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Kala Ghoda arts Festival 2017
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VISUAL ARTS
ARTIST
RAMPART ROW
SPEED OF LIGHT
TITLE
GENRE
DESCRIPTION
NMIMS' Balwant Sheth School
Dhai Chaal ki
of Architecture | Anushka
Gati
Karnawat, Chirag Agarwal, Kavin
Rao, Kushagra Jhurani, Parth
Parikh, Vaishali Kataria
Interactive
Installation
Abstraction of speed of light
(3x10^8 m/s) to create an interactive
installation.
NMIMS' Balwant Sheth School
of Architecture | Shikha Shah,
Rashi Lalaji, Samyak Doshi,
Vedant Nair and Abhijeet Karwa
Installation
A galloping metallic horse that is
emerging from the ground, portraying
the speed of light.
NMIMS' Balwant Sheth School of Rocinante
Architecture | Sreemoyee Ray,
Trisha Dasgupta, Asawari Bora,
Reya Singhi
Installation
Fusion of creative energy giving rise to
the Kala Ghoda.
Purva Pundit
Kala Ghoda,
Literally Installation
A totem to express the concept of
"Mumbaiya Culture" and the character
it has established over time. NMIMS' Balwant Sheth School of Time Pause
Architecture | Kritika Jain, Dev
Moorjani, Bhaumik Shah, Suhail
Punjwani, Nihar Salia, Unnati
Khanna
Installation
When one travels at the speed of light,
time stops.
Flying Horse
Whistling Woods International
A Dance of Past Installation
and Future
Charkha weaving the horse.
Rahul Das
Jin
Installation
Return of the Kalaghoda - The magic
lamp represents how the mystical
powers of art can transcend borders.
Abha Talesara
The Cube of
Hope
Interactive
Installation
Inspired from the 'Cube Personality
test' that invites the audience to
participate in building a narrative of
the artist, the art work and the festival.
Naval Dockyard
Technova Battle Installation
Tank
Recycled sculpture made of metal /
electrical scrap from the yard.
Mumbai Metro
Metro 3
Installation
The Mumbai Metro Installation.
Rinkal Chheda, Vaishnavi
Jagtap
Topiary of
Kalaghoda
Installation
Recalling the forgetting essence of
mother nature and its treasures.
Nitant Hirlekar
PixelatedLIGHT
Interactive
Installation
Pixels at the Speed of Light.
Yogendra Khatu and
M.Raman.P.Chary
Rocking Horse
Interactive
Installation
An installation of the rocking horse to
revisit childhood memories.
Roopvalatstudio
Ashva
Installation
Symbolize Bravery, Force And Strength.
UA Fundays
Wall Art
Interactive
Wall Art
An event on wall painting where
interested people participate
and create their own art at the
amphitheatre.
Kruti Garg at
Rampart Galeries
Inner
Reflections
Installation
Belong to your heritage as much as it
belongs to you.
Palinsamy
Terracotta
Horse
Interactive
Installation
An event where the artist will create a
horse in terracotta during the festival.
Alliance Française de Bombay
Artist : Swati Thakur
The Art of
Calligraphy
Interactive
Installation
Calligraphy, the art of expressing
thoughts with beauty and harmony.
Alliance Française de Bombay
Treasure Hunt
Interactive
Contest
Solve the clues and explore the art
installations at the festival. Let the
hunt begin!
Samara Art Gallery presents
Sonal Ambani
Her Majesty
Installation
Created with gears, this horse reminds
us that though we are all unique in
our own way and our actions have
impacts beyond what we may see.
Samara Art Gallery presents
Sonal Ambani
Peace Today
Installation
The horse stands for the balance
of wisdom and power and the red
colour represents the energy of fire
and blood.
VISUAL ARTS
ARTIST
RAMPART ROW
SPEED OF LIGHT
TITLE
GENRE
DESCRIPTION
Sameer Kulavoor for Artisans'
Wall Mural
Mural Art
Artisans' and Pidilite have
commissioned visual artist and
designer Sameer Kulavoor to create
a mural to celebrate ‘handmade’ and
value the power of hands.
Pablo Ramirez
Mural Painting
Mural Art
Mural painting with Argentinian artist
Pablo Ramirez.
Nicobar Design Studio
Pinwheels
Interactive
Installation
Nicobar Design Studio located at 10
Ropewalk Lane, Kala Ghoda install's
pinwheel boards at the festival. Do
take the Bombay breeze along with
you from the festival.
Aashti Miller / Aahana Miller
Map of Kala
Ghoda Venues
Graphic Art
Key to Kala Ghoda Venues.
Welspun Spaces
Kalaghoda
Arches
Installation
3d puzzle like Horse Pillar Structure, a
mind full of limitless wanderings and
imagination.
Welspun Spaces
Tree of Dreams
Installation
Kites are figurative symbols of
celebrating a mind full of limitless
wanderings and imagination.
Welspun Spaces
Wish Loom
Installation
Weaving dreams & wishes enriched
with endless memories woven into
one whimsical story.
Pearl Academy
Free Life
Installation
Symbol of passion, personal drive and
freewill.
LG
The Tadka for
Perfect Life
Installation
Celebrating a break from the routine,
an interesting revelation and a lot
more with a dash of tadka.
Fortis Healthcare
Tree of Hope
Installation
Celebrating the phenomenon of human
life having the power to reignite life
through organ donation.
Bajaj Electricals
The Wishing
Tree of Lights
Installation
Switch to LED and conserve energy.
Ashish Kadam
Feeder Lantern
Installation
Students of the JJ College of
Architecture
#Bookstallation Interactive
Installation
A unique community driven art
installation, book drive and pop-up
library.
AVID Learning
#Publishing
Legacy
Wall Art
A journey tracing the history and
legacy of English, Marathi and Gujarati
Publishing in India.
Balwant College | Jeel Mehta,
Shivangi Shah, Shagun
Sharma, Rhea Shah, Natasha
Joseph
The Chaotic
Order
Installation
Illustrating the city of Mumbai that
reorganises itself with the ever
iterating and complex conditions.
Akanksha Bonsra, Karan S,
Gurpreet S
Chasing the
light
Interactive
Installation
Chase the light-trail of Kala Ghoda
galloping at speed of light. (motionsensor activated installation)
Mod'art International Mumbai
Riti Ki Gati
Installation
Representing the change in fashion.
Prashant Shelke
Globe with
Garden of
Lights
Installation
The rotating ball signifying motion and
speed is the one undeniable truth i.e
‘change’ in life.
A Part of Dharavi Diary
Around &
Within the
World!
Interactive
Installation
Sustainable Art Installation which
showcases the global future vision,
challenges, problems.
Neha Parekh
Alice Through
the Wormhole
Interactive
Installation
A wormhole structure resembles a
version of caterpillar from Alice in
Wonderland.
Nargis Dutt Foundation, Cancer
Patients Aid Association,
Richfeel Health & Beauty Pvt.
Ltd., Lakme Lever Pvt. Ltd.
My hair for
Cancer
Installation
My Hair for cancer is a CSR initiative
that works on the healthcare platform
serving the underprivileged.
DAVID SASSOON LIBRARY
Bird Feeder.
CROSS MAIDAN
VISUAL ARTS
ARTIST
SPEED OF LIGHT
TITLE
GENRE
DESCRIPTION
CROSS MAIDAN
Surendra C Patel And Ketan
Ketain Kanjareya
Metal Sculpture Installation
Cow made from scrap metal.
L.S.Raheja School of
Meta Wings
Architecture - Prerana,
Siddhi, Prathamesh, Vedanka,
Tejasvini, Vaibhavi, Serah,
Chinmayee, Bhakti, Maheshwar
Interactive
Installation
Man's brighter side - Light.
