[En]counters: The Fluid City | Workshops

Wasted Art
Facilitator: Parag Tandel
NGOs: Prerana, Salaam Balak Trust, Udaan Foundation and Vidya

January 8, 2011 |2.30 pm to 4.30 pm
Vitawa Nana Nani Park, Thane

As part of the public art project [En]counters: The Fluid City, Parag Tandel, conducted a workshop at Thane Creek where the participating children created artworks from the waste collected from the creek. This engaged them with some important environmental issues and encouraged them to question the enormity of waste produced in the city and how it affects the spaces they inhabit.

Parag Tandel is an artist with a MFA degree in Sculpture from M.S. University, Baroda. He belongs to the Koli community and his practice is deeply influenced by his background, whose roots are entrenched in the history of Mumbai, its changes both economic and ecological. The artist has been recording changes in his community, their evolution and survival.

Flowing Freedom
Facilitator: Laxmikant Deshpande
NGO: Kotak Education Foundation

January 8, 2011 | 4.30 pm – 6.30 pm
Sewri Fort, Mumbai

As part of the public art project, [En]counters: The Fluid City, Pradeep Mishra’s ‘Flowing Freedom’ recuperated a lost harmony between human intervention and nature as he hoisted a series of animal-embroidered flags on the iconic Sewri Fort that overlooks a rich mangrove forest attracting exotic species of migratory birds. Laxmikant Deshpande of the Environment Management Centre (EMC) conducted a walk through the mangroves at the Sewri bay and fort where he discussed the issue of mangrove ecosystems and coastal bio-diversity. This was followed by paintings by the children who responded to the local site and installed artworks.

EMC Environmental Management Centre LLP (EMC) is based in Mumbai and its mission is to practice sustainability that could thus be viewed as proactive, visionary and influencing environmental consultancy.