Wish Tree Puja

check out pictures from the opening!

*new* Invitation

David asked me to put the new one on so here it is.



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Invitation

Hey. I tried emailing this design to Eileen but she hasn't written back so I don't know if she got it.
Since I don't have David's email I'll try putting it up on the blog.
Hopefully you guys can make copies.

Factory 14s Screentests at The Warhol

"In the future everyone will be famous for 15 minutes" - Andy Warhol





Hannah





Dawn






George






Ajaylah

Painting with grass brooms

Using grass brooms from India to make paintings.


HOLI HOLI HOLI HOLI HOLI HOLI HOLI HOLI HOLI


Celebrating Holi (The Spring Festival of Color) on the streets of Ahmedabad India.
March 2007

Sweeping Sampsonia Way

MF 14 students sweeping with grass brooms from India.





After discussing Diane Samuel's Mapping Sampsonia Way and
India's caste system, students set out to sweep Sampsonia Way with traditional
grass brooms used in India by those members of the lowest caste.

The dust, debris, & litter was collected and preserved in plastic bags
and used as the basis for a discussion about found objects, narrative art,
and the nature of "what is art?"

Wish Tree / Puja

Factory 14s students wrote down their wishes and hung them on a tree at The Mattress Factory. Next, the wishes were created as objects which were hung on, or placed beside the tree. We used kum kum powder (used in Hindu puja religious ceremonies) to make a paste which was applied to the tree and covered with marigold petals.

Woodblock printing

Traditional printing with hand carved blocks
and vegetable dyes (ink).
In a small village in Kutch, Gujarat, India.
March 2007 (less)

Weaving

Weaving on a traditional loom
in the village of Zura in Kutch, Gujarat, India.
March 2007

Call to Prayer : Tying Knots

Traditional method of tying knots for cloth with evening
"Call to Prayer". Village of Tera, Kutch, Gujarat, India.
March 2007

Washing clothes by the stream

Washing clothes by the stream
Village of Ludia, Kutch
Gujarat India

Copyright © 2007 David Pohl
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Washing clothes in the city

Washing clothes on the streets of the Old City in Ahmedabad, India.







Washing clothes in the Winnifred Lutz garden at The Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh

Saat Rasta Dhobi Ghat

Saat Rasta Dhobi Ghat
Originally uploaded by guy_incognito

The largest of Mumbai's traditional Dhobi Ghats, which are large open air laundries run by families who pick up your clothes, wash them and return them. Each family rents one of the cells from the city.

Scrubbing the laundry

Scrubbing the laundry
Originally uploaded by Dey

Laundry heading for Mahalaxmi dhobi ghat

Laundry heading for Mahalaxmi dhobi ghat
Originally uploaded by Dey

Funny Video

I found this strange video on youtube. It's some bollywood movie clip of some beatles clones.
It's pretty awesome.

Yoko Ono's Wish Tree

Wish Piece by Yoko Ono (1996)

Make a wish
Write it down on a piece of paper
Fold it and tie it around a branch of a Wish Tree
Ask your friends to do the same
Keep wishing
Until the branches are covered with wishes

Sacred Trees in India

Incense, flower and other offerings.



Buddhist prayer flags hanging in a tree.

Yayoi Kusama's website

photograph courtesy http://www.panoscope360.com/

visit YAYOI KUSAMA's website

YAYOI KUSAMA

Yayoi Kusama's "Ascension of Polka Dots"
on the trees at the Singapore Biennale 2006
on Orchard Road, Singapore.

The Caste System in India

Brahmins- Priests & Teachers

Ksatriyas- Warriors & Rulers

Vaisyas- Farmers, Merchants, Artisans, etc...

Sudras- Laborers

Untouchables

Cows on the streets of the Old City, Ahmedabad

Holy Cow

In Hinduism, the cow is considered sacred and its protection is a recurrent theme in which she is symbolic of abundance, of the sanctity of all life and of the earth that gives much while asking nothing in return. Most Hindus respect the cow as a matriarchal figure for her gentle qualities and providing nurturing milk and its products for a largely vegetarian diet. Hindus do not worship the cow, yet it holds an honoured place in society, and it is part of Hindu tradition to avoid the consumption of beef.

from Wikipedia