[en]counters - Talking Sites in the City of Extremes
VIEW EVENT DETAILSThe city and some of its most meaningful sites will be lived and interpreted by the works of five Indian artists, who will carry out site-specific actions and installations at Haji Ali Dargah, Crawford Market, CST Station, Leopold Caf??, and Bandra Bandstand. Bidyut Singha, MSC Satya Sai, Neil Dantas, Pradeep Mishra, and Uday Shanbhag will interpret these sites as places of [en]counters ' as both points of meeting and clash, two opposing elements that define Mumbai's identity and soul. The artists' open cages, love seats, offering of caps, speaking metal detectors, and walking portraits of commuters will be the product of this coming together and clashing of people, cultures, and classes, manifested in this relationship between artist, site, and people living in it.
Along with the artworks, visual impressions of the city will also be included by photographers Binaifer Barucha, Claudio Maffioletti, and Vaydehi K.
From January 22 to February 4, the outcomes of each site-specific will then be collected within the space of a gallery: in [en]counters ' Outside In, where the outside will be literally shifted inside, to bring the salty odor of the city to its white-washed walls.
Along with the artworks, visual impressions of the city will also be included by photographers Binaifer Barucha, Claudio Maffioletti, and Vaydehi K.
From January 22 to February 4, the outcomes of each site-specific will then be collected within the space of a gallery: in [en]counters ' Outside In, where the outside will be literally shifted inside, to bring the salty odor of the city to its white-washed walls.
Event Details
Sun 03 Jan 2010
Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus - Victoria Station Mumbai
For more information, please call 91 22 6610 0888.