Delhi. This city is old. 2500 years old. The city as a palimpsest. Layers of accumulated history and memory. The city transforms. The water turns black. The trees turn yellow. The city turns a foggy green. And the poor turn to dust. Dialectics. The city is transforming to become more efficient and modern. A thought emerges. Selected artists from all the world over and India are invited to this city. In its transformative moment. To create art, in the everyday. 8 politically charged spaces are identified to be excavated and be transformed by the artists. 48 degrees Celsius. A reminder of our warming cities. The first public art ecology project in India is shaped. For 10 days in December 2008.

Cameras whirr and a film re- constructs the art. An attempt is made to record and transcend the imagery. Using snatches of artist conversation. Splicing their politics and performance. A video re-presentation, is sliced in between

the chronicle of the disappearing city. Scattered written words unlock the larger narrative of the city. A debate around the disabling of publics and public spaces. A film re-surfaces. Nudges us to re-examine the latent citizenry. Urges to re- imagine the future of our cities. Through the ‘eye glass’ of public art.

Partners : Max Muller Bhawan Delhi
Director : Krishnendu Bose
Camera : Hussain