Sting's Ayahuasca Experience ( In conversation with Daniel Pinchbeck)

The Making of 'The Protester' Portraits by Peter Hapak

Protester portraits from all over the world. The protester is a heroic new breed of humans. Anti government anarchist are the new heroes.

Ranjit Hoskote - Venice Biennale Experience

For Mario de Miranda

http://johnyml.blogspot.com/2011/12/mario-miranda-artist-who-gave-little.html

http://mariodemiranda.com/tomorrow-is-another-day/tomorrow-is-another-day---1.html

http://mariodemiranda.com/cartoons-american-style/laughter-machine---1.html

http://mariodemiranda.com/cartoons-american-style/laughter-machine---1.html

http://mariodemiranda.com/the-art-of-mario-miranda/the-art-of-mario-miranda---1.html

Jeet Kei Leung-- Transformational Festivals

I  have personally  been a part of the electronic trance music culture in Goa. As a photographer and artist I have attempted to document this with a series of portraits of Goa Trance DJ’s like the iconic Goa Gil. You can read about this project http://alexfernandesphotography.blogspot.com/2010/11/culture-is-not-your-friend-its.html . 

This is why I want to talk about the future of art and music as imagined by Jeet Kei Leung and several smaller communities of intelligent and diverse, people from all over the world. (Please see video). Such community events involving electronic music and art are happening all over the world including my home in Goa, India, from where electronic Goa trance originated. The Glastonbury festival, Burning man in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada are prime examples of events where art, music, technology, mysticism and spirituality come together.  

Why Beauty Matters 1

Philosopher Roger Scruton presents a provocative essay on the importance of beauty in the arts and in our lives.In the 20th century, Scruton argues, art, architecture and music turned their backs on beauty, making a cult of ugliness and leading us into a spiritual desert.
Using the thoughts of philosophers from Plato to Kant, and by talking to artists Michael Craig-Martin and Alexander Stoddart, Scruton analyses where art went wrong and presents his own impassioned case for restoring beauty to its traditional position at the center of our civilization..

Vintage Photographs of the Maharajas Exhibition by Tasveer

TASVEER presents Vintage Photographs of the Maharajas at Gallery Art Motif, F 213 C, Lado Sarai > 11am-6pm on 25th September-6th October 2011. I found these vintage studio portraits of the Indian Maharajas very fascinating.