Prajakta Potnis
Geographies of Consumption: Bombay/Mumbai | Field Notes
Symposium | January 8 & 9, 2016 | 10.30am to 6.30pm
G5A Foundation for Contemporary Culture, Lakshmi Mills Compound, Mahalakshmi, Mumbai
Geographies of Consumption | Bombay/ Mumbai, is a public art project conceived and curated by the Mohile Parikh Center. Spanning over a year, it critically investigated the impact of consumption on natural resources in the city, and on human bodies, our ecosystems and cultures. Field Notes is a culminating symposium that will explore ideas of the public sphere, our ecological footprint, and our right to the city. It will discuss the processes and challenges involved in making art in public spaces, and bring in forms of practice-led thinking. Each day of the symposium will conclude with film screenings that examine our consumptive geographies and its impact. Admission free and open to all.
Day I: January 8, 2016 Talks:
What is the Public Sphere?
Speaker: George Jose | Discussant: Noopur Desai
Ecological Footprint: Bombay/Mumbai
Speaker: Prasad Modak | Discussant: Prasad Shetty
Art Projects:
Kausik Mukhopadhyay, Archana Hande, Navjot Altaf, Ranjit Kandalgaonkar, Anupam Singh, Prajakta Palav and Mansi Bhatt
Discussant: Rohan Shivkumar
Film Screening:
Wasted | Direction: Anirban Dutta
Day II: January 9, 2016
Talk: Right to the City
Speakers: Hussain Indorewala and Shweta Wagh
Discussant: Shubhangi Singh
Art Projects:
Kush Badhwar, Parag Tandel, Sahej Rahal, Prajakta Potnis
and Justin Ponmany | Discussant: Shirish Joshi
Exercises in Imagination | Students’ Study Group Projects
Facilitators: Amrita Gupta Singh, Shilpa Gupta, Nikhil Purohit
Film Screening:
Watermark | Direction: Jennifer Baichwal and Edward Burtynsky
The film program is curated by Avijit Mukul Kishore and Rohan Shivkumar.
