By V. Shourabh
Zero Eight 21, an art group from Mysuru, in collaboration with Clark House Initiative, Mumbai, has organised an art exhibition with the theme ‘Outsider’ in the hall below the Badsha’s Pride on Nelson Mandela Road from Aug.4 to Aug.12. Both these groups pave a path for those who seek representation. Coming from an inherent need to connect and merge the borders and interact between other cultures to spread curious intention towards each other, this synergy between individuals from both Mysuru and Mumbai aim to expand context and be both within and outside, as a part and apart. Speaking to SOM, Prabhakar Kamble, Artist & Curator, Clark House Initiative, Mumbai, said, “The historical context of cities such as Mysuru and my hometown, Kolhapur, has similar practice of social justice since pre-Independence. These cities were pioneers for making the system of social justice that is the reservation and representation system which was a policy put in place in both the cities by its authoritarian ruler. Looking at both these cities, its history marks not just a remembrance but also an initiation of a connection that when carried forward, the same dots of equality among all of us while looking into the idea of collaboration as an outsider, it has more contentment than just the series of exhibition.”
