My most recent project brought me to India, and marked my seventy-first country. From early May through August, 2017, I backpacked through Southern India, gathering inspiration for an art project entitled «art braille kanthari», for a great cause. For this trip, I’ve teamed up with «kanthari», a charitable organization that empowers social visionaries around the world (www.kanthari.ch). My trek started at the kanthari campus in Trivandrum, India, were I got to meet the founders of kanthari and spend a week watching and photographing the new students begin their 7-month training program…
Dreams to Reality
From Trivandrum, I’ve zigzagged from coast to coast, visiting projects founded by past kanthari graduates. This allowed me to get a first-hand look at how the kanthari alumni have taken their dreams and parlayed them with their training and experience to help their communities in a variety of interesting and innovative ways.
The backstories of all the lots that were sold at charity auction, as well as the photos are here.
«art braille kanthari»
«kanthari’s scholarship based leadership program is for visionaries who have overcome adversity and are keen to drive ethical social change around the world. Some of these students have disabilities, such as blindness, while others have no disabilities at all.» In this spirit, I’ve envisioned «art braille kanthari» to be accessible in some form by all, including the blind.
Obviously, visual arts cannot not be viewed by the blind, so it was my idea to create an art experience that was more accessible. To do so, I’ve attempted to bridge this gap by appealing to more senses than sight alone: through sound, poetic description and braille, so that all could, at least somewhat, experience my journey through India while learning more about kanthari, and what they do to empower their graduates.
Auction Catalog, Invitation Book & Photos
Videos from the Kanthari India Trip
Videos from my 3 month trip to India:
Videos from my 3 month trip to India:
