Today’s class was a guest lecture by museum professional, Poulomi Das. Poulomi was recently a fellow at the Victoria and Albert Museum, researching accessibility in museums. Through the morning, she unpacked the term accessibility, and discussed the various ways in which it is approached and implemented. She also looked at the term inclusive and explored the various levels of inclusivity.

Sharing insights from her work in the UK, and in India, chiefly with the Dr Bhau Daji Lad Museum, in Bombay and the Bihar Museum in Patna, Poulomi led the discussion on museum spaces, their role in society and the intervention of designers.

The class, in groups of four must by next week submit a small research proposal, to look at access for a particular disability and ways in which the spaces can be made inclusive socially and culturally.

Merging -Clash of clans game into real cities

Genesis-How did the civilization came into being?

Every civilization needs resources to survive and thrive. This particular civilization requires elixirs for its citizens to thrive. The elixirs are the most abundant {for now} natural resource in this world, and run through the underground canals so that it can be accessed by its citizens. The source of these elixirs are fossilized bodies of its the previous generation of the citizens  itself. It’s a never ending cycle of bodies getting converted to elixir and back.Every scientist in this world knows about this  process , nut they still don’t know what causes these processes .

How does the civilization look like?

In the central part of the sub continent lies its  capital .It contains an elixir storage, which is heavily guarded , and metalworkers  and  engineers have installed high tech armors and have made them completely bullet proof, should intruders from enemy territories try and steal the eixir, as in this civilization, elixir is the power, to money and global dominance.. The citizens of every country  have constructed their cities around the elixir storage, which behaves like a dam for all their energy needs. The army thus is concentrated around the storage , and there are guards around the city borders to warn of incoming attack.

The future?

Above:Weapons run by elixir

This cycle of bodies-elixir-bodies has given rise to something unprecedented, over time and civilizations, the citizens have evolved and have become increasingly efficient at surviving in minimum amount of elixir, due to which the leftover elixirs are now used as ammunition for their weapons. Also, the citizens have over time developed capacities to manipulate the land ,and its resources, which they are using to construct their cities. As civilizations grow over time , their manipulating power increases more and more , and that’s when it can lead catastrophic consequences . As the citizens need less and less elixir, and their efficiency increases , lesser number of citizens will die , due to which there will be lesser amount of fossilized bodies to get converted into elixir, which will inturn cause the shortage of elixir  and energy itself. This leave all their technology and lifestyle obsolete, as they depend on elixir for energy.The only way out of this catastrophy-WAR.

Gaitonde.

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The simplicity as well as the clutter between various hues of the painting illustrate the identity of the painting along with the comprehension of various ideologies zen buddhism. The aspect-ion asymmetry and inscription of creases allowed on the canvas appropriate the painting to be depicted as old and modernised within its own front. The painting effects the space by inducing oneself to the cluttered canvas and the depth it creates with the artist.

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The contrast of the two colours, skin opposed to black portray a feeling of ecstasy. the work speaks to me about the journey from one end of the canvas as uniform and clear, erupting into confusion and smudginess, finishing with the similar cleanliness it began with. The confusion and energy it portrays talks about Gaitonde’s expression and ideas of completion.

Painting No. 4 

The colours depict a invasion of space with modern grey roads aligning parallel to the raw soil and cleanliness of the rural areas. The painting speaks about the urban involvement with the rural front, the development of the city and crowd viewed from the very height of the skyscrapers, seeing tiny yellow traffic lights and uneven roads of rurality. The clarity of the white spaces inscribing the new paint on the roads countered with beige puddles created in alignment.

Zarina Hashmi 

चित्र मैं हमे यह दिक्ता है की यह चित्रकार एक नक्शे की यात्रा का अभियान को बताना चाह रहा है वो बोलना चाह रहा है की वो एक जघा से दोसरि जघा जा रहा है, और वो इफ़ सफ़र को इस लकीर का ज़रिए जताना चाह रहा है