Colombo Fashion Week (CFW) is often regarded as the backbone of the Sri Lankan fashion industry because it continues to inspire designers to pursue fashion as a serious career. Since its inception in 2003, CFW has introduced a culture within the industry, which driven designers to launch their own labels and produce collections each season. The CFW ...
Tell us about yourself as a wildlife photographer Childhood experiences and longing to be with the natural world, joining The Young Zoologist’s Association of Sri Lanka (YZA), of the National Zoological Gardens of Sri Lanka, in the year 1992 as a teen and later specializing in the field of Herpetology, as a taxonomist for over two decades, spending much of ...
Almost an year ago, a group of young and vibrant art personalities with strong opinions came together at a leaving party of a mutual friend. A random thought transformed into a collective consensus and thereafter, decided to form a group for which they decided upon the name ‘The Hot Butter Collective’. The name may sound culinary, yet it isn’t. Ryan ...
Branka Ridicki formed her fascination with different cultures, people and religion through her travels to places rich in culture: like… To find out more about Branka, The Pettah Expose and CoCA read Pg#45 on ARTRA Magazine E7! The post Pettah Exposé Artist – Branka Ridicki appeared first on ARTRA | The Platform for Artistic Expression.
This project was dedicated to the exploration of the ideology of escape for our society and the role of loneliness in the lives of the world’s upper class. With power and wealth comes loneliness due to the lack of privacy; this experience is a way of observing the chance to use escapism to cope or totally leave their reality. The ...
The Jaipur Literature Festival brings together some of the well renowned thinkers and writers from across South Asia and the world every year from Nobel laureates to local language writers, Man Booker prize winners to debut novelists, every January. A group of esteemed authors come together for five days of readings, debates and discussions since 2006 every January. The Jaipur ...
Theatre is a form of art, and as with art, I ensure that my photography justifies it’s form of expression. When I capture theatrical performances, I focus on the perspective of the director, direction, acting, visual effects and props. Prior to the performance on stage, I… For more read page 53 of ARTRA Magazine Oct/Nov E8. Purchase a copy ...
What is the strategic objective of John Keells for promoting contemporary SL art? As a Sri Lankan company with regional business interests, the John Keells Group has a multi-dimensional approach to development based on the triple bottom line. Our CSR activities are focused on building the skills and productivity of the people of our communities towards empowering them to ...
Ruhanie Perera is a performer, lecturer and researcher in performance based in Colombo. She is the Co-Founder and the current Artistic Director of Floating Space Theater Company and is also attached to the Department of English, University of Colombo. Her most recent work as a performer includes ‘Making, Unmaking’ (Solo for War and Peace: Visual Narratives from Contemporary Sri Lanka, ...
The heat from the searing flames is nothing like the untruths that burnt my heart away, The tears from the intoxicating fumes don’t sting as much as the many that I cried for you, The orange glow of the fire blinds me but not the way the twinkle in your eyes once did, The thought of being burned alive is ...
nATANDA is a modern dance company based in Colombo, founded as a non-profit organization by Kapila Pilhawadana in 2002. nATANDA danceas are trained in… To find out more about nATANDA read Pg#48 on ARTRA Magazine E7! The post nATANDA | SRI LANKA’s FIRST CONTEMPORARY DANCE COMPANY appeared first on ARTRA | The Platform for Artistic Expression.
As a musician, my interest was doubly piqued; what was it that made 15 people speak like one? Was there an invisible metronome at work; an imaginary conductor keeping time? Thinking about it, I think the answers were more mundane, like most music, spoken word too, has a rhythmic structure, much fainter however and open to wider margins of interpretation, ...
ART is solace, it is a space where contemplation is given life. It paves way to the development of thought to an extent that coincides with the understanding of one’s own perception of the subject matter.Therefore, ART is a medium that motivates one to explore the horizons of thoughts and subsequently leads to rebelling the ideologies that restrict the human potential.
BACKGROUND TO THE PHOTOGRAPHY In the 13th Century, in the Valley of Mexico, Mictecacihuatl (Mic-teca-see-hoo-atl), goddess of Mictlan –the Aztec underworld– was said to preside over the Day of The Dead. It was a celebration of loved ones lost to death. During the conquest of the Aztec empire in the 16th Century, this summer-long festival was co-opted by Christianity ...
Work by Jagath Dheerasekera. To have a look at more of the photography submitted by Sri Lankan artists, have a look at page 32 of ARTRA Magazine Endowment 3 now available online at http://www.magzter.com/LK/Jaz-Publishing/ARTRA/Art/ or purchased at Barefoot/ Vijitha Yapa/Sarasavi/Makeen Bookshops. For subscriptions call +94774108680. The post PIX – THE SRI LANKAN ISSUE appeared first on ARTRA | The ...
