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The Khadi March: Just Five Meters by Shelly Jyoti

NDTV PROFIT PRIME, On ART,Oct, 22, 2016
https://youtu.be/v43KVN9KdKY

Interview- The week, Spinning a Traditional Connect, Dhriti Gandhi, Oct 20, 2016, New Delhi
http://www.theweek.in/features/lifestyle/spinning-a-traditional-connect.html

Review- Hindustan Times, Stamped in history: Artist Shelly Jyoti’s latest works have Ajrakh prints on khadi’ Namita kohli, Oct16, 2016, New Delhi
http://www.hindustantimes.com/art-and-culture/stamped-in-history-artist-shelly-jyoti-s-latest-works-have-ajrakh-prints-on-khadi/story-4pfw0phjbfbs9o8m0wrtrn.html

Interview-The Goodwill Project, A Gandhian Tryst-Shelly Jyoti’s The khadi March, Oct 18, 2016, New Delhi
http://thegoodwillproject.in/index.php/2016/10/18/a-gandhian-tryst-shelly-jyotis-the-khadi-march/

Review-Indian Express, Spin of India, Pallavi Chattopadhyay Oct 22, 2016, New Delhihttp://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/khadi-art-delhi-exhibition-gandhi-shelly-jyoti-3095591/

Review- The Pioneer, vivacity, Art with a Gandhian twist, Saritha Saraswathy Balan Oct 24, 2016, New Delhi http://www.dailypioneer.com/vivacity/art-with-a-gandhian-twist.html

Review-Hindustan Times, Khadi: From symbol of India’s freedom to fashion statement, New Delhi, Oct 25, 2016 , New Delhi
http://www.hindustantimes.com/fashion-and-trends/khadi-from-symbol-of-india-s-freedom-to-fashion-statement/story-LYlpCfjBfm1betKPDztLNI.html

Review- Millennium Post, Evolution of Bapu’s khadi, 25 Oct 2016, New Delhihttp://www.millenniumpost.in/newscontent.aspx?nid=330174

Review-The Asian age, Khadi on canvas, Geetha jayaraman, Oct 24, 2016, New Delhihttp://www.asianage.com/ideas/khadi-canvas-466

Review–The Asian Age- Exhibition aims to bring khadi back in vogue, Oct 27, 2016 , New Delhihttp://www.asianage.com/ideas/khadi-canvas-466

Review-Deccan Herald, The khadi March, Shilpa Raina, Oct 18, 2016 , New Delhihttp://www.deccanherald.com/content/576304/khadi-march.html

Review-Art and Culture Festivals, Gandhian Art, artculturefestival.in, New Delhi http://artculturefestival.in/gandhian-art/

Interview- Platform, The whole five yards, Oct 21,2016, New Delhi
http://www.platform-mag.com/art/the-whole-five-yards.html

 Mojarto- An NDTV venture, Five Meters Of Revolution By Tarun Grover,Oct 21, 2016
https://www.mojarto.com/blogs/five-meters-of-revolution

Review-Art Radar Journal, Indian artist shelly jyoti at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi Oct 22,2016, New Delhi http://artradarjournal.com/2016/10/22/photo-gallery-indian-artist-shelly-jyoti-at-india-habitat-centre-new-delhi/

India Today, khadi; from symbol of india;s freedom to fashion statement, oct 24, New Delhihttp://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/khadi-from-symbol-of-indias-freedom-to-fashion-statement/1/795089.html

http://www.meraevents.com/event/the-khadi-march-just-five-meters?ucode=organizer

http://eventful.com/delhi/events/khadi-march-just-five-meters-/E0-001-097062514-1@2016102018
http://www.artslant.com/ind/events/show/430538-the-khadi-march-just-five-meters

http://allevents.in/new%20delhi/the-khadi-march-just-five-meters-2016-by-shelly-jyoti/303744013308941

http://mattersofart.blogspot.in/2016/10/the-khadi-march-just-five-meters-by.html?view=timeslide?http://www.delhievents.com/2016/10/exhibition-khadi-march-just-five-meters.html

http://blueskytimes.com/events/details/the-khadi-march-just-five-meters

http://www.newsnation.in/article/149205-khadi-from-symbol-of-india%E2%80%99s-freedom-to-fashion-statement.html

