Cycle Story at the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival 2017
The Kala Ghoda Arts Festival is a
community festival in Mumbai, held within the Kala Ghoda Art District. The
festival celebrates music, dance, literature, food, street stalls, cinema,
workshops, visual arts, urban design and architecture. The theme for the 2017
Kala Ghoda festival was ‘Speed of Light’, and ran from the 4th to
the 12th of February.
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| The 'Cycle Story' installation at the festival |
Dhaval Roy, content editor at Toybank
beautifully described the installation, “Wheels of life keep turning, no matter
how hard we wish against it. Especially for children, it’s no less than a
hyperdrive that propels them to adulthood. For a phase already moving at
supersonic speed, adding lessons to play makes playtime hurried and childhood
move faster. The installation is depictive of setting children free from
cyclical activities in lieu of play, letting them measure the vastness of the
skies. Happy as a lark, high as a kite.”
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| Festival attendees writing down their cycle story |
The ‘Cycle Story’ attracted a
large number of people, inquisitive to understand what it symbolized. Toybank
also had solid support from volunteers to represent us at the festival.
Dividing themselves into time slots, the volunteers were present to talk about
the installation, answer queries, spread awareness about our work and encourage
people to donate toys and volunteer with us. Volunteers engaged with the
spectators at the festival and asked them to pen down their favourite childhood
memory.
In all, the festival was a great
platform for Toybank to spread awareness on the importance and value of play
and eventually bring back memories of their childhood.
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