PANAJI
CM Pramod Sawant visited the Serendipity Arts Festival, interacted with the curators and appreciated the artists and their artworks. It was followed by M(Other)hood, a performance exploring the intersections of motherhood and otherhood at The Foundry, Kala Academy. Conceived by Scarlet Yu Mei Wah and Tung I-Fen, the project used choreographic principles and collective narratives to delve into expansive forms of solidarity.
At the control room – directorate of Accounts, a theatre performance ‘The House Blue’ curated by Quasar Thakore Padamsee and Sankar Venkateswaran offered audiences an immersive experience. It was a collaboration between photographer Mritunjay Kumar and theatre maker Anish Victor offering combined storytelling, live music, and visual projections to explore themes of home, migration, and displacement.
An interactive session at the Food Lab Courtyard, ‘Eat the Wild: Foraging for Edible Weeds in the City’, Dr Maryanne Lobo guided the participants who wandered through Panaji’s urban greenery, learning about wild greens, their ancestral culinary uses, and their health benefits.
The Mock Wild Picnic by The Center for Genomic Gastronomy offered a unique culinary experience. Combining AI-assisted recipe creation and regenerative ingredients, the workshop encouraged attendees to reimagine sustainable and innovative food practices, creating flavours that balance ecological mindfulness with culinary creativity.
An Evening of Stand-Up Comedy at Dinanath Mangeshkar Kala Mandir featured comedians Biswa Kalyan Rath, Urooj Ashfaq, Shamik Chakrabarti, and Shreeja Chaturvedi.