L.S.Raheja School of
Architecture - Prajakta Khare,
Sachin Vedak
Framing infinity
Installation
Combining the principle of relativity with
the constant speed of light, it is clear that
the speed of light is independent of the
speed of the observer.
Rachana Sansad Academy for
Toybank
Cycle Story
Installation
Childhood whizzing past at the speed
of light.
Naval Dockyard
Mig 29 and
Inch Cannon
Installation
Recycled sculpture made of metal /
electrical scrap from the yard.
Nicobar Design Studio
Pinwheels
Interactive
Installation
Located at 10 Ropewalk Lane, Kala
Ghoda install's pinwheel boards at the
festival. Do take the Bombay breeze
along with you from the festival.
Welspun Spaces
Doors to
Dreamscapes
Installation
Doors are passageways to transition
from one world to another. Reality to
the wonderland that we call home.
Welspun Spaces
Tree of Dreams
Installation
Kites are figurative symbols of
celebrating a mind full of limitless
wanderings and imagination.
Welspun Spaces
Gallery of
Carpets
Installation
Series of wireframe houses.
Welspun Spaces
Thinking Chair
Installation
Thinking Space.
Bajaj Electricals
The Wishing
Tree of Lights
Installation
Switch to LED and conserve energy.
Bajaj Electricals
Tunnel of lights
Installation
Experience the tunnel of LED lights lit
up to give a whole futuristic feel.
HORNIMAN CIRCLE GARDENS (Genesis Eternal Art & Environment)
Maadol Mukherjee
Mother Do You Installation
Think They'll
Drop The Bomb
Sculpture made of recycled wood,
decpicting a throne for Mother Earth,
who is sitting on it.
Nishant Sudhakaran
Live To Grow
To Live
Installation
Tree made of metal pipes, with leaves
attached with ball bearings that will
move with the wind, and metal roots
hanging down like a banyan that will
make sounds.
Tathagat Hazra
Merudand
Installation
Suspended and balanced bamboo
sculpture.
Installation
Ratna Gupta
Breathe III
Jariwala Orphanage
Thangka style
Installation
Collaged fabrics
Textile paintings made from textile
waste, like Buddhist Thangka
paintings hung like prayer flags.
Clear fibre glass body cast.
Kunal Naik
Inside the Tree
Installation
Clay sculptures that reveal the artistic
rendition of the inside of a tree.
Jatin Kampani
I Too Have a
Song
Installation
Images of the textures of trees printed
on cushions are hung on the tree like
fruits/cherry blossoms.
Rahul Bhattacharya
The River
Library
Performative
Installation
Books arranged in the shape of the
Coovam River which will be available
for reading for the public.
DM Girls Orphanage •
WeCan Center • Hill Springs
International School
Creative
Contribution
Installation
Children of the age of 5 paint canvas
for the Environment.
Vikram Arora
An Eternal
Genesis
Installation
Spirals connected to each other made
of cardboard pipes and metal frame.
Vikram Arora
Kalava
Movement
Installation
Threads connect a cluster of trees.
VISUAL ARTS
SPEED OF LIGHT
ARTIST
TITLE
GENRE
DESCRIPTION
HORNIMAN CIRCLE GARDENS (Genesis Eternal Art & Environment)
Santosh Kalbande
Work in Progress Installation
Depicting the issue of deforestation for
the sake on building highways, power
plants and infrastructural items.
Munir Kabani
Solar Love
Assisted by IIT professors, an
installation of solar panels which will
charge a massive fan.
Installation
Mongerels
Sugar
Installation
MondeArt
Data & Man
Series
Installation
Niksha Khemka
Evolution
Installation
A five panel work of lazer cut wood that
depicts evolution of flora and fauna.
11TH FEB SATURDAY
Solar Lamp Making
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
IIT Mumbai
Faculty
Workshop
Solar Lamp Making Workshop by IIT
Mumbai & KWatt Soltions Pvt Ltd.
TITLE
GENRE
DESCRIPTION
Shubhodeep Pal, Akriti Sondi
The Indiestani
Project
Jehangir Terrace
Photography and Poetry come
together to explore a new art form
called Poetography.
