Compound Terra Plastik ka Mela: repair, recycling, and restoration: an interactive exhibition of social and environmental works

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Compound Terra Plastik ka Mela: Repair, Recycling, and Restoration: an interactive exhibition of social and environmental works from Compound 13 Lab, Maharashtra Nature Park, Dharavi, Mumbai, India, 10th April - 13th April 2023.

Participating Artists: Mamoni Chitrakar / Parasher Baruah / Ian Dawson / Graham Jeffery / Subuhi Jiwani / Amol Lalzare / Ben Parry / Abhijeet Patro / Sharmila Samant / Aqui Thami / Rahul Kohl

Compound 13 Lab is situated close to one of Mumbai’s main recycling hubs, where each week thousands of tons of hard waste are sorted, cleaned, and processed. Tens of thousands of people work in this industry: they make a huge contribution as unrecognised ‘green collar workers’ to cutting the amount of waste that goes to landfill and incineration, and reducing the region’s carbon footprint. Compound 13 Lab, hosted by ACORN India, explores livelihoods and alternative futures, working closely with people engaged in repair and recycling work across the neighbourhood. At the Lab, knowledge and learning is shared through art, design, music, media and citizen science. This exhibition brings together a series of works made by artists, filmmakers and designers who have been collaborating with young people, workers and families from Dharavi over the last six years. Dawson has been collaborating with the Compound 13 Lab for three years and presented his ongoing printing and portrait workshops. At the centre of the space Dawson, Parry and members from the Lab recreated a section of the Carter Road Mangroves to demonstrate the entangled relationships at work within the city. Dawson also exhibited works from his collaboration between the Compound 13 Lab and The Horniman Museum London.

Presented by Compound 13 Lab in association with ACORN India, Bath School of Art, Film and Media, Bath Spa University, the Museum for the United Nations’ GLOBAL WE project, and the Protracted Crisis Research Centre at the University of the West of Scotland. Supported by the British Academy through the UK Government’s Global Challenges Research Fund.

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ORCID for Ian Dawson: orcid.org/0000-0002-3695-8582

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