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Event Details : Germany and India 2011- 2012: Infinite Opportunities, Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan, New Delhi GIZ & the City of Hamburg is organizing a public art project about the two rivers Yamuna and Elbe in Delhi (India) and Hamburg (Germany).
This public art project is a collaborative project is centered on the idea of creating ecological sustainable rivers in cities. Both the Elbe and the Yamuna are central to Hamburg’s and Delhi’s futures and there are various, very involved discussions around them, intensified by current challenges facing water issues. There is great public interest in the subject, even though the dialogues may be different in each place. It is expected to be one of the prime and most visible public projects during the project series “Germany and India 2011-2012”, and also coincides with the India week in Hamburg, celebrating Hamburg having been nominated as the European Green Capital 2011.
Two curators, Ravi Agarwal from Delhi and Till Krause with Nina Kalenbach from Hamburg, have been invited to co-curate the project. Ravi Agarwal is a well-acclaimed Indian artist and also a practicing environmentalist. Till Krause is a well know land artist from Hamburg who also runs an art-space.
Acclaimed Indian and German artists are participating by producing on-site installations, which will be on show for two weeks in each city. They will deal with the discourse around the river. Each artist has conceptualized a work that highlights important issues related to the rivers – be they ecological, developmental, socio-cultural, or religious.
In Delhi, the participating artists are Asim Waqif, Atul Bhalla, Gigi Scaria, and Sheba Chhachhi from India and Nana Petzet and Jochen Lempert from Germany, with contributions by Vivan Sundaram and Till Krause.
Website : www.yamuna-elbe.de/index.php?title=Dehli
Co-curator Ravi Agarwal : “we need to rethink ecology and rivers in the 21st century where questions about human sustainability and futures have become key. Art is the framework which allows diverse ideas and imaginations to co-exist and helps in repositioning ourselves in relation to nature. The river is not only ‘polluted” or “clean,’ but is a beautiful landscape of the city, with many layers of aesthetic, social and political meanings.
There are various and very involved discussions around rivers, intensified by current challenges facing water issues. There is great public interest in the subject, even though the dialogues may be different in each place. Some of the outreach activities will include school debates, river walks, film shows and writing workshops. The project which will be located on the river bank in Delhi, near the old Yamuna Bridge at the Golden Jubilee Park will provide an opportunity for citizens to visit the river and explore the various art
installations and programs to be held there.
Related Events : Arts | Environment | Films at Cultural Places | Movies | Walks
Event Details : Germany and India 2011- 2012: Infinite Opportunities, Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan, New Delhi GIZ & the City of Hamburg is organizing a public art project about the two rivers Yamuna and Elbe in Delhi (India) and Hamburg (Germany).
This public art project is a collaborative project is centered on the idea of creating ecological sustainable rivers in cities. Both the Elbe and the Yamuna are central to Hamburg’s and Delhi’s futures and there are various, very involved discussions around them, intensified by current challenges facing water issues. There is great public interest in the subject, even though the dialogues may be different in each place. It is expected to be one of the prime and most visible public projects during the project series “Germany and India 2011-2012”, and also coincides with the India week in Hamburg, celebrating Hamburg having been nominated as the European Green Capital 2011.
Two curators, Ravi Agarwal from Delhi and Till Krause with Nina Kalenbach from Hamburg, have been invited to co-curate the project. Ravi Agarwal is a well-acclaimed Indian artist and also a practicing environmentalist. Till Krause is a well know land artist from Hamburg who also runs an art-space.
Acclaimed Indian and German artists are participating by producing on-site installations, which will be on show for two weeks in each city. They will deal with the discourse around the river. Each artist has conceptualized a work that highlights important issues related to the rivers – be they ecological, developmental, socio-cultural, or religious.
In Delhi, the participating artists are Asim Waqif, Atul Bhalla, Gigi Scaria, and Sheba Chhachhi from India and Nana Petzet and Jochen Lempert from Germany, with contributions by Vivan Sundaram and Till Krause.
Website : www.yamuna-elbe.de/index.php?title=Dehli
There are various and very involved discussions around rivers, intensified by current challenges facing water issues. There is great public interest in the subject, even though the dialogues may be different in each place. Some of the outreach activities will include school debates, river walks, film shows and writing workshops. The project which will be located on the river bank in Delhi, near the old Yamuna Bridge at the Golden Jubilee Park will provide an opportunity for citizens to visit the river and explore the various art
installations and programs to be held there.
Related Events : Arts | Environment | Films at Cultural Places | Movies | Walks
A Public Art Project at the Yamuna in Delhi & other venues > 5th-19th November 2011
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