>Ian Dawson
>Plastik ka Mela: waste work and the art of survival
>symposium, screenings, conversations and book launch at G5A Foundation, Mumbai
>4th and 5th April 2023, presentations to be live-streamed worldwide
>Plastik ka Mela: waste work and the art of survival
>symposium, screenings, conversations and book launch at G5A Foundation, Mumbai
>4th and 5th April 2023, all presentations live-streamed worldwide
Programme of events:
Tuesday 4th April: Waste Stories, an evening of film screenings and discussion
A sequence of films that challenge, unsettle and disrupt conventional narratives of waste work and urban informality. These films, made collaboratively with ACORN India, explore everyday life and everyday hopes, dreams and fears in Dharavi. Followed by a post-screening discussion with the filmmakers
Waste by Parasher Baruah (2008) 37 mins
Wastescapes/Materials of Hope by Ben Parry and Graham Jeffery (2017 – 2023) 17 mins
Compound 13 Citizen Journalism by Amol Lalzare (2019 – 2022)
Playtime by Abhijeet Patro (2022)
A Waste Worker from Dharavi by Subhui Jiwani (2021)
Wednesday 5th April: Interactive 3D printing/portraits with artist Ian Dawson
Session One: Waste, work and the city
The Compound 13 Lab: learning, making and thinking through waste with Dr Ben Parry, Prof Graham Jeffery and Dr Vidya Sagar Pancholi.
'The plastic waste policy landscape in India, Avi Agarwal (Toxics Links) in conversation with Vinod Shetty (ACORN India)
The future of the informal circular economy in India with Mobeen Sheikh (All India Plastic Recycling Association), Arfin Nasir Khan (waste entrepreneur), Laxmi Kamble (ACORN India) and Dr Vidya Sagar Pancholi (Research Fellow, Compound 13 Lab)
Q&A chaired by Professor Graham Jeffery
Session Two: Arts-based methods and urban pedagogies
Urban arts pedagogies with young people: a discussion between the Compound 13 Lab residency team with Aqui Thami, Ian Dawson and Sharmila Samant.
Reflection from Dr Penny Hay
Q&A Chaired by Dr Ben Parry
Session Three: Projects from elsewhere.
Intervention (via Zoom) by Agbogbloshie Makerspace Platform (Ghana) Yasmine Abbas (Penn State University USA), Nobina Gupta (Disappearing Dialogues, Kolkata) and Sasha Rodricks (Director Global We, Museum for the United Nations)
Q&A chaired by Prof Graham Jeffery
Session Five: Book Launch of Waste Work: the art of survival in Dharavi (Cornerhouse Publications) with the editors Ben Parry and Graham Jeffery followed by music from Old Brotherz (Mumbai)