Introducing KIPAF

PERFORMERS iNDEPENDENT (Pi) was an independent artists' collective, experimenting and exploring the traditional, modernist and contemporary spaces in the cultural paradigm. The Kolkata International Performance Art Festival was initiated by Pi in 2012 to annually open up the city of Kolkata to diverse traditions of performance, performitivty and interventions. Since then Pi has got fragmented but KIPAF has taken deeper roots.

The festival aims to be a platform for dialogue between site, art, politics and culture. KIPAF acknowledges the nascent nature of Performance Art in India, and will always play a role in the pedagogy of performance art.
The festival is be held between 23rd-26th January every year.

Wednesday 25 January 2017

DAY 4 | KIPAF 17 | PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE



Stepping In After The State, 
We Begin At Brigade Ground In The afternoon 
On The Republic Day




POST-LUNCH 3 PM - 6 PM - RED ROAD PARED GROUND 

 TANZINA HOSSEN (3.30 PM)
FJ KUNTING (4:00 PM)
YUZURU (4:30 PM)

  
JAGANNATH GHAT

NIGHT 8 PM -  9:30 PM 

DIMPLE B SHAH(8:00 PM)
(8:30 PM)
DHANNJAY KUMAR  |    BHISAJI GADEKAR 
ARPITA SINGHA LOPA (9:00 PM) 

DINNER (9:30-10:30 PM)

NIGHT PERFORMANCES
 10:30 PM - 4:00 AM

PRADIP CHATTERJEE AND MICHAEL NORTHAM WILL DO  DAY LONG GHOST INTERVENTIONS

SUNDAR LAMA  & NEETI BAYALKOTI - (11:30PM) 

DIVESH GADEKAR |  DINIZ SANCHEZ - PARALLEL  (12'0 CLOCK)
Vinaykumar Rudraswami (1:OO AM )


KAMINI CHAUDHARY | TANAYA KUNDU (1:30AM)

EFAT RAZOWANA (2:30 AM) 
TAPATI CHOWDHURY (3:30AM) 
ENITH PÉREZ MEDINA (3:30 PM) 
KATARINA RASIC(4:00 AM)







Tuesday 24 January 2017

DAY 3 | KIPAF 17 | PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE




DAY 3 AT KIPAF 17 IS SUPER STRETCHED, DIVERSE AND PACKED
21 PERFORMANCES IN 1 DAY
OVER FLOW OF CULTURE
CURATORIAL CHALLENGE / ADMIN NIGHTMARE

THE DAY BEGINS AT 4 A.M AT jAGANNATH GHAT AND THE ADJOINING FLOWER MARKET -

CLAUDIA ROSELLI WILL DO A24  DURATIONAL PIECE 

11 AM - PERFORMANCES BEGIN AT CG 145 SALTLAKE SECTOR 2 -

11.00 A.M - 3.P.M OPEN SESSION 



MORNING - AFTERNOON SESSION PERFORMANCES 

THIS IS AN INDOOR VENUE AND PERFORMANCES WILL BE HAPPENING TOGETHER IN SIMULTANEITY 


  • PRADIP CHATTERJEE AND MICHAEL NORTHAM WILL DO  DAY LONG GHOST INTERVENTIONS
  • TAPATI CHOWDHURY WILL BE DOING A DAY LONG INSTALLATIVE WORK 
  • TONY SCHWENSEN - 3 HOURS DURATIONAL
  • KELVIN ATMADIBRATA - 2 HOURS DURATIONAL
  • ISHAN PARIYAR - 10 MINS
  • ROHAN DHUMBRE -  30 MINS
  • SABITA DONGOL - 10 MINS 
  • CHELSEA COON -2 HOURS
  • NEETI BAYALKOT - 15 MINS
  • HITEN NOONWAL - 15 MINS
  • MANJOT KAUR - TIME NOT AVAILABLE 
  • RITESH MAHAJAN - 30 MINS

3. 30 PM - ONWARDS 

EVENING SESSION 

  • NASREEN SHARKER TOONTOON
  • DIMPLE SAHA 
  • VINAYKUMAR RUDRASWAMI 
  • FRANCESCA FINI + CHI  MUK
  • GRAHAM MARTIN 
  • BENJAMIN ABRAS




