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Where ghosts meet Krishna to spin some serious magic
Updated On: 09 December, 2009 07:09 AM IST | | Kumar Saurav
A two-part culture carnival in the capital brings you face-to-face with fascinating phenomena caused by the beyond
A two-part culture carnival in the capital brings you face-to-face with fascinating phenomena caused by the beyond
When reality becomes dull, magic comes to the rescue. Magic Realism, which has been widely used in literature, art and film, is an artistic genre in which participants try to recreate magic in natural settings. And yes, it's unlikely you'll get a chance to witness it, except at the ongoing 'Lo Real Maravilloso' festival. Here's tapping some of their tricks.
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Writes of passage
Famous German art critic Franz Roh once defined Magic Realism as a form where "our real world re-emerges before our eyes, bathed in the clarity of a new day." If that sounds profoundly confusing, we have a simpler explanation of the underlying theme: mystical meets everyday to spin something surreal each hour. The show also draws inspiration from sources as diverse as Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Laura Esquivel, Salman Rushdie, Joanne Harrism, Mikhail Bulgakov, Milan Kundera and Louis de Bernieres. "Many Indian artists, knowingly or unknowingly, base their work around Magic Realism. So, we thought of a full-fledged feature", says Renu Modi, director of Gallery Espace, which is organising the do.
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