Artefacting to rethink revitalize and regenerate people place and culture
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Reconciling Ecologies in the Millennium City (active)
Gurgaon, Delhi, India | 2013 | Partners: Khoj International Artists Association, Indus American Bank Reconciling Ecologies in the Millenium City is a collective project that is working with the village-cum-urban community of Tigra Village. It is being developed as part of Khoj’s Negotiating Routes: Ecologies of the Byways-Part IV project |
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Bloodbank
Long Island City, Queens NYC, USA | 2012 | Partners: No Longer Empty, New York Blood Center Members of the NYC Hunters Point community came together with project leaders Alex White Mazzarella and Iandry Randriamondroso to create public art blood drive campaign. Bloodbank is an online video registry and a storefront art incubator space that produced public art used to compel 28 community members to give blood. |
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Global Village 2012: Kohima
Kohima, Nagaland India | 2012 | Local partner: The Heritage A collaboration between artists, youth and activists produced a range of heritage connected modern performances, photography and art installations that came together to transform a dilapidated trash-filled green space into a social and cultural space for the youth and public. |
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Global Village 2012: Guwahati
Guwahati, Assam India | 2012 | Local partners: Canvas Scope, Guwahati Artists Guild, Guwahati College of Architecture The white beach by the mighty Brahmaputra was transformed into an open space art gallery where performances and art installations presented local cultures and perspectives on the effects of rapid urbanization on culture and ecology. |
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El Estadio - Willets Point (active)
Queens NYC, USA | 2011 | Local partner: Queens Museum of Art In an auto junkyard, a vacant lot was cleaned and transformed into a soccer stadium to host a tournament of teams representing local auto shops as part of a festival |
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Artefacting Detroit (active)
Detroit, USA | 2011 | Local partner: Heidelberg Project In Detroit’s east side, diverse community members came together to create positive messages on peace flags set to fly above an abandoned home temporarily transforming it into an act of unity and hope. |
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Dreamcatcher
Lillestrom, Norway | 2011 | Commissioned by: Akershus Kunstsenter & Skedsmo Municipality Lillestrom youth participated in transforming consumer waste into bright green sculptures and a Dreamcatcher that were consequently placed in public spaces to ignite the public’s curiosity and imagination. |
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A House Full of Ideas
Rome, Italy | 2011 | Local partners: Casa di Cartone & Shoot 4 Change A group of residents from a homeless shelter came together to share visions of what it means to be home before creating a home installation out of waste collected on the surrounding streets |
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Artefacting Mumbai
Dharavi, Mumbai, India | 2010 - 2011 Local partner: Acorn Foundation | A three month collaborative between locals and international artists culminated with the 13th Compound multi-media exhibition; a one-day event that drew approximately 500 visitors into a place known notoriously as “Asia’s largest slum”, to experience its humanity and learn about its dynamic recycling industry. |