Monday 23 January 2017

DAY 2 | KIPAF 17 | PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE


24TH JANUARY 2017 

12:00

NOON MEET  ON THE RADIUS OF MANOHARLAL  TARAG/ REFEREE'S CLUB/BACK SIDE OF PRESS CLUB

12:30 - 2.30 WITH WORKING LUNCH

REFEREE'S CLUB

ANUPAM SAIKIA

MANOHARLAL  TARAG

NANXI LIU
ROKKO JUHASZ

HEMA  GUHA

SHAHEED  MINAR
3.PM - 5 PM 

AMAL AKASH

VIKASH KHATTARI

ROHAN DUMRE


2. PM TO 3 PM

PARALLEL SLOW ASSEMBLY AT BHAWANIPORE CEMETERY 

3 PM - 5 PM 

PERFORMANCES  OPEN FOR VIEWING 

HEMA GUHA
PRADEEP CHATTERJEE
RAHUL BHATTACHARYA
SUMANA AKTER


TANAYA KUNDU WILL BE DOING A DURATIONAL PERFORMANCE THROUGH OUT THE DAY 


6.PM MEETING AT SS HOGG PARK ENTARNCE 

6 - 8 PM 

ANUPAM SAIKIA
HEMA GUHA
PERFORMERS iNDEPENDENT 

























Sunday 22 January 2017

CURATED AND OPEN SECTION LIST

THE LIST OF ARTISTS FOR OPEN AND CURATED SECTIONS 

#KIPAF17


TENTATIVE AND FINAL SCHEDULE| KIPAF17 TO KNOW WHICH SLOTS ARE FOR OUR OPEN AND CURATED SECTIONS. YOU CAN HAVE A DIALOGUE WITH OUR CURATORS ACCORDINGLY 




CURATED SECTION 


1.     ANUPAM SAIKIA (INDIA)
2.     ARPITA SINGHA LOPA(BANGLADESH)
3.     BENJAMIN ABRAS(BRAZIL)
4.     CHELSEA COON (USA)
5.     CLAUDIA ROSELLI (ITALY)
6.     DINIZ SANCHEZ(PORTUGAL)
7.     FJ KUNTING  (INDONESIA)
8.     FRANCESCA FINI (ITALY)
9.     GRAHAM MARTIN​ (IRE/UK)
10.   HEMAVATHY GUHA(INDIA)
11.   HITEN NOONWAL (INDIA)
12.   JAMES WALKER (AUSTRALIA)
13.   KATARINA RASIC (SERBIA)
14.   KELVIN ATMADIBRATA(INDONESIA)
15.   MICHAEL NORTHAM(USA)
16.   NANXI LIU(CHINA)
17.   ROKKO JUHÁSZ(HUNGARY)
18.   TONY SCHWENSEN (AUSTRALIA)
19.   VINAYKUMAR RUDRASWAMI (INDIA)
20.   YUZURU(SINGAPORE)


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OPEN SECTION

1.     AMAL AKASH(BANGLADESH)2.     BHISAJI GADEKAR(INDIA)3.     DHANNJAY KUMAR(INDIA)4.     DIVESH GADEKAR (INDIA)5.     EFAT RAZOWANA (BANGLADESH)6.     ENITH PÉREZ MEDINA (INDIA/PERU)7.     NASREEN SHARKER (BANGLADESH)8.     NEETI BAYALKOTI (NEPAL)9.     RITESH MAHARJAN (NEPAL)10.   ROHAN DUMBRE(INDIA)11.   SABITA DANGOL (NEPAL)12.   SHAJIL PADIYOOR(INDIA)13.   SRINIVAS MANGIPUDI (INDIA)14.   SUNDAR LAMA (NEPAL)15.   TANAYA KUNDU (INDIA)16.   TANZINA HOSSEN (BANGLADESH)17.   USHNISH MUKHERJEE(INDIA)18.   VIKASH KHATRI (INDIA)19.   ZUBAN (INDIA)



KIPAF 17 / DAY 1 SCHEDULE



DAY 1 
23 | 01 |17

THIS YEAR KIPAF EXPLORES THE OLD COLONIAL AREAS OF SOUTH  CENTRAL KOLKATA . THE 1ST DAY OF KIPAF 17 IS DEDICATED TO VISITING THE SITES OF PERFORMANCE FOR OUR COMING DAYS. 

10.30 AM : 

WE ARE MEETING 23RD MORNING AT BHAWANIPORE CEMETERY, IT IS OUR WELCOME MEETING WITH OUR ARTISTS AND VOLUNTEERS. SETTING THE TONE FOR THE FESTIVAL. AND OUR FIRST EXPLORATION OF SILENCE 

THEN WE BEGIN OUR KIPAF PERFORMATIVE WALK, FROM THERE TO BAITANIK :  SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN WE WILL HAVE LUNCH  .