Gopal Bodhe
Aerial
Photography
Jehangir Terrace
Aerial shots of Mumbai & around.
Sudharak Ogale
Right to city.
Whose city?
Whose rights?
Artists' Centre
Photography exhibition on Mumbai by
PPT and CORO.
ARTIST
PHOTOGRAPHY
Dr Burjor Banaji, Dr Ambrish
Vaidya, Dr Jehangir Sorabjee,
Dr Hemant Morparia &
Dr Mukesh Batra
Doctors on Call
Art Entrance
Renowned Doctors as passionate
Photographers.
Bollywood Photographers
Bollywood to
Kalaghoda
Coomaraswamy
Hall
Bollywood celebrities clicked by
celebrity photographers.
TITLE
TIME
DESCRIPTION
ARTIST
WORKSHOPS AT JEHANGIR ART GALLERY
8TH FEB WEDNESDAY
Sean D'Mello - Assistant Editor
Tinkle and Vineet Nair - Artist
Illustrator
Tinkle Comic
Factory
2:00 pm 4:00 pm
Learn how to draw your own comic
characters using the most basic
shapes and figures and the tricks to
create a cool story and a great plot.
Vijay Joshi
Phad Artist
5:00 pm 6:30 pm
Phad painting, practiced in Rajasthan
is a style of painting traditionally done
on a long piece of cloth or canvas,
known as phad.
Photography
& Art
2:00 pm 4:00 pm
Interactive photography workshop by
this well known photographer.
Gond Tribal Art
5:00 pm 6:30 pm
A demo session with award winning
Gond artist.
Terracotta
Jewellery
Making
1:30 pm 3:30 pm
Making ethnic and classy jewellery out
of terracotta.
Clay in
Conversation
Pushing
Boundaries
4:00 pm 7:00 pm
The focus of the symposium will
be on Pushing Boundaries, both in
ceramic art practice and through
international residencies and art fairs
that various ceramists have attended
in the last year.
9TH FEB THURSDAY
Jatin Kampani
Gariba Sinh Tekam & Vijay
10TH FEB FRIDAY
Rupali Madan
Shayonti Salvi, Neha
Kudchadkar, Rashi Jain,
Shraddha Joshi, Tejashree
Sagvekar, Madhvi Kolte, Shalan
Dere and Anjani Khanna
VISUAL ARTS
SPEED OF LIGHT
ARTIST
TITLE
WORKSHOPS AT JEHANGIR ART GALLERY
TIME
DESCRIPTION
FOCUS
presents
Storytelling,
A Beginner's
Guide
2:00 pm 4:00 pm
Photographer / teacher Anurag
Banerjee advices on how to build
a portfolio, how to prepare for
a portfolio reading and also the
basics on how to start developing a
photographic body of work.
Painting with
Charcoals
5:00 pm 6:30 pm
A renowned charcoal artist will
demonstrate painting with charcoals.
Blind
12:00 noon 1:00 pm
Background graphics motivates a
blindfolded artist from Italy to paint
herself.
Arzan Khambatta and Sunil
Padwal
Suspended
Sculptures :
Out of the Box
2:30 pm 4:00 pm
Arzan Khambatta and Sunil Padwal
show you the art of creating 3D Art.
Sameer Kulavoor
Artisans'
Presents
Drawing
From My
Observations
5:30 pm 6:30 pm
Sameer will showcase his work that
draws from his observations and
have taken the form of books, zines,
artprints, murals, t-shirts, objects and
exhibits.
11TH FEB SATURDAY
Photography workshop by
Photographer Anurag Banerjee
Ajay De
12TH FEB SUNDAY
Francesca Fini
KALAGHODA CHILDREN'S INSTALLATION AT MUSEUM GARDENS (under 18yrs)
SCHOOL
TITLE
DESCRIPTOR
Mount Litera
International School
Dreams
Everyone has a dream of having everything in life.But
there are few children who have to face hardships of
life and still work hard to achieve their desire of life. MIT’s Vishwashanti
Gurukul World School
Kalpavriksha Ki Chhaya
Mein
One man’s trash is another man’s treasure - Through
our installation we are celebrating aesthetic sensitivity
as we wish to spread the message of investing waste
prudently by reusing and up-cycling.
