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uploaded to Groundviews where the debates will
continue to have lives online.
For the final element, that of the performance,
Hattotuwa turned to the Floating Space Theatre
Company. “Floating Space has always been for me a
company that has been on the cutting edge of what
theatre can and should be,” he says now, referring to
previous collaborations like ‘OverWrite’ which was
performed at the British Council library in 2014. Now
Hattotuwa is anticipating that ‘Forgetting November,’
will be a triumph for the company. We will see
Ranmali Mirchandani and Peter D’Almeida take the
stage with Ruhanie Perera. Jake Oorloff directs. “It is
an original script that will look at the themes of the
exhibition which are memory, memorialisation, loss,
reflection and identity,” says Hattotuwa.
Hattotuwa is best known as the editor of the citizen
journalism website Groundviews. For ‘Watch this
space’ he returns to what he describes as the
leitmotif, “the one binding thread,”that has
characterised all his previous forays into curating –
the urge to critically question. “What I really wanted
out of this is not just that we interrogate the past…but that we be forward looking. So to look at what we
want to be in contradistinction to what we have been,” he says.
Taken together ‘Watch This Space’ brings under its umbrella an ambitious assortment of platforms and
modes of expression. Hattotuwa concludes: “For me it’s interesting because this event then combines art,
including sculpture, debate, discussion and keynotes, as well as theatre. So it’s multiple perspectives
grappling with some of the issues that I think are absolutely pivotal for us to be engaged with, if only
because a lot of those issues should play a role when we cast our ballot on August 17.”
Watch this space: Framing the past, untying the future is on at Park Street Mews, Warehouse D until
August 17.‘Forgetting November’ will be staged on August 27, 28, 30 and 31. Tickets priced at Rs.1000 are
now available at the Lionel Wendt Art Centre.
New President at IIESL
Eng. Jagath Arawwawala was inducted as the 25th President of the Institution of Incorporated Engineers,
Sri Lanka (IIESL) at its annual general meeting held at the Sri Lanka
Foundation Institute recently.
A product of Royal College and Nalanda College Colombo, he completed his
engineering studies in London and returned after 15 years to Sri Lanka in the
early 90s to join Diesel & Motor Engineering Co. He then went on to serve as
Director / General Manager at Computerlink Ltd. Subsequently he served at
Polycrom Electrical Industries as GM / CEO.
Mr. Arawwawala is a production engineer with over 25 years experience and a
practitioner of ergonomics in the manufacturing industry. He is a Fellow of
IIESL and holds memberships with IET, ILM, PMA, (UK), and the Engineers
Guild of Sri Lanka. He also holds a MBA in strategic management.
Colombo Courtyard wins Gold at prestigious Culinary Art food expo
Colombo Courtyard’s culinary experts won four
medals at the Chefs Guild Competition “Culinary Art
Food Expo 2015” which was held at the BMICH from
July24 till 26. The winning team comprised of
Colombo Courtyard’s S.M. Nuwan Somathileka of
Food & Beverage Department who won the Gold
medal for Anchor Beer Cocktail “Cloudy Bay”, R.T.
Nalin and P. Quejo of the Kitchen Department who
won the Silver medal for vegetarian three course
menu and Bronze medal for Hot cookery and R.L
Thushara Madushanka Rajapaksha of Food &
Beverage who won the Bronze medal for IDL Arrack Cocktail “Sentella.”
The Chefs’ Guild Culinary Art competition is held every two years. This was the 16th event where over
2,500 contestants battled it out for top honours over a three day competition under various categories
ranging from live cooking events to artistic showpiece challenges and cocktail competitions. Colombo
Courtyard, nestled in the heart of the city is an urban boutique hotel which is a fusion of contemporary