Fresh & Local | Urban Farming in Bombay

Fresh & Local is a movement to facilitate urban farming in Mumbai, India.

Started in the spring of 2010, in response to the lack of fresh and organic produce, and the lack of resources and support for urban farming in the city. The organization researches and develops best practices, design gardens and garden products, host gardening workshops and work in partnership with NGOs and individuals to set up kitchen gardens across the city. We believe that by creating replicable models of urban farming we can inspire the changes needed to improve access to quality food for all Mumbai residents.

To support them for their next big project 'Flyover Farm' checkout their Kickstarter page here --- http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/495230553/flyover-farm?ref=live

Get connected on Facebook here --- https://www.facebook.com/freshandlocalindia

To volunteer contact --- Liam Rees +91 9930829762 liam@freshandlocal.org

BREATHER | short film

Breather, developed by Andrea Polli illustrates the problem of air pollution in Delhi India, where one person dies every hour from breathing complications. In this work, a common Indian car is encased in a plastic bubble that inflates and deflates at a rate similar to human breathing. Commissioned by Khoj International, New Delhi. Khoj Studios based in New Delhi sees its role as an incubator for art and ideas, artistic exchange and dialog in the visual arts. Through their programming they aim to assist and develop, forms of art such as media art, performance, video, environmental, public and community based art, sound and other experimental modes of cultural production.

Anhey Ghorey Da Daan (Alms for a Blind Horse)

An Adaptation of Gurdial Singh's novel, Anhey Ghorey Da Daan (Alms for a Blind Horse) is Gurvinder Singh's first feature film.

Directed by: Gurvinder Singh
Produced by: National Film Development Corporation (NFDC)
Creative Producer: Late Mani Kaul
Cinematography: Satya Rai Nagpaul
Editor: Ujjwal Chandra
Line Producer: Kartikeya Narayan Singh
Music: Catherine Lamb

Anhey Ghorey... sweeped the National Film Awards this year, the film won the Best Director Award, Award for Best Cinematography and was also honored by the Best Punjabi Language Film.

Contemporary Artist in Bombay

The 4th edition of India Art Fair 2012 might have got mixed reviews in terms of sales, visitors, galleries, etc and more so with the fact that a lot of Indian galleries were trying to clear their dead stock from last year and that it was rather less exciting. However, MASI found an exciting piece of work that might have been missed by many.


The work was a photograph -- a self-portrait of the artist that was stamped with a date and city name in hindi font and then stacked at benches inside the exhibition. We decided to track down the artist.

Presenting Armando Miguelez Giambruno -- a world traveler/artist who now lives and works in Bombay.

Artist statement --

Aquí Ahora is a time stamp proof of participation, where I disseminate hand outs with the image of my face stating the time and place where the hand out is distributed. The piece is a succession of my own aging process, and a travelogue of my itinerant existence. This is a piece in progress, like much of my work regarding photography, the final piece will be the sum of all the small parts over the years.

Street Art Festival | Foundation For Indian Contemporary Art

EXTENSION KHIRKEE

STREET ART FESTIVAL

10 - 31 March 2012

discussion on the festival on Saturday, March 24, 2012 | 5pm

at

FICA Reading Room, D-42 Defence Colony, New Delhi

Cobra In India