Building Concrete dreams 

Two workers take a break by an open window of an under-construction high-rise BDD chawl in Worli.

Recreating Raza through rags

(From left) A stringed instrument created from waste objects; an SH Raza-inspired artwork made from reused plastic. Pics Courtesy/Indu Harikumar

Despite the many art galleries that dominate the city, it took illustrator Indu Harikumar a journey to Bhopal to discover some new creators. “I was invited and hosted by the Azim Premji University to conduct a workshop for art teachers across the state of Madhya Pradesh around the theme of environment. I also wanted to look at how they could use what is available, and look at the environment in different ways,” revealed Harikumar. The three-day workshop that concluded yesterday saw participants watch the Paraguayan film, Landfill Harmonic, as well as create musical instruments from found objects. “One of the activities was to observe the environmental issues around, and depict it using SH Raza’s Prakriti as inspiration — since SH Raza hails from Madhya Pradesh. There was a feeling of community since they had to produce things they had never done,” she signed off.