many who had lost all hope, to get back to health and be free of or greatly reduce the need for medicines.

Mumbaikars wishing to listen to Dr Mcdougall’s talks can attend any of the events as per their convenience. There is no registration required and the talks are free:

29 July: 5 – 7 pm: Jai Hind College Auditorium, A road, Marine Drive. Near Churchgate station

30 July: 12 – 1.30 pm: Global hospital, Parel (for doctors)

30 July: 2.30 – 4.30 pm: Nanavati Hospital Auditorium, Vile Parle (for doctors)

30 July: 5.30 – 7.30 pm: ADAPT (formerly The Spastics Society of India), KC Marg, Next to Rang Sharda Hotel,diagonally opposite Lilavati hospital, Bandra Reclamation, Bandra (West)

31 July: 2 – 4 pm: Saifee Hospital, near Churni Road Station (for doctors)

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