UKIERI Thematic Partnership Project

Romeo Juliet and Security Guard, Direction: Jane Collins

Its a privilege for me to participate the thematic partnership project between University of Hyderabad and Wimbledon College of Arts.The title of the project “Scenography in a digital age: a comparative study of the impact of new media on contemporary Indian and British performance practice”This project partnership is expected to last 2 years and will provide strong links between the University of the Arts London and the University of Hyderabad, one of the leading public research Universities in India.This partnership will develop a trans-national, inter-disciplinary discourse that will enhance understanding of contemporary performance culture in India and the UK.

Objectives

• Identify a range of multi-media performance currently being produced in our two countries.
• Examine the effects and potential of this new media on the visual and spatial constructs working within and between our respective cultures.
• Assess the function of ‘live’ performance in a social arena increasingly dominated by electronic and digital media.
• Disseminate our findings through publications including web-based.
• Build capacity by developing practice- based PhD’s in performance and visual culture.

 Participants :
Prof B.Ananth Krishnan, Dean , S.N.School of Arts
Rajeev Velicheti, Associate Prof, Dept of Theatre
Keertana Tangavelu, Associate Prof, Department of Fine Arts
Murali Basa, UGC-JRF Research Scholar, Department of Theatre Arts
Shiva Prasad Tumu, UGC-JRF Research Scholar, Department of Theatre Arts
 

OKA DEYYAM ATMA KATHA (An autobiography of a devil)

'OKA DEYYAM ATMA KATHA'
 Designed and Directed by Shiva Prasad T, Lights Design by Murali Basa
In the above photo, Rammohan

This play 'OKA DEYYAM ATMA KATHA' was an adoption of the novel written by K.N.Y Patanjali, Designed and Directed by Shivaprasad Tumu. The play had good images to create an illusion on the stage for each of the seven stories.

The play was being narrated by the two characters, who transforms different stories between them. The strong visuals and the animated movements through the body was highlighted as in the above picture.  Though NIFT auditorium had the facility for limited lighting, I could manage to highlight the play with the provided facility.

Design and Direction : Shivaprasad Tumu
Lights Design : Murali Basa

The photos.