Pictures speak at the Serendipity arts festival

PANAJI: The centuries old

Adil Shah Palace

is playing host to a wide range of installations for the Serendipity Arts festival in Goa. Photography exhibitions such as Old Homes, New Homelands - an exhibition based on the private collection of

Arminio Rebiero

aim to capture the Goan diaspora experience through photographs from their geographical clusters.

Our Eyes, Our Stories is another exhibition which includes six qualified photographers from across the globe that, through their photography shows the unique connect between man and nature, issues of identity, metaphysical realm of individual existence, and the grief of the rape survivors and victims in India.

The Spoken Word Project, Kommune by Roshan Abbas is the modern day take on the good old days of sitting around a campfire sharing stories.

At a time when interactions primarily take place across screens, The Storytellers encourages people to look up and connect with one another by sharing personal experiences face to face, without inhibitions, and with honesty. Since 2015, The Storytellers has collected over 300 stories from across India and done 30 stage shows. The performers included Anoop K R, Roshan Abbas, Shamir Reuben, and Tess Joseph.