Vishal Rawlley@KHOJ, SEPTEMBER 15-30th 2008

Vishal will be working with the children of Khirkee to create a local iconography which will be converted into charts or stickers to be disseminated amongst the community. The project will aim to combat the one way traffic which exists when creating icons. Most icons tend to belong to a dominant section of society. This project is a way of acknowledging the tools of trade, the ways of living, the implements of use and the everyday practices of this distinct ecosystem within Delhi. By generating an iconography of a society (Khirkee area) within the city through the participation of its community members, this exercise shall help the community participants analyse their own locality, personas and way of life and give expression to it. By this the project hopes to provide the community tools and strategies that are culturally empowering. The end products of the exercise shall also become valuable public documents about this society.