Dehiattakandiya
Documentary Film Show
The Colombo Institute, in association with the German Cultural Institute, presented an initial screening of two documentary films produced by the institute on January 09th 2009. These films were produced by the Colombo Institute as part of a project of making three documentary films to explore themes of youth and multiculturalism in three selected locations in Sri [...]
Exhibition of Photography at Nadee Arts Centre
On 13th November 2008, Nadee Art center in Dehiattakandiya opened to the public an exhibition of selected photos taken by its young student members during the photography workshops organized by the Colombo Institute since February 2008. The exhibition is the culmination of the series of workshops and activities where these youth were trained everything from [...]
Writing the script
On 6th and 8th of June 2008, the Colombo Institute Team conducted another workshop at the Nadee Art center in Lihiniyagama, Dehiattakandiya focusing on script writing. The idea was to generate story lines from the young participants in areas that were thematically important to them. Among the themes they wanted to investigate in a potential [...]
Weaving their story
The second workshop in the series was conducted on April 5th and 6th 2008. The focus of this workshop was the creation of a story on the basis of the photos the students had taken over the previous month. Much of the images had to do with their life experiences in the adjacent Mahaweli resettlement [...]
Reading images: the first step in script writing…
As the second component of the course, dramatist Piyal Kariyawasam introduced the participants to the dynamics of creative writing and script writing through a number of practical exercises. One such exercise was to weave narratives out of ad hoc images taken from newspapers and a discussion on the interpretation of images took place as part [...]
Basics in photography…
Colombo Institute conducted its first photography and creative writing/script writing course on 8th and 9th of March 2008 at the premises of the Nadee Arts Center. During the session, the students who were all from GCE Advanced Level classes from nearby schools were introduced to the basics of photography through an illustrated presentation. The instructor [...]
Initial Visit
At the invitation of Lasantha Chandana Kumara, an instructor for art teachers and the head of the newly established Nadee Art Center based in Lihiniyagama in the general area of Dehiattakandiya in the Eastern Province, a team of Colombo Institute members consisting of Jagath Pathirage, Anoli Perera, Chandra Lekamaarachchi and Sasanka Perera undertook a field [...]
