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Portraits- Photography Workshop

khoj studio — Tue, 29 May 2007 03:09:30 -0400

Portraits- Photography Workshop

This Photography Workshop was conducted in collaboration with Hannah Matthew for the students of the Gyandeep School. The workshop, which began on the 12th of April 2007 and concluded on the 1st of May 2007, was one ina series of workshops conducted with the students of the Gyandeep School, in the Khirkee neighborhood.

Khirkee ki Khoj: Shop Make-over Project

Aastha Chauhan — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 03:41:35 -0400

Khirkee ki Khoj: Shop Make-over Project

As part of the larger Khoj Community Arts Project initiative, the project engaged with the shopkeepers who are the primary residents of the street, and entailed a group of two or three artists working in collaboration with a shopkeeper, establishing a rapport, exchanging ideas and developing a collective method of art-making.

Khirkee-ki-Khoj: Temple Installation

khoj studio — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 04:18:00 -0400

Khirkee-ki-Khoj: Temple Installation

The Sai Baba temple is a landmark in Khirkee Village. A stone's throw from the KHOJ studios, it was chosen as an important site for an installation. After several discussions with the temple priest , the artists Ram Bali and Aastha Chauhan finalised the installation design. In tune with the resounding temple bells, the installation envisaged was a 6 feet globe like structure made of iron, which had 450 bells of various sizes welded onto it. A pivot base enabled the structure to spin along its axis.

The scupture was installed by the priest with much fanfare and is now a part of the perambulations of the temple visitors in the temple courtyard.

Khirkee-ki-Khoj: Arts Education Program

khoj studio — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 05:18:36 -0400

Khirkee-ki-Khoj: Arts Education Program

The Khirkee mural executed in May 2005 was a success in more ways than one. Following its completion KHOJ was approached by the Principal of the Gyan Deep Public School, a small organization that is quite literally on the same street as the KHOJ Studios, inviting the artists who had painted the mural to take their art classes.

A group of artists took up the challenge of completely revamping the arts curriculum Aastha Chauhan, Sanjay Sharma, Ram Bali Chauhan, Rohini Devasher and Sonia Mehra Chawla took art classes twice a week every week for six months.

Khirkee-ki-Khoj: Kite-Making Workshop for Children

khoj studio — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 02:09:49 -0400

Khirkee-ki-Khoj: Kite-Making Workshop for Children

We did our second workshop of “Kite making” for the children. We invited skilled kite makers from Old Delhi and invited 20 children from the street to learn kite making. On the 22nd of January 2005 the children poured in and by the time we were winding up the number of participating children had escalated up to 26. The enthusiasm of the children was a lot more than it had been in any of the previous workshops we had ever held.

Portraits-report

khoj studio — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 05:58:29 -0400

It’s been over a year since we worked with the students of the Gyandeep School, in our neighborhood. I would meet the students running out of school every now and then. They repeatedly asked me about when we would conduct workshops with them again. Finally after all these months we found a tangible project to work on with them. I met Hannah. Hannah Matthew is based in Delhi for a year, and has worked in photography since graduating in Fine Art.

Khirkee Arts Education Program

Aastha Chauhan — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 05:25:14 -0400

Art is important; it serves a vital function in society.

Unfortunately not everyone shares this perspective. Art is taken for granted more often than not and is seen by many as a self-indulgent way to while away time. But art does serve the greater good. Music, dance, theatre, visual art and everything above and beyond, below and in-between contribute immeasurably to making life worth living. Those of us fortunate enough to have had an exposure to the arts realize we are the richer for it.

Co-ordinator's Report - Khirkee Mural

Aastha Chauhan — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 03:23:58 -0400

Diary Notes: