Relevance of Traditional Water Systems Today: A Case Study from the Thar Desert

In this talk, artist Ravi Agarwal presented the relevance of traditional water systems. He began with an introduction to the concept of Anthropocene - the current geological age during which human activity has been the dominant influence. He later spoke about the Thar desert in Rajasthan and how the traditional water management systems were taken over by the Indira Gandhi Canal. Through his talk, Ravi argued for learning from these traditional systems in designing and implementing future developmental plants.

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About the Artist

Ravi Agarwal has an inter-disciplinary practice as an artist, photographer, environmental campaigner, writer and curator. His  work explores key contemporary questions of ecology, society, urban space and capital. Photography has been a prime medium for him for over four decades, which has expanded over time to include video, public art, installations, and recently also printmaking. His key projects have long engagements for several years, and are often accompanied by published diaries and writings. His work has been  shown  widely including at the Yinchuan Biennial (2018), Kochi Biennial (2016),  the  Sharjah Biennial (2013), Documenta XI (2002) amongst others.  He co-curated the Yamuna-Elbe project, Indo German twin city public art and ecology project (2011), and Embrace our Rivers an Indo- European project in Chennai (2018), and has been appointed photography curator for the Serendipity Arts Festival  (Goa, India, 2018). His work is in several private and public collections, and he has served on several art juries and committees.

Ravi is also the founder director of the environmental NGO Toxics Link and has pioneered work in waste and chemicals in India.

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