EARTH BOUND - Land Water People

There is an exhibition of black and white photographs celebrating Land, Water and People presented by German Agro Action (GAA - Deutsche Welthungerhilfe) in collaboration with JackfruitResearch and Design (Bangalore). The travelling show brings to an urban audience for the first time an experience of GAA's presence in rural India, and its philosophies and accomplishments as an agrarian funding organisation working with Indian NGO partners. The images, augmented by text and graphics, narrate diverse stories of change and development captured through case-studies by photographer Clare Arni in developmental projects in the states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh,Orissa, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Rajasthan. The exhibition traces the problems faced and progress achieved in the broad areas of poverty alleviation and food security through an integrated approach under the 'Geographically Based Programme India' supported by the EU.

Dates: On view from December 2 to 10, 2006

Time:9.00 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.

Venue: Max Mueller Bhavan

After the showing in Bangalore, the exhibition will travel to other Indian cities:

The State Gallery of Art, Hyderabad - December 16 - 24, 2006

Palm CourtGallery, India Habitat Centre,

New Delhi - January 1 - 7, 2007

Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, Kolkata - February 1 - 7, 2007

All are welcome! Do come and view the exhibition.