Cine Darbaar and The Japan Foundation launched a cinematheque in Delhi dedicated to cinema on 1st of February, 2012 called 13BCD.
If you descend the steps of the basement of 13, Hauz Khas Village you will dream the dream of a Tokyo yet to be from a view finder of a Tokyo past. The opening exhibition called Tokyo is Dreaming juxtaposes a series of mute videos with visual-less sound that makes you experience the sights and sounds of the city through the lens of filmmakers such as Wim Wenders, Chris Marker, Michel Gondry, Ozu, Hou Hsiao Hsien and Sophie Coppola. All these filmmakers who have reacted to Tokyo as both insiders and outsiders take us on a journey through streets, homes and the transit system in Tokyo.
Through the landscape of the city skyscrapers, in and out of their homes, travelling in trains, the humdrum of everyday life, the catastrophic earthquakes – Tokyo Dreaming is the experience of urban life. The quaint sense of meaninglessness, the half smile of a stranger on the road, the carry-over of the trauma of the holocaust, the technologizing of life, the cultural differences from the domineering 'west' are weaved together in the series of images and sound. It is a chronicle of the city rather than a single narrative indicating the multiplicity of narratives that a city tells all at once.
Through the landscape of the city skyscrapers, in and out of their homes, travelling in trains, the humdrum of everyday life, the catastrophic earthquakes – Tokyo Dreaming is the experience of urban life. The quaint sense of meaninglessness, the half smile of a stranger on the road, the carry-over of the trauma of the holocaust, the technologizing of life, the cultural differences from the domineering 'west' are weaved together in the series of images and sound. It is a chronicle of the city rather than a single narrative indicating the multiplicity of narratives that a city tells all at once.
13 BCD is meant to be a space that can be used by young movie goers to connect and engage in collaborative projects like exhibitions and screenings. Through regular film screenings and discussions the cinematheque aims to create an awareness about Japanese culture through its films, contemporary and past.
The exhibition, Tokyo is Dreaming will be on till the 15th of February, 2012.
Venue: 13, Basement, Hauz Khas Village
Timings: 12noon - 8pm, (Monday- Saturday)
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