Foundation for Indian Contemporary Art
presents
a flag for me + a flag for humanity
A Workshop led by Lleah Smith
10:30 AM - 1:30 PM, 22 February 2020
at the FICA Reading Room
F-213/E-2, 2nd Floor,
Old Mehrauli-Badarpur Road,
Lado Sarai, New Delhi 110030
How do we identify with the world? What do flags mean to you?
Contribute to a collective artwork with pedagogical artist Lleah Smith and communities across Australia, Bangladesh, India and Indonesia in a flag for me + a flag for humanity (in the 21st century).
FICA invites you to participate in guided discussions, meditative exercises and collaborative activities, which encourage reflection on what it means to be an individual and part of a community. The 3-hour session will result in the development of a new visual language unique to the group communicated through flags.
The flag is a powerful symbol, of nationhood, of unity, exclusion, communication, prayer and rules of play. When we think of flags we often think only of national flags, which claim to unite people of a particular country. However, flags hold significant social, cultural and political symbols which convey strong messages they are often used both positively and negatively to unite, but also to obstruct.
The final outcomes will become part of a larger collaborative artwork, to be taken forward by the artist.
To register for the workshop, please email us at info@ficart.org with your name and phone no. as there are limited seats.
About the Project
a flag for me + a flag for humanity (in the 21st century) will be created through a series of workshops across Australia, Bangladesh, India and Indonesia. The project invites the general public of all ages to be co-collaborators in the creation of an artwork. To reflect on how they self-identify with the world both individually and collectively and how that can best be communicated to others. The artwork prompts inward reflection before projecting outwards. Through a guided workshop session the participants will be encouraged to consider what makes their individual personality, heritage and culture unique, whilst also reflecting on how they connect with community and society at large. This will be achieved through discussion, an exploration of signs and symbols and their associated meanings across culture as well as colour theory and emotive response.
About the Artist
Lleah Smith has worked across Australia and India since 2011. At the core of her practice is a keen interest in collaboration and knowledge exchange where ‘learning’ is the medium, the artwork and the education. She is interested in the 'educational-turn' in contemporary art-making and the radical changes and pedagogical shifts impacting how we teach and how we learn.
Lleah Smith is the Assistant Manager, Education at Kaldor Public Art Projects and an Artist Educator at the National Centre for Creative Learning, Museum of Contemporary Art, Australia. She will commence a Masters by Research, Education, exploring Emergent Pedagogy at the University of New South Wales in 2020. She also holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts (honours) and Masters of Arts Administration from the University of New South Wales, Art & Design.