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Happenings / People Exhibition of writings on canvas by Ranga Chandrarathne
The post structuralists argue that knowledge is a representative of itself, such as " materiality of the text". And it is a written textual representation with no fixed meaning. Text is constituted in signifiers and its referents. In art or any other subject in life, the parole of langua (word) could always be reinterpreted through other words. There is no essence on which to ground the meaning, there are only differences between meanings. This is why psychoanalysis is important. Although one may think that somebody has psychic power over the minds of others, Lacan says in his essays, that the ego is structured as a language. To know how the mind of the other works, he should understand how language works, and how its structure works. Lacan replaced Freud's psycho-dynamic model of Id, Ego and Super-Ego with a " structural linguistic " model. And he explained his famous declaration- 'unconscious is structured as a language'. The Ego is a guide in reality. It can adopt or change. Conscious perceptions belong to the Ego. This is an aspect of Ego. Repression of the "Id" is unconscious. This is one of the Ego's defense functions, which are all unconscious. One would not be able to understand Priyankara's work without considering his strong interest in psychoanalysis. His readings of Freud, the French philosopher Jacques Lacan and other influence of Derrida reflect on his work. The exhibition was held from October 27 - 31 at the Alliance Francaise de Colombo. Music of masters sung by Cantata Singers The Cantata Singers Directed by Satyendra Chellappah are performing a programe of choral music of the great masters of music on November 26 at 7.00 pm in the Ladies College Chapel. In an interview with Satyendra Chellappah, a conductor's view points and opinions were expressed. Telemann will be sung for the first time to Colombo audiences. Telemann's musical attribution for Psalm 117 is a short ,precise structure of the baroque idiom. It also facilitates the singing voice to stimulate the instruments of the period: And also to free the voice from the rigorous discipline of the baroque style and the ornamentation used by Bach and Handel for beauty. In addition, Chellappah made an announcement. It gives the choir and himself tremendous joy to introduce a young singer of the choir, Asanka Perera in his debut as a conductor in Alma Dei Creatoris by Mozart. Asanka was the leader of the choir of St. Thomas' College, Mt. Lavinia and is harvesting the richness of choral experience and instruction received from Russel Bartholomeusz whose musical skills and contribution to music both have been admired and appreciated by many. Asanka is also one of the most senior pupils of Ruwani Seimon under whose instruction and guidance he is today an Associate of Trinity College, London. Alma Dei Creatoris is symbolic of the genre of Masonic music. Chellappah described Alma Dei Creatoris as dulcet and sublime. He hoped that such a cliche, would be excused to praise a work of music of this nature. Telemann and Mozart will both be accompanied by Nuwan Senaratne (Piano) and Premila Perimpanayagam (Organ). The choir also proudly presents singers in the choir whose delightful voices pleasant, expressive and musically stylish in short simple examples of solo singing in Alma Dei Creatoris and Mendelssohn's 'Come unto Him'. The principal soloists in Mendelssohn are Erico Perera, the winner of the voice section in the young performer's competition conducted by the Colombo Symphony Orchestra and Asitha Tennekoon who won the same award a few years ago, Dushyanthi Perera and Sharmini Wikramanayake. Akram Drahaman and Viranga Wickramaratne together with Enoka Corea and Dushyanthi Perera in a quartet enrich the singing in this work. Chellappah says, "There is so much to talk about the meaning, the expression and the interpretation of these works". "However there is no time", he says. To a final question he expressed with humbleness and thankfulness in his voice what came from his heart. Music is from the inner being. It is God's Language. The choir hopes to communicate this soul inspired message. Entrance will be by Programme available at the entrance. Another showcase of British-Asian writers
The 'Book Buzz' series is a British Council initiative to introduce contemporary UK and Sri Lankan creative writers to our audiences. 'Book Buzz' events so far this year have featured prominent Sri Lankan writers Ashok Ferry and Ameena Hussin,Lal Medawattegedera and Madubashini Ratnayeake, Nihal de Silva and Elmo Jayawardena who are members of the website www.writeclique.net set up by the British Council last year. This time's 'Book Buzz' features new British-Asian writing which was showcased at the Cambridge Seminar on Contemporary Literature, held in the UK in July. Dr. Neluka Silva was sponsored by the British Council to attend this conference and had the unique experience of sharing ideas on literature, media, cultural production, and translation with contemporary British-Asian writers. The conference was structured as seminars, films and social events with a particular focus on translation and new writing from Britain. The most interesting aspect of this event was the exposure to the diversity of contemporary writing in Britain. The 'Book Buzz' event will feature the works of writers such as Hari Kunzru, Kamila Shamsie, Nadim Aslam, Panos Karnezis and Moniza Alvi, making it evident that literature in Britain has changed, and is now very much multi-cultural, multi-ethnic writing that can no longer be termed 'migrant' writing, but is very much a part of British writing. Selected excerpts from the above mentioned authors' books will be read and enacted at the upcoming 'Book Buzz' by Rohan Ponniah, Azira and Sabrina Esufally and others. This event is open to all on a first-come-first-served basis. It will be held on November 24 at the British Council (Colombo) from 6.30 p.m. Absurdist comedy at the OSC Auditorium On November 24, 25 and 26, the Overseas School of Colombo will proudly present an evening of two one-act comedies written by the American absurdist, Christopher Durang. At the OSC Auditorium, be prepared to laugh heartily at 'An Actor's Nightmare' and 'Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You'. 'An Actor's Nightmare' parodies four famous plays: 'Private Lives' by Noel Coward, 'Hamlet' by Shakespeare, 'Checkmate' by Samuel Beckett and 'A Man for All Seasons' by Robert Bolt. A confused actor, George, is forced into a Hamlet costume and thrown onto the stage unprepared. Then, he is taken through the four plays by his fellow actors who seem to know exactly what they are doing. Amid the utter confusion, George steadily finds order culminating, expertly creates situations of complete absurdity, providing the audience with uncontrollable laughter as well as a chance to contemplate on a bigger scale upon the absurdity of life in general. 'Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You' portrays an eccentric nun, Sister Mary, who lectures the audience on issues such as religion, promiscuity and hell. She is a hilarious character, uptight in her beliefs with no room for discussion. She has a reunion with her former students from "Our Lady of Perpetual Sorrow School', a catholic school in which she teaches second grade. In an attempt to free her students from the sins they have committed during their life, Sister Mary decides to take an unorthodox measure - a measure that will leave the audience frozen in their seats. These performances will be brought to you by the International Baccalaureate Diploma Theatre Arts students of The Overseas School of Colombo. As an integral part of their Theatre Arts course, the students have been involved in all aspects of the production in addition to the acting, ranging from directing to publicity. These plays are an enormous team effort, which promises to be both entertaining and thought-provoking. The state-of-the-art auditorium integrated with the students' stellar performances will undoubtedly result in a show not to be missed! So, come along on a quiet November evening prepared to fall off your seats laughing! Please be advised that the play contains mature content and is recommended for grades 9 to 12. All performances begin at 7.30 p.m. Tickets are available at the door and can be reserved by calling the school on 2784920. |
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