[En]counters: The Fluid City | Wasted Art

Facilitator: Parag Tandel
NGOs: Prerana, Salaam Balak Trust, Udaan Foundation and Vidya

January 8, 2011 |2.30 pm to 4.30 pm
Vitawa Nana Nani Park, Thane

As part of the public art project [En]counters: The Fluid City, Parag Tandel will conduct a workshop at Thane Creek where the participating children will create an artwork from the waste collected from the creek. This will engage them with some important environmental issues and encourage them to question the enormity of waste produced in the city and how it affects the spaces they inhabit.

Parag Tandel is an artist with a MFA degree in Sculpture from M.S. University, Baroda. He belongs to the Koli community and his practice is deeply influenced by his background, whose roots are entrenched in the history of Mumbai, its changes both economic and ecological. The artist has been recording changes in his community, their evolution and survival.