02. PM 

 WE ASSEMBLE AT  REFEREE'S CLUB AND NEW MARKET AREA. 
THESE WE HAVE A SESSION OF MEETING , GATHERING AND IMPROVISATION. 

7 pm 

FROM THERE WE WILL REACH JAGANNATH GHAT FLOWER MARKET 

BY  LATE EVENING,WE WILL DISPERSE LATE EVENING FROM THE GHATS



Saturday 21 January 2017

DAY 0.3 | KIPAF SCHEDULE




MORNING WE WILL MEET AT CG 145,SECTOR 2,SALT LAKE FOR WORKSHOP
(2ND DAY) CONTINUATION - SPACE,+ BODY AS A MATERIAL BY TONY SCHWENSEN


 2PM-5PM - KI PAI PROMOTIONAL  
MATERIAL DESIGN (LAMP SHADE- T SHIRT ETC.) AND HOSPITALITY MEETING

FROM 6PM ONWARDS WE ARE AT NEW MARKET AREA IN FRONT HOGG MARKET MAIN GATE , FOR OUTREACH PROGRAM AND STREET PROMOTION 


       

Friday 20 January 2017

DAY 0.2 | KIPAF SCHEDULE



MORNING 12'O NOON - WORKSHOP AT CG 145,SECTOR 2,SALT LAKE 
 KIPAF 17 WORKSHOP 
SPACE,+ BODY AS A MATERIAL

TONY SCHWENSEN | 21st- 22nd | 01 | 17 
living and working in Boston, MA, USA since 2008.
For time and venue contact - .Mome ,Phone<09831654648> | Ushnish <7980957137> 

Tony Schwensen has maintained an active participation in contemporary art practice since 1988, including establishing and running artist run initiatives, hosting international artists, providing exhibition and performance opportunities and regularly exhibiting nationally and internationally. Schwensen’s research-based practice manifests as combinations of painting, sculpture, drawing, performance, video, installation, printmaking, photography, text, actions and interactions.


Schwensen completed a PhD at Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney, researching the influence and adaptation of the discipline specific investigations of Samuel Beckett on and into historic and contemporary video performance practice.Schwensen was awarded the Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship in 1998, enabling him to live and work in Rotterdam, The Netherlands from 1999–2001. He was awarded the Power Studio residency at The Cite Internationale des Arts in Paris in 2007. Schwensen’s work has been exhibited and performed worldwide and written about in publications that include Artforum, Art Krush, Frieze, Art Monthly, Flash Art, Eyeline, Broadsheet, Art & Text, Real Time and Art and Australia. Research outcomes have been presented in exhibitions, performances, lectures and conferences, in venues that range from museums, to state and national galleries, universities and art schools, commercial galleries, experimental art spaces, performance festivals, and public spaces across Asia, Europe, North America, South America and Oceania. 



FROM WORKSHOP WE ARE GOING TO ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS AROUND 4'0 CLOCK FOR KIPAF OUTREACH, PROMOTION, PERFORMANCE IMPROVISATION AND WE WILL
CONTINUE THE JOURNEY UP TO GALLERY EXPERIMENTER. OUTREACH PROMOTION WILL BE CONTINUE OVER THERE AS WELL.If you need any information call our team  -.Chi MukPhone <+919836352770> | Ushnish Jio,Phone<+917980957137> |  Mome ,Phone<09831654648>
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TENTATIVE AND FINAL SCHEDULE|KIPAF17


Day 1 | 23.01.16

THIS YEAR KIPAF EXPLORES THE OLD COLONIAL AREAS OF SOUTH  CENTRAL KOLKATA . THE 1ST DAY OF KIPAF 17 IS DEDICATED TO VISITING THE SITES OF PERFORMANCE FOR OUR COMING DAYS. 

WE ARE MEETING 23RD MORNING AT BHAWANIPORE CEMETERY, IT IS OUR WELCOME MEETING WITH OUR ARTISTS AND VOLUNTEERS. SETTING THE TONE FOR THE FESTIVAL.

THEN WE BEGIN OUR KIPAF PERFORMATIVE WALK, FROM THERE TO TRAM DEPOT  THERE  AFTER WE WILL HAVE LUNCH .

THERE AFTER WE MOVE TO REFEREE'S CLUB AND NEW MARKET AREA. 

THESE WE HAVE A SESSION OF MEETING , GATHERING AND IMPROVISATION. 

FROM THERE WE WILL REACH JAGANNATH GHAT FLOWER MARKET 

BY EVENING,WE WILL DISPERSE LATE EVENING FROM THE GHATS
  
DAY 2|24.01.16


MORNING - VISITING TIME FOR INDOOR SITE AND ARTIST'S HAVING TIME 
TO EXPLORE THE CITY



                            MEETING 12'O CLOCK - OPEN SESSION AND LUNCH  OUTSIDE  REFEREE'S CLUB 

4 PM - 6PM :  BHAWANIPORE CEMETERY - CURATED SECTION


DAY 3| 25.01.16
MORNING MEETING - 10 AM - 8PM :  BAITANIK,ELGIN(DAY LONG)
DAY 4 | 26.01.16
MORNING MEETING - 11AM - CG 145,SECTOR 2,SALT LAKE (OPEN SESSION)
LUNCH

MEETING AT REFEREE'S CLUB - 3PM
FROM THERE NEW MARKET - 6PM
DINNER - 9PM
JAGANNATH GHAT - 11PM
DISPERSE  AT 4'0 AM - 27.01.2017

DAY 5|27.01.17
KIPAF 17 PRESENTATION 5'O CLOCK EVENING - VENUE WILL BE ANNOUNCE 

Bhawanipore Cemetery




New Market Area 



​ 
Jagannath Ghat Flower Market 




OUTSIDE OF ​REFREE'S CLUB

BAITANIK





ROUTES WE WILL FOLLOW




If you need any information call our team  -.Chi MukPhone <+919836352770> | Ushnish Jio,Phone<+917980957137> |  Mome ,Phone<09831654648>
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Thursday 19 January 2017

KIPAF 2017 | LIST OF PARTICIPANTS


             FINAL ARTISTS LIST #KIPAF17

AMJAD AKASH(BANGLADESH)
AMAL AKASH(BANGLADESH)
ANUPAM SAIKIA (INDIA)
ASTHA MITTAL (INDIA)
ARPITA SINGHA LOPA(BANGLADESH)
B AJAY SHARMA (INDIA)
BENJAMIN ABRAS(BRAZIL)
BHISAJI GADEKAR(INDIA)
CHELSEA COON (USA)

CHHOBI ZULFIQURE(BANGLADESH)

CLAUDIA ROSELLI (ITALY)
DHANNJAY KUMAR(INDIA)
DINIZ SANCHEZ(PORTUGAL)
DIVESH GADEKAR (INDIA)
EFAT RAZOWANA (BANGLADESH)

ENITH PÉREZ MEDINA (INDIA/PERU)

FJ KUNTING  (INDONESIA)
FRANCESCA FINI (ITALY)
GRAHAM MARTIN​ (IRE/UK)
HEMAVATHY GUHA(INDIA)
HITEN NOONWAL (INDIA)
ISHAN PARIYAR (NEPAL)
ISMAIL HOSSAIN (BANGLADESH)
KAMINI CHAUDHARY (INDIA)
KATARINA RASIC (SERBIA)

KELVIN ATMADIBRATA(Indonesia)

MANJOT KAUR (INDIA)
MICHAEL NORTHAM(USA)
NASREEN SHARKER (BANGLADESH)
NEETI BAYALKOTI(NEPAL)
Nanxi Liu(CHINA)
RITESH MAHARJAN (NEPAL)
ROHAN DUMBRE(INDIA)
Rokko Juhász(HUNGARY)
SABITA DANGOL (NEPAL)
SHAJIL PADIYOOR(INDIA)
SHUBHO SAHA (BANGLADESH)

SRINIVAS MANGIPUDI (INDIA)

SUNDAR LAMA(NEPAL)
TANAYA KUNDU (INDIA)
TANZINA HOSSEN (BANGLADESH)
TONY SCHWENSEN (AUSTRALIA)
VIKASH KHATRI(INDIA)
VINAYKUMAR RUDRASWAMI (INDIA)

YUZURU(SINGAPORE)
     
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OBSERVER 
ANUJ GUPTA
RAGHAVENDRA SHASTRI


INTERN
                                                  
VINITA.KATARIA
USHNISH MUKHERJEE
SOUMIK GHOSH

   HOSPITALITY TEAM

CHIMUK
Bhargabi Das
Kunal Chowdhury
MOM BHATTACHARAYA

TAPATI CHOWDHURY

  CURATORS 

FERIAL AFFIF
DIMPLE B SHAH
SUMANA AKTER
JAMES WALKER
ANIRBAN DATTA
RAHUL BHATTACHARYA