Prayas Abhinav
(India)
Currently teaches at the Srishti
School of Art, Design and Technology and is a researcher at the
Center for Experimental Media Arts (CEMA). His interest lies in
re-vitalizing and re-imagining urban spaces. Through his work he
explores how outdoor spaces can be utilized for cultural and civic
uses. Employing social networks and low-fi technologies to connect
communities and resources is often one of his approaches. He has
been part of efforts to seed open content movements in India and in
2007 helped launching the Creative Commons India licenses. In the
same year he also founded the ongoing project “CitySpinning”, a
series of interventions in Bangalore and Delhi, which look at
expanding the nature and use of public and unused urban spaces.
He has presented his projects and proposals in the last few years at
Periferry, Guwahati (2010), Exit Art, New York (2010), Futuresonic,
Manchester (2009), Wintercamp, Amsterdam (2009), 48c: Public Art
Ecology (2008), Khoj (2008), Urban Climate Camp, ISEA (2008),
Sensory Urbanism, Glasgow (2008), First Monday, Chicago (2006), The
Paris Accord (2006) and PSBT/Prasar Bharti (2006).
He has also participated in the exhibitions Myth ←→ Reality (2011)
at The Guild, Mumbai, Continuum Transfunctioner (2010) at exhibit
320 in Delhi, Contested Space - Incursions (2010) at Gallery Seven
Arts in Delhi and Astonishment of Being (2009) at the Birla Academy
of Art and Culture in Kolkatta.
In 2011, he curated and participated in a residency and exhibition
project, 'On the Sidereal' at The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai.
http://prayas.in/
http://cityspinning.org/
Prayas Abhinav
