It’s been a year since Artefacting Mumbai adorned Dharavi with what was an appreciative arts festival for locals and an open house/contemporary art exhibition for outsiders. And now a year later Arne and I have returned to Dharavi straight off the plane, to meet familiar faces, friends and local partners and explore the continuation of our work with Dharavi.
Artefacting Public Art + Research Practice
Demolishing Dharavi
A sad update on the ongoing demolitions in Dharavi’s industrious 13th Compound, the centre of activity of Artefacting Mumbai’s three month project last winter.
Aug-Sep 2011; Artefacting Exhibition @ Portland, OR, USA
Artefacting Mumbai’s IMMERSION exhibition will have it’s first ever showing in Portland, Oregon at Mercy Corps’ Action Center Gallery. Exhibition runs from August 23rd through September 25th.
Paintings, photos, and video from Artefacting three month inaugural project in Dharavi, Mumbai will all be on display.
Artefacting Photography contest in Dharavi
Artefacting photography contest with 45 children in Dharavi in collaboration with Project Partner No Man’s Art
Artefacting Mumbai experience
A collection of all of our experiences in Dharavi can now be found HERE. Check it out now!
Artefacting Fundraiser in NYC
more to follow soon
Artefacting Mumbai in La Lettre
Photos of the Humanizing the Machine series of Artefacting photographer Arne de Knegt featured in French magazine La Lettre de Photographie! For original article click here, to read more about our Artefacting Mission, see our Artefacting Mumbai blog
Fall 2012; Artefacting exhibiting @ CoCCA @ Coimbatore, India
Artefacting will be exhibiting their art installation “Bee hive 1” plus a photographic storytelling at the then newly opened CoCCA, Coimbatore Centre for Contemporary Art, opening fall 2012
Oct-Nov 2011, Artefacting exhibiting @ Queens Museum of Art, NY, USA
Artefacting will be exhibiting work from its Mumbai and Detroit missions from October 16th till November 6,2011 at the Queens Museum of Art, Queens NY, USA
Sep 2011; Artefacting exhibiting @ 100 clicks 4 change @ Rome, Italy
A selection of Arne de Knegt’s Artefacting Mumbai photos will be exhibited in the 100 clicks 4 change exhibition in Rome, Italy, September 16-30, 2011
Jun 2011; Artefacting Mumbai @ Outsider Exhibition @ Delhi, India
Artefacting Mumbai photos of Arne de Knegt on display at the Outsider Exhibition @ Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan, Delhi, India
Feb-Mar 2011; “Noble Bronze” @ Provocation Exhibition, New York, USA
Arne de Knegt’s photo “Noble Bronze” - Made for Artefacting Mumbai, is finalist at the New York Photo Festival Provocation exhibition at the powerHouse Arena, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Artefacting Mumbai Workshops
Artefacting Mumbai workshops
Plastic chips, cardboard, magazines, plastic bottles and red wax were amongst the readily available materials that were turned into artwork. After setting up an art workshop in the ACORN Foundation’s community workshop, weekly art classes were held with the Dharavi Project children where different projects and techniques were introduced to the community. The children learn to make collage, to paint, some helped create a mural. In another workshop flower sculptures were created out of plastic and planted along the street (but they didn’t last long!) Even a performance art version of Anish Kapoor’s famed “Shooting Into the Corner” artwork had children pelting a white corrugated wall with red wax. Digital photography was also introduced to the children through basic courses led by the teams photographer. All of these workshops occurred over our team’s three month immersion into Dharavi’s recycling community.
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Q & A with the Sunday Guardian
A series of questions by the Sunday Guardian are answered by the Artefacting Mumbai team…
Jan 2011; 13th Compound Exhibition @ Dharavi, Mumbai, India
Update on the 13th Compound Exhibition that transformed the streets and industrial spaces of Dharavi into an art show, showcasing the works of Artefacting Mumbai to the local community and attracting an estimated 500 outsiders into Dharavi.
Mural Mode In Full Effect
We have entered the last phase of our immersion into Dharavi: The Intervention - which can safely be called Mural Mode. With less than three weeks left until our multi-media exhibition showcasing our work and forcing a dialog about the connections and disconnections between the “West” and a “Slum,” we have a renewed sense of energy and are…
Artefacting Mumbai Fundraiser on Kickstarter
We are in the middle of a three month art project & immersion in the informal community of Dharavi - also known as Asia’s Largest Slum. Dharavi is right in the heart of Mumbai and is actually a beehive of industry and community.
Our initial project involved coming here to learn about the community in Dharavi through art - by making our own art as well as hosting art classes to people here. Our goal is to go beyond the imagery of a slum and embrace the humanity and identity of the people in this community.
Welcome To Dharavi
The welcome sign is highly visible to everyone entering Dharavi from the west side
Dec 2010; Artefacting exhibition @ Kala Ghoda Gallery, Mumbai, India
A street exhibition of works in progress was presented at Mumbai’s famed Kala Ghoda gallery on Dec 20th, 2010.
Painting the ACORN Shed
Our first public painting; a new appearance for the office of our local partner Acorn Foundation.
Artefacting Mumbai
For an overview of our Artefacting Mumbai Mission click here
