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How the Bangalore Literature Festival 2020 was held neither online nor on-ground, but in both forms
One of the founders on how the litfest returned in physical letter and digital spirit. Jeffrey Archer in conversation with Nirmala Govindarajan. “Can you shift a bit to your left? And keep your eyes up here…”
Who, asked the bemused authors, was speaking to them? It felt a bit like the voice of god, but it was merely the tech team giving instructions to the writers/speakers from their perch on another floor at what was a hybrid version of the Bangalore Literature Festival. Authors were both online and offline, as was the audience, which was either logged in from home or in person right here right now.
Bangalore Literature Festival wears a mask
Bangalore Literature Festival this year is both online and offline, giving you the choice to be or not to be there. December 12, 2020 / 07:23 AM IST
In these times of fledgling hope – generated by the word ‘vaccine’ – perhaps it is natural to dream that life may just go back to where we left it in March. Every city, reeling under the utter overhaul of interactions, has been walking a new tightrope in recent times – that of the masses thronging the malls with masks around the neck and rising COVID casualties. How does one remain safe and yet social, stay alive and feel alive? If the virus won’t skip town, can we grab our land back?
As cultural festivals go digital, organisers aim for global reach, hybrid online-offline presence in future Migrating online for an event anywhere in the world now allows for more experts to be roped in for a global audience. However, the constant challenge for everyone is to stay ahead of the curve, make formats interesting, and program in-depth interactions that are as personal as possible. Ruth Dsouza Prabhu December 10, 2020 09:43:11 IST After 10 on-ground editions, Bacardi NH7 Weekender has gone digital this year. Facebook/nh7weekender
If there is one thing that the pandemic has forced each of us to do, it is to adapt. We find ourselves doing a lot of what we have done earlier, but with a different approach. Take the wide range of cultural festivals we have been regularly attending. Not surprisingly, many of them have migrated online this year, like t
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