[Reader-list] Panel Discussion

[rohitrellan at aol.in]

                                                                            SCHOOL OF ARTS AND AESTHETICS


JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY
NEW DELHI, 110067
 
You are cordially invited for a panel discussion
 Public Art: sifting through the ground
 With Ravi Agarwal & Rohan D’Souza, chaired by ShuklaSawant
 
VENUE:BUILDING  II, School of Arts and Aeshtetics
DATE & TIME:  4TH NOVEMBER 2011, 4PM
The discussion is a part of
PROJECT Y: A Yamuna-Elbe Public Art and Outreach Project
A Public Art Project at the Yamuna in Delhi and the Elbein Hamburg
Curated by Ravi Agarwal (Delhi) and Till Krause with NinaKalenbach (Hamburg)
The panel discussion will take an interdisciplinaryapproach to examine the recent intensification of artistic engagement withenvironmental concerns; often site specific in nature. This commitment todirect intervention in the landscape has brought  with it an attentivenessto the public space as a plural space, eliciting a multiplicity of creativeresponses and discursive methods. From antagonistic methods, provokingdissensus, to collaborative forms of community initiatives, “public art” as anactivist art practice has had a thought provoking trajectory in recent years.The panel brings together artists and environmental activists to discuss somecritical and aesthetic concerns around these interventions.
Panelists
 Ravi Agarwal, is an artist and environmentalist, founder director of Toxic links, a public advocacygroup based in New Delhi. Ravi’s recent work delves into “personal ecologies”through  photography, installation and video, marking a shift from his earlydocumentary work. His work has been included in important exhibitions such as Documenta 11 and Indian Highway at the Serpentine Gallery, London and hehas had four solo shows in Delhi.
 
Dr Rohan D’Souza,teaches at the Centrefor Science Policy Studies, JNU. He has written extensively on hydraulicmanipulation of river systems in India, and other issues dealing withenvironmental history , the political economy of nature, conservation andhistory of technology.  His recent publication includes Drowned andDamned:Colonial Capitalism and Flood Control in Eastern India (1803-1946)
 Shukla Sawant isan artist and writer and teaches at the School of Arts and Aesthetics, JNU
  
The Site for Project Y inDelhi
• Golden Jubilee Park nearOld Yamuna Bridge
To be held from November9th to 20th, 2011