I was having the worst day on Saturday. My SLR had a concussion and I lost my house in a disgusting minor flood. So I bounced from the cesspool to the super cool BlowUp Bombay to help out. Organised by Blind Boys, it was a street exhibition of photographs – around 600 I think taped to walls and woven mats hanging between trees and even within a desolate, decrepit house. There were many great submissions – some incredible photoessays, some so bad that they were kinda good. Half the fun was in the set up though I reckon so I’m glad I didn’t miss out on that. An artist and musician played an audio visual set – one played some great tunes while the other painted on canvas. There were some interesting themes and series – Life in Kashmir, bicycles, my relationship with my girlfriend, photos from 100 days of travel, an interpretation of loneliness in Bombay. I met five hundred amazing photographers or maybe a dozen or so. It was quite awesome and after Melbourne, it’s so lovely to see my new city’s street art culture flourish. Oh and a public dissemination model means people got to take the prints they liked home, leaving no trace of the event. Big ups to the cute kids who helped us set up – they were indispensable. Next up, BlowUp Pune.
This kid decided to be a walking photo installation for a while.
Teaching the kids origami.
Khush painted a mural.
Please excuse the hideous Blackberry pictures. They’re all I’ve got.
As someone who had photos included in the event but was far away down here in New Zealand – its so fab to read your account and look through your images. And if that’s what you achieve on a Blackberry I have no doubt your SLR skills are sharp!
Yes, we’re in the same position as Meena and we’ve been dying to know how it went – thanks for sharing!
Sorry about the apartamento issues – shit tends to happen (although be happy you found out before the brunt of the monsoon started). I would suggest looking for a PG or summat on Pali Hill – which is where my friend from the states ended up. Bandra isn’t cheap, although you might try the Turner road area – plenty of cheap PG things in the khopchas/gallis.
Song to go with: [bandcamp album=3167235498 vis=flowers size=grande bgcol=FFFFFF linkcol=4285BB]
Er, I meant to post the 5th track, “Another Sun”.
Thanks for taking efforts to document the event and putting it up in your blog. Been searching all over to find who has covered the event. Reached your blog through FB. Thanks again!
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Well done!
Great job with the exhibition and the report!
Btw, the guitarist-artist duo happen to be Atul & Harshvardhan, who have these sessions every once in a while, aptly named DawaDaru. Look it up on FB.
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