VIBE
52 — (^) JULY 2019
WORDS: NIDHI GUPTA. IMAGE: COURTESY OF GALLERIA CONTINUA, SAN GIMIGNANO/BEIJING/LES MOULINS/HABANA. ARTWORK PHOTO BY ELA BIALKOWSKA (SHILPA GUPTA)
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his month’s EXIT Festival, happening inside Novi Sad’s 18th-
century Petrovaradin Fortress, could be your cue to explore
Europe’s Balkan peninsula. The festival itself is a wholesome
showcase of the world’s best rock, punk, hip-hop and electronica
over a whopping 40 stages inside the fort’s moats, trenches and tunnels.
Once you’re done vibing to the beats of modern-day luminaries like Carl
Cox, The Cure, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike and Greta Van Fleet, head out to
explore the museums, cafés and Soviet architecture of the Serbian city. And
then perhaps hitch-hike to Montenegro or Croatia for a tryst with nature;
or choose between Sarajevo and Beirut to witness an unexpectedly booming
nightlife on either side of the Sea of Marmara. July 4-7
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till grieving over the rash
climax to Game Of Thrones?
Perhaps you can find some
solace in Fire Emblem: Three Houses,
the 16th RPG title from the nearly
30-year-old Japanese franchise.
You play a professor stationed at
the Church of Seiros in Fódlan,
tasked with training kids from three
“houses” in combat. You will have
visions of a mysterious girl called
Sothis; and since this is Fire Emblem,
there are bound to be dragons hiding
somewhere. July 26 on Nintendo Switch
AT HOME IN
THE WORLD
A new dock for Indian art in
Dubai hosts a show about a
mobile world
ART
THE ART
O F WA R
In Fódlan, you’re the master
of your own destiny
GAMES
T
he inaugural show at the new Ishara Art Foundation in Alserkal Avenue,
titled Altered Inheritances: Home Is A Foreign Place, is a conversation
between contemporary artist Shilpa Gupta and the Aligarh-born,
US-based Zarina. It includes 36 monochrome woodcuts inscribed with
“triggers for memory” and a video by Sophie Ernst in which Zarina recalls the
experience of leaving India in 1947. You’ll likely gain new perspectives on the
ever-resonant issue of migration in a world with ever-harder borders. Till July 13
Image: Shilpa Gupta; Details from Altered Inheritances - 100 (Last Name) Stories, 2014; Prabhakar Collection, Dubai
WALK THIS WAY
FESTIVAL
A foot-stomping music festival to keep you lit in a Serbian summer