The Global Village plants its Roots in the Indian Northeast
Here comes the Global Village…
The multi-disciplinary Artefacting team has spent its first month understanding: getting a sense and feel for the ecological and cultural issues central to today’s course of urbanization in Assam and Nagaland. The c
Artefacting presentations to university students studying Architecture & Design have led to the organizing of a local Global Village2012 initiative.
Esteemed speakers from the design, art & architectural spheres combined for the India Design Forum at Le Meridien Hotel in Delhi on the 9th and 10th of March. Alex White Mazzarella was invited to present Artefacting’s work as part of an Urban Response panel that aimed at discussing approaches to urban development and management in 2012 India.
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 was commissioned to participate in No Longer Empty’s “This Side of Paradise” project at the Andrew Freedman Home in the Bronx New York City. Postponement to the project launch meant we sadly could not realize a project. However Artefacting videographer/editer Iosu Lopez and artist Alex White Mazzarella are happy to provide NLE with a video for their press conference and you with a preview to this dynamic site specific art project.
Artefacting will be exhibiting work from its Mumbai mission from Jan 3 - March 26, 2012 at the Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center, 41 2nd St., Cambridge MA, USA
Reception will be at Thursday Jan 5 (6-8pm)
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Artefactings project in Willets Point, Queens NY covered in the New York Times. see the original New York Times article - including photos and a short video! - here
October 29 & 30, Artefacting and the Queens Museum of Art invite you to come to the Artefacting Willets Point Festiva & Public tours.
Artefacting’s new mission; Willets Point - an Iron Triangle Urban Renewal mission is a 6 week project in Willets Point, also known as the Iron Triangle; New York City’s cheap autoparts centre in Queens NY. It’s culminating community celebration, Willets Point Champions took place on October 29 & 30.
Artefacting work in Detroit will be on exhibition at Local Project in Queens, NY from november 5 - 15.
Account of the community event Spire - Beacon of Hope, organized by Artefacting Detroit on september 18th 2011, from noon till 4pm at the corner of Shane and Canfield East.
Art Show and Fundraiser Benefitting “Artefacting”: Oct 7th & 8th - Lobby Bar @ Will Rogers Theatre, OKC
Artefacting Detroit Reportback @ Queens Museum of Art, Queens NY, USA @
Saturday, October 22, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm, 2011
Join Artefacting Detroit on september 18th 2011, from noon till 4pm in a community art project at the corner of Shane and Canfield East.
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.
From August 11-September 23 2011, the Artefacting team is collaborating with Tyree Guyton, founder and artistic director of the renowned Detroit based Heidelberg Project, an open-air art environment in the heart of Detroit’s East Side. For 6 weeks, the Artefacting team is operating out of the Number House on Heidelberg Street from where they’ll reach out to neighboring communities to document and through public art engage the social pearls of an urban catastrophe following the aftermath of the Motor City.
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.
The politicians of the Skedsmo regional municipality have been delighted by the Artist & children’s workshop creations. So all of the sculptures have been moved from the public spaces over to the Skedsmo Municipality where they will be on exhibition and under protection from Norway’s unpredictable climate :)
DREAMCATCHER! Artefacting Lillestom is happening this June in Oslo, Norway!
Alas we launch the sculptures and installation into Lillestrom’s public space. Frantically we hauled the pieces…
Artefacting photography contest with 45 children in Dharavi in collaboration with Project Partner No Man’s Art
A collection of all of our experiences in Dharavi can now be found HERE. Check it out now!
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Our project featured in the New York Times! Check it out HERE!!
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
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
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
Artefacting Mumbai photos of Arne de Knegt on display at the Outsider Exhibition @ Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan, Delhi, India
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’s workshop in Calcutta; Film & the Moving Image
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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A series of questions by the Sunday Guardian are answered by the Artefacting Mumbai team…
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.
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…
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.
The welcome sign is highly visible to everyone entering Dharavi from the west side
A street exhibition of works in progress was presented at Mumbai’s famed Kala Ghoda gallery on Dec 20th, 2010.
Our first public painting; a new appearance for the office of our local partner Acorn Foundation.
For an overview of our Artefacting Mumbai Mission click here
Artefacting to rething revitalize and regenerate people place and culture
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