"Immersion: Artefacting into Dharavi, the Engine that Runs Mumbai" Exhibition
Queens Museum of Art
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Artefacting Mumbai, a three-month social immersion into Dharavi, Mumbai, Asia’s largest slum, comes in the form of an exhibition. Photography, paintings, video, sculpture and sound demonstrate the artistic and social work of an international art collective comprised of NYC-based visual artist/urbanist Alex White Mazzarella, Portland-based videographer Casey Nolan, Dutch photographer Arne de Knegt, and Bombay filmmakers Nishant Nayak and Parasher Baruah.
Well documented and retold, Artefacting is an art & community festival in Dharavi that brought in more than 500 outsiders into this “slum” to experience and interact with the residents and their homes. Testimony of visitors reveal them as they challenge their very own fears and negative stereotypes, while that of locals explains how they worked with the Artefacting team, and what this invasion of outsiders meant to them.
New material being presented are video interviews of the local team displaced due to a Dharavi demolition. On July 7th 2011, the Bombay Municipal Corporation sent seven bulldozers and 1,000 policemen and officials to Dharavi to demolish approximately 300 homes and businesses, displacing thousands of residents in the heart of the recycling community.
In all 20 paintings, four monitors presenting more than 20 video shorts & segments, a slew of photographs, eviction notices, plastic chips, and a buzzing beehive sculpture “immerse” the viewer in Artefacting Mumbai.
Artefacting is an ongoing initiative that supports marginalized people and places worldwide through artistic interventions, documentation, and artwork that strive to catalyze social cohesion, build community, and break down barriers. Visit www.artefacting.com for more information.
Screening & Discussion: 1 - 3 pm Exhibition Opening Remarks & Reception: 3 - 5 pm
Other Artefacting events:
October 22 , 4 - 6 pm
Artefacting Detroit Presentation & Interactive Tour of Andrew Moore’s Detroit Dissembled
October 29-30, 2-8pm
Artefacting Willets Point Offsite Tours
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Schedule
from October 15, 2011 to November 06, 2011