<p>From the bustle of Russell Market to the choreography of a banana leaf meal, a weekend programme at Science Gallery Bengaluru, Ganganagar, will explore food as “more than what’s on the plate”.</p>.<p>Curated as part of the gallery’s ongoing ‘Calorie’ exhibition season, the events include a market walk, a talk, a contemporary dance performance, and a guided walkthrough of the exhibits.</p>.<p>The exhibition features 30 works, organised around themes such as ‘grow’, ‘buy’, ‘eat’, ‘digest’ and ‘waste’. It also traces the lifecycle of food. “These weekend programmes are designed to further unpack these ideas,” says Gayatri Manu, senior programme manager at the gallery.</p>.<p>The programme opens on April 4 with a guided walk through Russell Market. Now closed for registration, the walk, titled ‘Whose market is this?’, will examine ideas of “ownership, access and labour within one of the city’s oldest marketplaces”.</p>.<p>‘Around the world in 8 bites’, a walkthrough of seven works inside the gallery, will be held later that day. It will be facilitated by Vinaya Krishnan. “It links food to historical moments by pairing exhibits on famines and shifting food cultures,” says Gayatri.</p>.Two-day environmental film festival this weekend at Bangalore International Centre.<p>A talk titled ‘What knowledge does a market possess?’, by The Locavore’s features editor Oishika Roy, is scheduled for the next day. The session draws from ‘Market archives’. It is part of the ongoing exhibition, and documents food markets such as Chhatra Bazar in Cuttack and Mao Market in Kohima.</p>.<p>The weekend programme will conclude with ‘Yele oota’, a contemporary dance performance by the Vishwakiran Nambi Dance Company. “Inspired by a traditional banana leaf meal, the piece explores access and inequality in food distribution,” says Gayatri.</p>.<p>Film festival on food and labour next weekend<br>The ‘Calorie Film Festival’ will be held on April 11 and 12 at Bangalore International Centre, Domlur. The event will screen 12 films in 11 languages, exploring food through ecology, culture and everyday life.<br> The festival opens with Jeo Baby’s ‘The Great Indian Kitchen’. It will be followed by a discussion on domestic labour and caregiving. Other Indian films include ‘Against the Tide’, ‘Colonies in Conflict’, and ‘Steeped and Stirred’. International films include ‘Truffle Hunters’, ‘Dinner for Few’, and ‘Sweet Plastik</p>.<p>Entry is free. To register, visit bengaluru.sciencegallery.com</p>
<p>From the bustle of Russell Market to the choreography of a banana leaf meal, a weekend programme at Science Gallery Bengaluru, Ganganagar, will explore food as “more than what’s on the plate”.</p>.<p>Curated as part of the gallery’s ongoing ‘Calorie’ exhibition season, the events include a market walk, a talk, a contemporary dance performance, and a guided walkthrough of the exhibits.</p>.<p>The exhibition features 30 works, organised around themes such as ‘grow’, ‘buy’, ‘eat’, ‘digest’ and ‘waste’. It also traces the lifecycle of food. “These weekend programmes are designed to further unpack these ideas,” says Gayatri Manu, senior programme manager at the gallery.</p>.<p>The programme opens on April 4 with a guided walk through Russell Market. Now closed for registration, the walk, titled ‘Whose market is this?’, will examine ideas of “ownership, access and labour within one of the city’s oldest marketplaces”.</p>.<p>‘Around the world in 8 bites’, a walkthrough of seven works inside the gallery, will be held later that day. It will be facilitated by Vinaya Krishnan. “It links food to historical moments by pairing exhibits on famines and shifting food cultures,” says Gayatri.</p>.Two-day environmental film festival this weekend at Bangalore International Centre.<p>A talk titled ‘What knowledge does a market possess?’, by The Locavore’s features editor Oishika Roy, is scheduled for the next day. The session draws from ‘Market archives’. It is part of the ongoing exhibition, and documents food markets such as Chhatra Bazar in Cuttack and Mao Market in Kohima.</p>.<p>The weekend programme will conclude with ‘Yele oota’, a contemporary dance performance by the Vishwakiran Nambi Dance Company. “Inspired by a traditional banana leaf meal, the piece explores access and inequality in food distribution,” says Gayatri.</p>.<p>Film festival on food and labour next weekend<br>The ‘Calorie Film Festival’ will be held on April 11 and 12 at Bangalore International Centre, Domlur. The event will screen 12 films in 11 languages, exploring food through ecology, culture and everyday life.<br> The festival opens with Jeo Baby’s ‘The Great Indian Kitchen’. It will be followed by a discussion on domestic labour and caregiving. Other Indian films include ‘Against the Tide’, ‘Colonies in Conflict’, and ‘Steeped and Stirred’. International films include ‘Truffle Hunters’, ‘Dinner for Few’, and ‘Sweet Plastik</p>.<p>Entry is free. To register, visit bengaluru.sciencegallery.com</p>