11 NOVEMBER 2017 TO 26 NOVEMBER 2017 | EXHIBITION | WORKSHOP | TALKS | PERFORMANCES
India Street Bazaar compared Scotland’s lost textile industry and India’s thriving crafts, taking the history of the former Turkey Red Industry as a starting point. Designers from India and Scotland were invited to explore the Turkey red archives and respond aesthetically, and with hindsight, to the fabrics, their colours, patterns and motifs. Each of the products produced reflected our position in relation to business models, ethics of production, fashion and taste.
EXHIBITION | 11 NOVEMBER 2017 TO 26 NOVEMBER 2017
The exhibition explored the inspiration behind each of the designs, and how the products were made. The India Street Bazaar aimed to highlight the importance of sustainability, looking at how contemporary designers can work ethically in our global, digital age.
Artists: Emlyn Firth, Lokesh Ghai, Charlotte Linton, Raw Mango, Gabriella Marcella, Laura Spring, People Tree
Curated by: Katy Wes
TALK : KARIGARI | 14 NOVEMBER 2017
TALK : LETTERS/FORMS | 17 NOVEMBER 2017
A talk by Rocky Salboa (India Type Foundry) and Emlyn Firth (a visual agency), this event explored the development of new font, letters and typefaces, as part of the India Street Bazaar exhibition.
HERITAGE WALK| TALK : INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE WALK THROUGH MIRZAPUR | 19 NOVEMBER 2017
Industrial Heritage Walk through Mirzapur was a walk that discovered parts of the city and its unknown history, Abrar Ali Saiyed walked with the visitors through the streets of Ahmedabad to find out how it became a city of Industrial Heritage, as part of the India Street Bazaar exhibition.
WORKSHOP : THE COLOUR RED – ART THERAPY WORKSHOP| 19 NOVEMBER 2017
Disha Trivedi, art therapist introduced the children to the exhibition and talked about the colour red – what does it mean to them, what has been its importance in history, what do they have that is red? When do they wear red colour? What other colours are special to them? As an extension of the conversation around Turkey Red, The Colour Red – Art Therapy Workshop explored how our emotions interact with colours, as part of the India Street Bazaar exhibition.
PERFORMANCE : THE STORY OF RED | 19 NOVEMBER 2017
The Story Of Red was a puppet show by students of the National Institute of Fashion Technology followed by a discussion with Aditi Thakor about her film ‘Bhanwar’, as part of the India Street Bazaar exhibition.
WORKSHOP : POTTERY AND POETRY WORKSHOP | 22 NOVEMBER 2017
Pottery and Poetry was a workshop for children, the workshop explored how children express their feelings using the mediums of poetry and terracotta, as part of the India Street Bazaar exhibition.
TALK : A HERITAGE IN CRISIS | 25 NOVEMBER 2017
A Heritage In Crisis was a talk. It was a part of the series ‘Baithak With Sahapedia’ And ‘ India Street Bazaar’. Professor Ashoke Chatterjee talked about the craft movement’s roots in the Freedom movement, its position in post-Independence planning, and the crises the sector has faced with so-called; liberalisation; and stringent competition – a combination that has led some in important places and positions to dismiss handcraft as a sunset industry and despite the sector representing India’s second-largest source of livelihood after agriculture, and comprising anywhere between 70 and 200 million artisans.