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A Wall and a Sofa
The Cybermohalla Ensemble, a flexible constellation of young, working-class media practitioners in Delhi, has a five-year history of interventions in informal common spaces and contexts in the city. Their video work is also narrowcast on neighbourhood cable TV networks. Sometimes an alleyway can become a salon. The inhabitants of crowded cities create islands of conviviality when and where they can. A bench leaning against a wall can become a sofa: an invitation to sit for a while, chat, relax and relish the passage of time in the course of a busy day.
Credits: Cybermohalla Media Lab at Dakshinpuri, Delhi Video Editing and DVD mastering: Iram Ghufran Acknowledgements: Shveta Sarda, Ashish Mahajan, Joy Chatterjee Produced at the Sarai Media Lab 2006 A Wall and a Sofa was part of Building Sight: Curatorial Project for On Difference #2 by Raqs Media Collective. It has been shown at Wurtembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart, Germany 18 February to 30 April, 2006 It has been shown on cable in Dakshinpuri, on cable, in August 2006. http://www.raqsmediacollective.net/buildingsight.html#6 Click here to download a video clip A Wall and a Sofa |