The Buck Stops In Trafalgar

A sculpture symbolising Britain바카라�s complex colonial ties and an artwork featuring the faces of 850 transgender people are set to go on display in Trafalgar Square, one of London바카라�s highest-profile venues for public art. City officials have announced the next two works to occupy the 바카라�fourth plinth,바카라� a large stone pedestal in the central London square, reports the Associated Press.

From 2022 to 2024 the plinth will display Malawi-born artist Samson Kambalu바카라�s Antelope, a sculpture of Pan-Africanist leader John Chilembwe beside European missionary John Chorley. Based on a 1914 photograph, it depicts Chilembwe as the much larger figure, 바카라�revealing the hidden narratives of under-represented peoples in the history of the British Empire in Africa and beyond,바카라� City Hall said. Mexican artist Teresa Margolles바카라�s 850 Improntas (850 Imprint), featuring casts of the faces of transgender people from around the world, will be installed in 2024. City Hall said 바카라�the life masks will be arranged round the plinth in the form of a Tzompantli, a skull rack from Mesoamerican civilisations바카라� of what is now Central America and Mexico.

One of London바카라�s main tourist attractions and protest sites, Trafalgar Square was named for Admiral Horatio Nelson바카라�s 1805 victory over the French and Spanish fleets. A statue of the one-armed admiral stands atop Nelson바카라�s Column at the center of the square, and statues of other 19th-century military leaders are nearby. The fourth plinth was erected in 1841 for a never-completed equestrian statue, and since 1999 has been occupied by a series of artworks for about 18 months at a time. The current occupant is Heather Phillipson바카라�s sculpture The End바카라� a giant swirl of whipped cream topped with a cherry, a fly and a drone. It바카라�s due to stay on display until September 2022.

Meghdhoot: The Cloud Messenger

Ah, the poetic charm of the Indian monsoon! Who could have waxed more lyrical than the exiled yaksha of Kalidasa바카라�s Meghaduta. This monsoon, the National Centre for the Performing Arts is holding a workshop바카라�an eight-session virtual series titled Monsoon with Meghaduta바카라�designed to focus on interpreting selected verses from one of the greatest Sanskrit poets. The workshop, the NCPA hopes, will help up-and-comer poets understand the thoughts of Kalidasa as well as broaden their perception about the poem through interpretation of select, translated verses in Hindi.

Curated for poetry lovers, the workshop starts on July 7, a Wednesday, and ends on the final Wednesday of August바카라�on the 25th. The one-and-half-hour weekly sessions will muse on Kalidasa바카라�s creative skills that morphed the monsoon into beautiful verse. Dr Rishiraj Pathak, a poet, musician, and dance litterateur, conducts the sessions along with guest speakers Piyal Bhattacharya, Subodh Poddar and Sandhya Raman.

바카라�Lachmi Deb Roy