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PLANES OF EXPERIENCE, ZONES OF ACTION CURATED BY KAIWAN MEHTA FEBRUARY 2017 GALLERY MMB GOETHE INSTITUT, MAX MUELLER BHAVAN MUMBAI IN CONJUNCTION WITH 'STATE OF HOUSING', A SEMINAR CURATED BY RANJIT HOSKOTE, KAIWAN MEHTA & RAHUL MEHROTRA PART OF THE URBAN DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE SECTION AT THE KALA GHODA ARTS FESTIVAL 2017 http://www.aestheticamagazine.com/yinchuan-biennale-2016/ |
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ABOUT THE EXHIBITION Planes of Experience, Zones of Action is an exhibition of the works of artists who closely explore, discuss as well as critique different forms of architectural practices and contemporary models of urban development. The exhibition is in conjunction with 'State of Housing', a seminar curated by Kaiwan Mehta, Ranjit Hoskote & Rahul Mehrotra. Artists: GIGI SCARIA SONIA MEHRA CHAWLA SAHEJ RAHAL VISHWA SHROFF PRATAP MOREY SAMIT DAS BHAGYASHREE SUTHAR KARL BLOSSFEDLT PRESENTED BY GOETHE INSTITUT MUMBAI IN COLLABORATION WITH KALA GHODA ARTS FESTIVAL, URBAN DESIGN RESEARCH INSTITUTE & THE ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION 'STATE OF HOUSING'-SEMINAR CURATED BY KAIWAN MEHTA, RANJIT HOSKOTE & RAHUL MEHROTRA LIBRARY MMB PRESENTED BY GOETHE INSTITUT, MUMBAI PART OF THE URBAN DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE SECTION AT THE KALA GHODA ARTS FESTIVAL 2017 A two-day all-India seminar organised by UDRI and Architecture Foundation on Housing in India, with keynote lectures and presentations of case studies by Kirtee Shah, Sameep Padora, Nuru Karim, Ashok Lall, Hafeez Contractor, Pankaj Joshi, Sharad Mahajan, Sheela Patel, Amita Bhide, Aromar Revi, Gautam Bhan, Alpa Sheth, Prasanna Desai, Swastik Harish, Gautam Chatterjee, Pranay Vakil & Vidyadhar Phatak. Seminar curated by Rahul Mehrotra, Ranjit Hoskote, & Kaiwan Mehta; produced by UDRI and the Architecture Foundation. The Urban Design and Architecture section at the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival 2017 will explore the multifaceted nature of architectural practice and building in the cities of India today.Architecture Studios, not only from metros such as Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore but also Nasik and Kolhapur will present the relationship of design to context, space to technology, as well as questions of labour and art. One conversation specifically will focus on the exchanges between architecture and engineering and the ethics of good practice. At the same time design and practice will get into more comples zones such as river-ship building on the Ganges or developing a state-of-the-art airport in Mumbai which also doubles as one of the larges museums of varied artistic works in the world. Urbanity and especially Housing is a major concern at this edition of the festival. The festival begins with a 2-day seminar on the State of Housing in India with keynote speakers and practitioners presenting case studies from all across India, and then the section closes with an artist collective discussing the issue of housing through film and other cultural as well as legal narratives. In the meanwhile we not only pick up on the growth and planning of cities such as Mumbai (specially focusing on the debates around the recent drafting of the Development Plan) and Chennai (where the question of past and Modernity still struggles over the shape of the city), as well as Delhi where an artist critiques the state of urban affairs and the experience of living in a Metropolis today through his long running artistic practice across many media. Two other cultural theorist will explore the works of specific and many artists engaging with questions of Dwelling and Abode, Homing and Space, Gender and Memory - expanding the idea of Home and Dwelling to a larger philosophical but also political realm. And finally a full evening and more is devoted to architectural research and publications, where recently published books as well as exhibitions based on archives will be discussed for the way they may redraw for us the history of architecture in twentieth century India. PRESENTED BY 
SCHEDULE FOR THE URBAN DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE SECTION OF THE KALA GHODA ARTS FESTIVAL, FEBRUARY 2017, MUMBAI, INDIA INCLUDES THE SCHEDULE FOR 'STATE OF HOUSING IN INDIA' AT GOETHE INSTITUT, MUMBAI (CLICK FOR SCHEDULE) | |