[Reader-list] [Announcements] Delhi Commons: Call for participation

Iram Ghufran iram at sarai.net
Thu Sep 9 02:14:53 IST 2010


apologies for x posting.
iram

HELLO!

You are invited to participate in Delhi Commons.
www.delhicommons.net/

Delhi Commons is an art project that aims to create a memory of the 
Commonwealth Games and Delhi,
in the tradition of 'memory making' through photographs, postcards and 
souvenirs.

The project is located in the city of Delhi and on the world wide web.
We would like to hear from you - where ever you are.
Let our geographical location not be a deterrent to your participation :)


In the last few years the city has witnessed massive structural 
transformation, demolition of neighbourhoods, re-development of the 
Yamuna river floodplain, increased migration, violation of labour laws, 
unprecedented corruption, scandal, and mismanagement. Perhaps we can say 
that Delhi is a little exhausted.

The 2010 Games are the most expensive CWG ever, costing USD 2 billion so 
far and still counting.

Delhi Commons project is looking to produce/ host art-work that 
critically respond to this situation.

The next couple of months starting NOW are really crucial for us.

You can PARTICIPATE

YOU could be anyone - student, teacher, artist, DTP operator, vagabond, 
musician,
statistician, physician, athlete, journalist, academic, dreamer, 
trainee, psychiatrist,
stockbroker, salesman, actor, engineer, nurse, astronaut, astrologer...

Take photos, surf the internet, work with found images and words, work 
with crayons and paint, cut, copy, paste, remix.

Be witty, cheeky, ironic, funny, poetic, non PC, complex…


SHARE your work with us.

I] Join our Facebook group and keep track of the latest at Delhi Commons
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=151362174887626


II] Online Photography Show

Use your DSLR, SLR, point and shoot, and cell phone cameras - Especially 
cell phone cameras!

Tell an image story, anecdote or a joke.

Send your photographs, preferably a series of 8 -12 to 
delhicommons at gmail.com
We will show your work in an online exhibition starting September 15, 
2010. Each selected entry will be showcased on the Delhi Commons website 
for a week.

The images will then be uploaded on the Delhi Commons photo archive on 
Flickr.
Selected images from here will be exhibited in the
Delhi Commons exhibition in early 2011.


III] Make a postcard

Postcards travel.
They carry messages, stories, secrets, rumours and gossip... across 
cities and continents.
They're also emblematic of the picturesque, the sanitized and the iconic.
Work with the form and tell us a story. Add to the Delhi Commons 
postcard series.

MAKE a postcard now and email it to us! We'll upload it on our website, 
Facebook page, email it to many more people, and snail mail some of the 
selected postcards to individuals and organizations. If you want a Delhi 
Commons postcard, drop us an email at delhicommons [at]gmail.com

We'll print the postcards for the Delhi Commons exhibition,
and perhaps make a book of postcards.

Project timeline for Phase I: September 1 - October 30, 2010.
Dates for the Commonwealth Games are October 3 - 14, 2010.


Some artists working towards the Delhi Commons exhibition include Goutam 
Ghosh, Iram Ghufran, Amitabh Kumar and Bhagwati Prasad.

We are also producing designs for souvenirs that will be made available 
for free download from our website.
You can then print coffee mugs, T shirts, coasters, postcards et al 
anywhere.
Delhi Commons buttons/ badges will be available at Sarai CSDS, and 
several bookshops in the city very soon.


Your suggestions are welcome.
Collaborations are invited.


Delhi Commons has been initiated by Iram Ghufran with generous
support from ANA [Arts Network Asia].


Iram is a filmmaker, photographer, and artist.
She is based in the Media Lab at Sarai- CSDS, Delhi.



* All work on the Delhi Commons website has been released under a CC 
license.
Please read the disclaimer on the website before making your submission.


Thank you!

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