Curatorial Note
In any art,
whatever is ‘in-between the lines’, veiled within the interludes of
forms/shapes/gestures or colours, hidden from the naked eyes and stark
sensibilities, is what actually gives an innate power and exceptional value to
that art. This is what touches the human chord and brings humanity closer and
together. Any artform, be it sound, written word, or a visual formation, gives
a phenomenal purpose to life by merely drawing us to its impelling power and
giving impetus to energy emerging from its source, grassrooted in its
anonymity.
In the beginning, man lived in caves and etched and wrote on the stones in the
form of art images, later developing them into language and script, then
graduating to express himself on barks and leaves and then came paper. Printing
was invented. Now we live in an era of virtual planes and metaverse. We keep on
advancing outwards and onwards with ever-changing and growing new mediums of
manifesting, yet the inner need to express remains unchanged. We still search
for the same meanings ‘in-between the lines’ in a wider scope of ‘space and
time. Let us explore this together here and now, with 23 women poets, along
with the art of Mississauga-based late Miro Korsic, in the metaverse on the
virtual platform of the CROSSARTS gallery.
-Meena Chopra
Report:
This unique event happened in Mississauga on the
24th Sept.
International show of 'Art and Poetry' in
metaverse, on the virtual plane of CROSSARTS Gallery, showcasing women poets
from Canada and India and the Indian diaspora from the UK and USA
Art displayed was byy Canadian Artist - Miro
Korsic (1940-2012) (An artist that leaves behind his legacy of beautiful art in
Mississauga, Canada)This simultaneously also inaugurated the virtual art
gallery CROSSARTS in metaverse under the aegis of Cross Currents Indo-Canadian
International Arts. Event is organized by CROSS CURRENTS - Indo-Canadian
International Arts with the support of Mississauga Arts Council (MAC) and also
celebrated 75 Years of India's Independence
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Show is conceived and curated by Meena Chopra,
Artist and Poet and co-curated by Nain Amyn
Keynote speakers were Mississauga Councillor Dipika Damerla, Apoorva Srivastava, Indian Consul General Toronto, Mike Douglas ED Mississauga Arts Council. Yogesh Patel, publisher and writer from UK , Gavin Barrett, writer and poet from Toronto and Peter Korsic from Toronto ( Peter spoke about his father late Miro Korsic's art displayed beside the poetry) .
23 gallery poets from different parts of the world (USA, UK, INDIA, CANADA) including Mississauga read their poetry on the 24th Sept on the launch day on a Zoom meeting. Their names are given below.
This online event and the art show on the virtual plane of CROSSARTS Gallery in metaverse has been conceived and curated by Meena Chopra, a Mississauga based artist and poet and co- curated by Nain Amyn.
It is a permanent show which will remain on
CROSSART's Virtual Gallery for viewing and reading.
You may visit the real time gallery: https://www.meenachopra.art/crossarts-gallery
Gallery at a glance, YouTube link: https://youtu.be/aBkHXfe6E1o
Participating Poets
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