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UPCOMING SHOW -THE KHADI MARCH: JUST FIVE METERS BY SHELLY JYOTI

UPCOMING SHOW -THE KHADI MARCH: JUST FIVE METERS BY SHELLY JYOTI

 

THE KHADI MARCH: JUST FIVE METERS BY SHELLY JYOTI

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October 20- 26, 2016

Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, 
Lodhi Road,
New Delhi 110003

 

OVERVIEW: The Khadi March: Just five meters is a call to action that challenges people who live in urban cities to grant dignity to the rural brethren and to rethink our engagement with the spinners, weavers and people who work with handicrafts in the villages. The featured works have two aims, one to touch upon the idea of swadharma towards nation and secondly explore a solution to uplift the rural population. The first is an ideology stemming from Vedas (Ancient Indian texts composed in Sanskrit) second is setting the context of finding a solution to bridge and connect rural (70%). The gist of the thought can be put in a simple way of buying five yards of khadi by thirty crore urban population to empower spinners, weaver and unremunerated village citizens and bring them livelihood. This form of swadharma would be an effortless exchange of sacrifice and gain woven through the notion of patriotism, purity and sacrifice.
These work comprises of several khadi site-specific installations, twenty Ajrakh textile artworks, multi media spoken word poetry and a short documentary film on mapping ajrakh textile traditions in contemporary art and craft Above image: Excerpt from the image ‘ The spinning wheel:Flag series’ 2016

Catalog essays by Lisa Trivedi and Guruji Narayana

Lisa Trivedi is a Cultural and social historian, author of ‘Clothing Gandhi’s Nation: Homespun and Modern India’, A Professor of History at Hamilton College, New york, USA

 Gurujee Narayana is a management guru. An exponent on Bhagwat Gita, Upanishads and Vedic literature. He is a mentor to many chief executives and is a yogic volunteer, serving rural and urban India.

 

ARTIST STATEMENT:

The Khadi March: Just five meters’ (2016) continues to explore Gandhi’s idea of swadharma, a subject I have pursued in two previous projects, ‘Indigo Narratives’ (2009-14) and ‘Salt: The Great March’ (2013-15). As a visual and textile artist, my work seeks to address iconographic elements present within the context of modern Indian history and contemporary society. I use khadi in this exhibition both as a symbol and as a material that expresses qualities of self-purification, self-reliance and independence. Drawing upon my training in literature, fashion and clothing, my visual art challenges the creative, technical, and experimental space within my artistic practice. This exhibition is a call to action that aims to challenge people who live in urban cities to rethink our engagement with the rural spinners, weavers and handicraft makers in India’s thousands of villages and beyond.It does through substantive collaboration with tenth generation Ajrakh textile artisans in Gujarat. I have been able to consider the critical relationship between the materials and traditional processes used in Ajrakh production to develop a deeper understanding of the critical role that cloth, fiber, natural dyes, and environment each play in my khadi Ajrakh creations.‘The Khadi March: Just Five Meters’ showcases the khadi as a medium for urban India that can support a new dialogue with our rural communities and fellow human-beings.

 

EXHIBITION SCHEDULE & LECTURES

EXHIBITION

The Khadi March: Just five meters By Shelly Jyoti
October 20- 26, 2016
Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, 
Lodhi Road,
New Delhi 110003, 
Phone: 43662024, 43662025

Opening Reception: Thursday, 20th October 6 pm

Chief Guests: Smt Tara Gandhi Bhattacharjee –Grand daughter of Mahatma Gandhi
                          Vinai kumar Saxena –Chairman Khadi &village Industries commission

LECTURE | PANEL DISCUSSION

Gandhi’s khadi: Cutting across time and space
6.30pm Friday, October 21, 2016
Bikaner House, New Delhi

Panel list and key note speakers:
Smt Tara Gandhi Bhattacharje; Meenakshi Lekhi MP lok Sabha; Ritu Beri- Fashion designer; Varsha Das- A renowned Gandhian thinker, art critic & litterateur;Geeta Goradia-Former President of Federation of Gujarat chambers of commerce; Guru Narayana Gattu- Exponent on Bhagwat Gita and upnishads; Shelly Jyoti – A visual/ textile artist and an independent curator; Poonam Goel-New Delhi based art writer (Moderator)

