“Aru~Uru” is a collective narrative exhibition of expressions towards water and heritage, evoking the transcendence of the formless contained within a form. The expressions were varied in nature, from a group-orchestrated live chorus performance to art by school children. The varied visual expressions were composed into panels and exchanged amongst artists by the end of the exhibition. There were two physical scaled models, both unique in their own nature of materials and expressions. While the see-through acrylic model gave a glimpse of subterranean life, the other model had a poetry ensemble in clay. A few of the artists who had made this possible were felicitated by people from ‘Cuckoo Forest School’.
As a tribute to the traditional wisdom and indigenous knowledge of all the people who have created and managed such numerous water harvesting structures, this exhibition is designed and organised as ‘copyleft’ by Akarmaa and supported by the prayer of thoughts of Niyathi Commune from Cuckoo Forest School.
We express our gratitude to water for graciously sharing and receiving consistently every day for the past three hundred years. to the Niyathi commune for everything that they are and will be.
We are indebted to all the people from the past 300 years who have been part of the process.
Kuan Ek Hai
Paani Bharein Anek
Bhaande Hi Mein Bhed Hai
Paani Sab Mein Ek
