The students of Media Studies Department of Bahria University Karachi Campus organized a three-day workshop with Napa in collaboration with ZAHRSSS......
Conservation group WWF and the Prado Museum have joined forces to raise the alarm about the impact of climate change, as political leaders and diplomats meet at the COP25 climate change summit in the Spanish capital, Madrid.
Together they selected four masterpieces from the Prado collection to highlight the environmental consequences of various phenomena attributed to climate change. Felipe IV a Caballo (Philip IV on Horseback) by Diego Velázquez is used to highlight the issue of rising sea levels; El quitasol (The Parasol) by Francisco de Goya is doctored to reflect the social drama of climate refugees; Joachim Patinir’s El paso de la laguna Estigia (Landscape with Charon Crossing the Styx) becomes an illustration of the impact of extreme drought on river and crops: and Niños en la playa (Boys on the Beach) by Joaquín Sorolla now depicts the extinction of species.
Greta Thunberg - the Person of the Year 2019
Greta Thunberg began a global movement by skipping school: starting in August 2018, she spent her days camped out in front of the Swedish Parliament, holding a sign painted in black letters on a white background that read Skolstrejk för klimatet: “School Strike for Climate.” In the 16 months since, she has addressed heads of state at the U.N., met with the Pope, sparred with the President of the United States and inspired 4 million people to join the global climate strike on September 20, 2019, in what was the largest climate demonstration in human history.
Ahead of the start of a new era that, the Pantone Color Institute has announced that its 2020 Color of the Year is PANTONE 19-4052 Classic Blue, a deep blue shade that’s at once comforting and relatable.
The indigo hue brings to mind both the constant and the classic; the sky at dusk, an impeccably tailored suit, serene waters, or a bowl of perfectly ripe blueberries. It’s a reassuring blue, full of calm and confidence. It builds connection.
Pantone’s selection of Classic Blue for 2020 is richer when you consider the history of the Color of the Year franchise, which began 20 years ago in 1999. That year, the color chosen was Cerulean, a serene shade that represented the excitement of a new millennium and offered a calming visual to the anxieties that preceded Y2K.
So it should come as no surprise as a decade ends and a new one begins, that Pantone would revisit the blue color family ahead of a year that will carry plenty of changes, fears, and hopes as it ushers in a new phase.
Mentors from NAPA train Bahria University Karachi Campus students for theatre
The students of Media Studies Department of Bahria University Karachi Campus organized a three-day workshop with Napa in collaboration with ZAHRSSS at university premises to train the aspiring actors, and teach them basic tricks of the trade.
25 students participated in the workshop, entitled ‘Revue’. Their mentor was Zakiullah Khan, who has been doing theatre for almost a decade now and excel at improvisational theatre. During the workshop, his focus remained on different exercises to polish the skills of the students by engaging them in various physical and vocal activities.
A series of activities were assigned to the groups of students and they prepared skits on issues like education, water shortage and ‘conflict’ of the media industry. These performances highlighted the talent in the students and encouraged them to go towards professional acting. This exercise not just highlighted the actors but also helped recognize the director or writers amongst the group by focusing on the talent of each individual.
Zakiullah Khan assembled these 25 students in groups and will help them prepare a 10-minute short play to be staged in their university by the end of the month at the university’s auditorium. The students were extremely pleased to be provided an opportunity to learn from a professional theatre actor as they do not have a department of theater at the university.
