EXPERIMENTAL ART AND DESIGN
 
DELHI 2050 Gift for Expert Speakers
Part of a series of gifts done for the Delhi 2050 project. This windmill
is made from parking tickets featuring things you find on Delhi's streets
today, that might not exist on Delhi streets in 2050.
Parking tickets are
used because this relates to the theme of vehicular diversity in Delhi.
DELHI 2050 Gift for Expert Speakers
Part of a series of gifts done for the Delhi 2050 project. This windmill
is made from newspapers and features various kinds of street vendors
one sees in Delhi that may not be part of the Delhi street scene in 2050.
We used newspapers because a lot of the street vendors use newspapers
to create bags for chick-peas and peanuts. Newspaper bags are used by
them as well to put there products for sale to the public.
FRESH! CRICKET IS A RELIGION (Installation for Nike at Olive, Delhi)
We were one of 5 designers asked by Nike to create an installation to celebrate the 3 world cup victories of India.
Cricket is more than a sport in India — it is a religion. It is the only force that transcends religion, caste, politics, language,
gender and economic status in India. Cricket is, of course, about the players and the game itself; but in India it is about the
fans, of which there are millions in every corner of the country. For our installation, we have taken inspiration from the myriad
fans of India and their emotions during the course of a game. On one side of the bats, the fans are in a tense mood, during
a critical stage of the game. And on the other side, from where one strikes the ball from, we have fans in an excited mood as
India has just won another world cup. Three fans hold replicas of the 3 world cups India has won to date. We used 11 bats
to represent the 11 players of the team and have used the same mechanism used in mechanical scoreboards and advertising
in cricket fields. The viewer can change turn all the bats and view the 'before' and 'after' and relive the emotions of a real life
cricket game in India.
FRESH! SIGNS OF INDIA (stenciled wall signage at the IKD studio)
Anyone who has been in India for even a small length of time would have
seen some of the quirky and humorous signs one sees on walls and in
entranceways of various establishments such as restaurants, cafes, shops
and retailers. To celebrate the humor and occasionally, the irony of these
signs, we stenciled the entrance of our studio with various commonly seen
phrases like: ‘Best Quality’, ‘Original Copy’, ‘No Outside Food’, ‘For Export
Only’ and ‘Stick No Bills’.
FRESH! MOSQUE DOME (stencil and wall spray painted sign in Haathi Pol, Udaipur)
FRESH! A 'LOCAL' VERSION OF OUR BUSINESS CARD (Vernacular Indian Design)
The concept here was to not design the card ourselves but to get it designed
by a 'jobber'. We didn't select any colors and let him copy an existing card.
But we did tell him our profession and gave our contact.
 
FRESH! WOMEN'S BLOUSED (found object)
SELF PORTRAIT Experimental Art
 
Left to Right: RED TAPE, MONEY PLANT and TAKING STOCK (paper, newsprint and tape)
Red Tape looks at the bureaucracy that exists in India that prevents "Our Helpers" to help us, especially true today after the recent Mumbai attack
s and raises the question of how appropriate is it to celebrate Xmas this year. Money Plant is about the commercialism and mall culture that has become
associated with Xmas even in India. Taking Stock uses a page from the Economic Times, which shows the dismal state of the stock market, but it also hints
at the wastage of trees during Xmas and for the production of "paper stock".
THE FIRST SUPPER, left and CARNE(VAL), right
The usage of multiple turkeys (taken from Indian firework labels) looks at the fact that so many turkeys are killed every Christmas. The words
Carne (meat) and Carnival (festival) are combined to form this associatio of the celebration of the birth of one man with the death of thousands of turkeys.
WALKING THE CITY (Photography Poster)
Taken in one of the most walkable cities in the world, this is a graphic study of people walking on 23rd street in
New York City.
MOVING (Collage Art made from found object)
The idea here is to make the word look like what it means.
UNITY?
A sign in Mumbai, photographed during the agitation against north Indians working in Maharashtra. This division within a unified nation is a strong threat
to the nation's tolerance and maturity. Is this really unity then? This irony is reflected in the sign that spells out the word "UNITY" but doesn't convey
its
true meaning.
POSTCARD PROJECT II
In this self-initiated project, I mailed my girlfriend postcards on a regular basis. These postcards travelled from
New York to Jaipur, India. The idea here is to use visual communication to touch someone's heart. And to also
learn to create something beautiful that you give away—literally, since many of the postcards got lost along the way.
 
NEW YORK STORIES: (Design and Illustration)
VINTAGE BOLLYWOOD MEETS CALENDAR ART (Juxtaposition Series II)
CULTURE CLASH I: BROOKLYN MEET CHINATOWN (Juxtaposition Series)
  
EXPERIMENTAL PHOTOGRAPHY (One-of-a-kind Photographic Prints)
Using Modern Materials and 19th Century Printing Techniques like Van Dyke. Palladium Printing and Gum Bi-Chromate
BLUE BIRD & CO. (rescued type)
These handmade wooden 1 foot tall letters have been rescued from a more than 50 year old business in Connaught Place, Delhi
POSTCARD PROJECT
In this self-initiated project, I mailed myself a postcard a day for about 9 months. I had a few constraints for the project—the postcards could not be bought, they had to be mailed everyday and always list my
address and the date. I don't claim these works to be solely mine. Someone designed the original postcard and the postal service also contributed with their stamps and other markings.
MAN>MANNEQUIN, MACHINE>MAN(Text, Photography and Design of Book Spreads)
These are spreads from a book I wrote, photographed and designed. Set in the near future,
this book is about how we humans are becoming more artificial and how our machines are becoming
more human... until one day, we become them and they, us.
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