Walsingham House
School Wings of Change
Change the Mumbai wheels and give it eco-friendly
wings. Bring an end to the chaotic commute of the
Mumbaikars. Sunflower Nursery
School
Pegasus
Our question is always, ‘what do you do with a box, a
shell, a piece of wood… anything?’ Our imagination
soars high like a flying horse… Pegasus.
Mumbai Mobile Creches​ Wishes Under
Construction
The art Installation depicting an ongoing construction
site, also highlights the dreams and aspirations of the
children who live on these sites.
Fazlani L'Academie
Globale
Trojan Combat 'Hooves to Heal'
Jamnabai Narsee
International School
Wishing Tree
An interactive installation, which will engage visitors
by tying the threads with their wishes on the tree and
transforming the image of it, symbolically representing
change forward to better future.
DN Nagar Mumbai Public Wings of Wishes and
School
Dreams
The unicorn is a legendry creature that symbolizes
strength, purity and possibility. Our students wishes
adorn the unicorns wings. We hope that our students
find the strength and grace to achieve what they
desire.
Mahalaxmi Mumbai
Public School & Natwar
Nagar Mumbai Public
School
A big Tiara with horses hanging and each horse carries
a wish on them. Lots of clouds on the base of the
Tiara.
Little Horses Big Wishes
VISUAL ARTS
WITHOUT BORDERS
KALAGHODA CHILDREN'S INSTALLATION AT MUSEUM GARDENS (under 18yrs)
SCHOOL
TITLE
DESCRIPTOR
Sitaram Mill Compound
Mumbai Public School
Tower of Wishes
We are making a tower of wishes using human figures
made out of cardboard which will have collage of
childrens wishes on the one side of the human figure.
These human figures will be placed on top of each
other to make a tower of wishes.
Abhyudaya Nagar
Mumbai Public School
Galloping the Ocean of
Wishes
Dive with me where dreams come true, hopes are built
and determination is in you. Plunge into the trenches
and triumph over trepidation.
Wadibunder Mumbai
Public School
Dream Sky High
Just dare to dream, for you are born to fly, dream sky
high.
Utpal Shanghvi Global
School
Enchanted Horse
"Lakdi ki kathi, kathi pe ghoda...” A song we all
cherished and wished to rock on that fascinating,
wooden horse!
The Somaiya School
Freedom
Freedom is every man's deepest desire but he looks
for it in material achievements. The very things he
craves for to get his precious freedom, end up imprisoning him. The creator of the monster thus becomes
its first victim.
Vibgyor School
Vibrant VIBGYOR Wings
Lustrous hair swaying in the wind, legs surging ahead
in purposeful strides.Wilderness at its best, enjoying
freedom with pride. Like the horses, from the heart in
the wild.
Little Palms Miniland
School
If Wishes Were Horses
Our Dreams Would Ride
With Us...
The flying unicorn portrays the magical world' of a
'child's dream' !
St. Mary's School (ICSE)
Dreamatorium
Municipal Children of
Bhavishya Yaan under
Rotary Club of Bombay
Have and Have Nots
"Are your basic essentials different from mine ? Do
you think these objects are valuable?"
KALAGHODA CHILDREN'S INSTALLATION AT MUSEUM GARDENS (under 18yrs)
SCHOOL
TITLE
DESCRIPTOR
Ascend International
School
Prints in time
Our theme for the year is "Spark". Taking the idea of
Spark we devised a horse which incorporates a spark the invention of "the wheel". Prime Academy
(Guidance from National
Institute of Fine Arts)
If wishes were horses.....
