BOOK LAUNCH "Embrace Our Rivers Public Art and Ecology in India" > 6:30pm on 1st December 2018

Venue : Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan, 3 Kasturba Gandhi Marg
Embrace Our Rivers Public Art Ecology India Book Cover

Time : 6:30 pm Add to Calendar 01/12/2018 18:30 01/12/2018 20:00 Asia/Kolkata BOOK LAUNCH "Embrace Our Rivers Public Art and Ecology in India" Event Page : https://www.delhievents.com/2018/11/book-launch-embrace-our-rivers-public-art-ecology-india-max-mueller-bhavan.html Siddhartha Hall, Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan, 3 Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi-110001 DD/MM/YYYY

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served Basis)

Venue : 
Siddhartha Hall, Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan, 3 Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi-110001

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Event Description : BOOK LAUNCH "Embrace Our Rivers Public Art and Ecology in India"

Edited by Ravi Agarwal, Florian Matzner & Helmut Schippert

Published by Speaking Tiger, India & Kerber, Germany

A project by Goethe-Institut, Chennai

Art and its ideas have a special role to play in shaping our consciousness. Urban spaces, particularly those in rapidly expanding cities in new developing economies are in direct conflict with nature, as rivers, wetlands, green areas, are being changed to suit urbanization’s short term goals. To help re-think urban space as democratic and in coexistence with nature, Embrace our Rivers was proposed as a public art project in the coastal megacity of Chennai, India. It was to be held on the estuary of the very polluted river Cooum, where the highly polluted river meets the beautiful, wide Bay of Bengal at the Marina Beach, one of the longest beaches in any city.

Thirteen artists were invited to respond with their ideas, including: Arunkumar HG, (India) | atelier lebalto, (France & Germany) | Atul Bhalla, (India) | Rohini Devasher, (India) | Gram Art Project, (India) | Mischa Kuball, (Germany) | Layout Collective, (India) | Parvathi Nayar, (India) | Ooze and Marjetica Potrč, (Germany & Slovenia) | raumlabor, (Germany) | Gigi Scaria, (India) | Anna Witt, (Germany) | Suyeon Yu, (Korea)

Though the project could not be installed on site, the artist’s voices found expression in an exhibition

– DAMnedArt, which was held at the Lalit Kala Akademi, Chennai in early 2018 and now, in this book-a first on public art and ecology in India.

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BOOK LAUNCH "Embrace Our Rivers Public Art and Ecology in India" > 6:30pm on 1st December 2018 BOOK LAUNCH "Embrace Our Rivers Public Art and Ecology in India" > 6:30pm on 1st December 2018 Reviewed by DelhiEvents on Saturday, December 01, 2018 Rating: 5

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