WHAT?

8 days of immersive arts experience

8 venues across Panaji, Goa

14 curators facilitating dialogues

40 commissioned projects

A festival of unparalleled scope and scale empowering the arts

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WHO?

A curatorial panel of experts from the arts have been assembled to represent all disciplines that will be a part of this festival. ​From each field, two curators with distinct backgrounds have been selected in order to start conversations and exchange across artistic styles, generations, and geographies.

WHERE and WHY?

PANAJI, GOA

LET’S GET YOU THERE> Goa embodies an amalgamation of cultures, rendering it perfect for a new platform that seeks to lay out contemporary expressions in the arts. Its way of life, supplemented by the ideal weather, provides us with the perfect backdrop for cultural engagement.
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The Adil Shah Palace

One of Panaji ́s oldest surviving building, The Adil Shah Palace will be immersive arts space where audiences can explore exhibitions, performances, lectures, and workshops

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Jardim Garcia d’Orta
(Municipal Garden)

This historic public square will become a multi-purpose, interactive space where audiences and festival participants can take a break from programmed events to relax, converse, and connect with each other.

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Kala Academy

The striking modernist architecture of the open air amphitheatre at the Kala Academy will form the perfect backdrop for a series of performances.

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Old GMC Complex and Courtyard

This colonial structure, at the Serendipity Arts Festival, will function as a site of learning.  Workshops and lecture-demonstrations and other pedagogical platforms will make this compound an incubator for new ideas.

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DAG Modern

DAG Modern’s participation at the debut Serendipity Arts Festival reflects its diverse collection while paying ode to Goa. Curated from its extensive inventory of twentieth century Indian art, it has chosen to display a thematic range of works.

HIGHLIGHTS

For all printed lanyards at the festival, image credits: Lisa Stertz