Mumbai Diary: Saturday Dossier

Sculpture NoDr Bhau Daji Lad MuseumBengalurubased Museum of Art and Photography has released a new report based on the insights theyrsquove gathered through audience research conducted in tandem with ReReeti Foundation The report finds that Indian art lovers are partial towards paintings with 386 out of 500 respondents selecting it as their favourite art form Interestingly the audience was largely indifferent to sculpture with the art form scoring lowest Further while most respondents favoured English as their preferred language for communication in art environments 60 per cent emphasised the importance of including regional languages in museum programming and 924 per cent favoured the use of regional languages in museum signage Finally 68 per cent were optimistic about visiting museums and arts venues in 2021How music makes the people come togetherKnown as one of the best underground MCs in India rapper Prabh Deep is featured in an international luxury housersquos musical campaignPop taught kids of any generation that music is about celebration escape and personal expression It makes us nostalgic gives us an identity and a place to belong within a larger community Pop icon Madonna looked at the relationship between music fashion and subcultures and gave us lyrics like Music makes the people come together music makes the bourgeoisie and the rebel Unsurprising then Alessandro Michele creative director at Gucci decided to highlight the joint power of music and fashionmdashso cathartic ballsy and liberating from a narrative point of viewmdashto celebrate the Italian luxury housersquos centennial collectionAccording to research from music data company Musixmatch which collaborated with the luxury house on this project the word Gucci has appeared in lyrics of a whopping 22705 songs from 1921 to date The universal language of music finds itself as the keynote within the Gucci 100 capsule collection taking notes from a number of songs that mention the brand along with the brandnew logo specially designed to mark the occasion in a sidebyside tribute to the past and the present ldquohellip Also because if I were to depict Gucci for me it would be an eternal teenager who hangs out at places where music is heard and playedrdquo Michele is quoted as sayingTo capture this transporting power of music and clothing the house has collaborated with several young Indian artistes including Sahil Sharma aka Zaeden Prabh Deep Kavya Trehan and Ambika Nayak aka Kayan in their latest musical campaignFilms with a greener gazeStills from Moving upstream Ganga and La saison des tourteaux which will be screened at the festivalldquoWersquore at a point where the environmental issues we face have placed us in an existential crisis While this realisation can be daunting for many we want to also bring to the fore the good work that is being done around the world mdash by people communities and organisations who are taking the right steps and making the right decisions to facilitate change This is the theme for our film festivalrdquo said Kunal Khanna curator of the All Living Things environmental film festival that begins today The festival will feature 33 films from 31 countries The themes are diverse and wideranging from sustainable agriculture and waste management to wildlife and landscape to the impact of rapid urbanisation on local communities Certain films highlight inspirational practices such as the regenerative style of agriculture The films are accompanied by talks by prominent names in the field To learn more visit alteffinKunal KhannaSound notes for activismCultural institute GoetheInstitut has launched a new initiative called the MAP AMP a platform that seeks to explore capture document and present research on the intersections of music and activism in South Asia The institute has put out an open call inviting entries for their repository of music ldquoThe initiative is composed of several complementary elements including a radio programme a music library and a series of podcasts among others It is not bound by geography as long as they are activist in nature we welcome all entriesrdquo said Kanika Kuthiala programme coordinator