 Curatorial Walk: Tracing the Ajrakh traditions through Shelly Jyoti’s Art works
4.00pm October 22, 2016 Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, 
Lodhi Road, New Delhi 110003

 

This exhibition is in part supported by Khadi & Village Industries Commission and YES Institute

 

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Spoken word poetry ‘Magic Lantern series’ (2016)

Spoken word poetry ‘Magic Lantern series’ (2016)

 

JUST FIVE METERS: AN URBAN APPEAL By Shelly Jyoti

SPOKEN WORD POETRY

DIGITAL TRACK: App 00:05:51 minutes

RECORDING: Studio Pindrop, Haus khas, New Delhi

143 lines

An excerpt from  ‘Magic Lantern series’ (2016)-Spoken word poetry

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I began to write this poem when I visited Dandi in July 2013 during my personal Dandi March to taste the’ Salt movement’ started by Gandhi in 1934. Meeting veteran freedom fighters like Acharya Dhirubhai and Gosai Bhai Patel and listening to their stories of participation in freedom struggle and also un-fulfilled dreams of independent India, inspired as well as left a vacuum in me. The thoughts like, perhaps the villages could have performed better with Gandhi’s idea of swaraj and autonomy.

Seven decades of independence and the poor infrastructure in rural societies with no light, no education and no basic amenities, kept finding a resolve in my mind. The idea of’ swadharma’ became meaningful and larger to me as how effortlessly we can support the hand spinning and weaving cottage industry or the village civilization by thirty crore urban population who have economically grown with machinery and industrialization.

Gandhi was a problem solver, pragmatic and charismatic leader of the Indian national movement. He was inspired by the vision of swaraj (self government), which for him meant not just freedom from colonial rule but the achievement of self-reliance and self-respect by the villagers who make up the most of India’s population. His economics was a part of his vision

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WOMEN, TRAUMA AND VISUAL EXPRESSION 2002

 

Shelly Jyoti

WOMEN, TRAUMA AND VISUAL EXPRESSION

These artworks were used for documentation for the exhibition at WomanMade Gallery, Chicago,IL, USA, 2003

 Blessings

Image; Bleeding Psyche

Acrylic, mixed media on board 10″x8″

Artist Statement:

Trauma of being a witness to communal riots…
Every night when darkness would begin to creep …the fear of being hacked or the fear of a mother of teenager children traumatized me… It was 27th February….Forensic reports suggested that petrol was poured on the s-6 carriage of the Sabarmati express train and then set alight. And 26 women, 12 children and 20 men passengers burnt alive locked inside. It was like living in barbaric society! The reaction of the incident turned society intolerant, emotions high, tempers flared, arson and looting, an aftermath which was a blob on human integrity.

Even the rustle of a leaf would leave me trembling with fear, anxiety, numbing of emotions and hyper vigilant. The horror of the barbarism still haunts me …..
I am a woman artist of Indian origin. I live in a city called Baroda in Gujarat. India is a land with multi cultural, multi ethnic and multi religious society. The constitution speaks of secularism and yet when the dragon of hatred permeates in the minds of so called soldiers of faith…it creates fissures in the different communities and societies at large.

THE GODHRA CARNAGE was a skullduggery… on human mankind. The trauma of violence still agonizes me.

Sad Odyssey by Shelly JyotiFaith2

Sad odyssey
An out burst…
Mobs crying aloud..
Looting and arson…
But mahatma doesn’t stop spinning! They went fury on building..
Pulling window frames..
Out of the walls.. Smashed the doors.. But mahatma doesn’t stop spinning!

instability..
Endless bickering..
Monumental political failure.. Administrative atrophy..An Appeal1

 

 

But mahatma doesn’t stop spinning!

His head hung in shame
His land is not what he dreamt of.. His people are not ..
Who he instilled faith in..

His eyes shut –

as if bleeding with tears..

His ears shut-

with communal cacophony..

His mouth sealed- an orgy of silence
Like his three monkeys on my table..

Mahatma doesn’t stop spinning!

*Mahatma is referred to Mahatma Gandhi who preached non violence to the world and ironically the riots took place in his home town.

Above Image:Dumbfounded

Mixed media on canvas 10″x12″