VizChitra 2025: India's first community-driven Data Visualization conference

This session is part interaction, part performance. It is about understanding & finding your own rhythm – when you are alone, when you are part of a group or when you are attending a conference like VizChitra 2025.

It starts with listening & observing your own interaction. What is the beat you are playing? Then, explore who you are within the group. How do you co-ordinate and express yourself within a group - when you are leading or following? Finally, find your own rhythm in a group. You start to understand your unique beat & pattern within groups and maybe, beyond that in life.

Using simple exercises like clapping & a percussion instrument – djembe, Ashok will help us all to get started on this journey. Here is a short video of him playing & talking about rhythm: https://vimeo.com/65293766

About the Facilitator

Ashok Kumar is a Musician | Artist | Actor | Coach. He is a renowned Djembe percussion player, having performed across genres - Carnatic, Hindustani & Fusion and across cities in India & abroad. He is also an accomplished theatre actor & coach with over 30 years of experience. Most recently, he can be seen on the small & big screen in various Kannada television & film productions. You can read more about his experience at https://jembeashok.com