An installation of a "toy rocking horse" which symbolises the innocent urge of the heart to fly and get all
wishes fulfilled but in reality, it remains unmoved. Monginis
E-Motion Cake
Monginis Vision Mumbai 2020 E-Motion Cake.
Collateral Events 4th - 12th feb
ENSEMBLE creates an installation depicting the Sari in Contemporary India.
'Planes of Experience, Zones of Action' - The exhibition includes works of artists who closely explore and
critique architectural practices as well as the proliferation of urban spaces. Venue: Gallery MMB.
U/A Fundays An event on wall painting where interested people participate and create their own art.
Session 1: 4th Feb 2017 • Time 4 pm to 6 pm • Venue Walls of Sachivalay Gymkhana, Opp Mantralay
Session 2: 5th Feb 2017 • Time 4 pm to 6 pm • Venue Walls of MSSA Ground, Opp St. Xaviers College
Retrospective Bombay Art Society. Venue: NGMA.
First Folio Exhibit. Venue: CSMVS, Curators Gallery.
Art Night Thursday 11th Feb until 10pm
Chatterjee & Lal: Kausik Mukhopadhyay • Chemould Prescott Road: Sonia Khurana • Galerie Mirchandani
+ Steinruecke: Gieve Patel • Lakeeren: Gallerists as Interventionist : Anita Dube, Hemali Bhuta, Manish
Nai, Mithu Sen, Manjit Bawa, Priyanka Choudhary, and Sahej Rahal • Project 88: Goutam Ghosh • Sakshi
Gallery: Princess Pea • Akara Art: Group Show curated by Girish Shahane, Akbar Padamsee, Bharti Kher,
Bhagyashree Surtha, Gigi Scaria, Gargi Raina, Jayanta Roy, Jamini Roy, Jyothi Basu, Laxman Shreshtha, MF
Husain, Nasreen Mohamedi, Ram Kumar, Sadanand Shirke, SH Raza •Tarq: Tanmoy Samanta • Mumbai
Art Room: Walid Sadek • DAG Modern: J. Swaminathan, Gulammohammed Sheikh, Jeram Patel, Himmat
Shah, Jyoti Bhatt, Ambadas, Eric Bowen, Raghav Kaneria, Reddappa Naidu and Rajesh Mehra • Clark
House Initiative: Virgile Friasse
VISUAL ARTS
WITHOUT BORDERS
JEHANGIR ART GALLERY 7TH TUESDAY - 13TH MONDAY
ARTIST
TITLE
VENUE
SPEED OF LIGHT
Jehangir Art Gallery
Group show featuring paintings, sculptures and ceramic
Auditorium & Hirji Gallery installations by several leading Indian contemporary artists.
A fundraiser for Kala Ghoda Arts Festival.
BOMBAY BLACK
Jehangir Art Gallery
(1, 2 and 3)
The myth of the Black Horse instigates the idea of the
city of Bombay and its relationship to the color Black,
where through an exhibition we construct the many
line sod aesthetic and social folklores that exist around
color. Features several contemporary Indian artists.
Your best click of the
Kalaghoda Arts Festival
Jehangir Photography
Gallery
Images selected from a photography competition. Jury
panel : Jatin Kampani, Sudharak Olwe, Vikram Bawa,
Shiresh R Karrale.
Curators : Tarana Khubchandani and Heeral Akhaury
Bombay Black at Jehangir Art Gallery curated by Somesh Sharma
Speed of Light at Jehangir Art Gallery curated by Brinda Miller and Tarana Khubchandani
Genesis Eternal Art and Environment at Horniman Circle Gardens curated by Chameleon Art Projects,
sponsored by JSM Urja Autos
Photography curated by Varsha Karale and Shiresh R Karrale
Team : Prerna Kewalramani, Jaya Lamba and Cereno Simoes
Acknowledgements : Gallery Art and Soul, Deepak Shah (MD, JSM Urja Autos) for 'Genesis', Sunil Padwal.
Note: All Programs are subject to change.