One Day Workshop, as part of NGMA New Delhi’s Children’s Art Festival.
We worked with children on creating a storyline with paint and long pieces of cloth, where we drew attention to the rising smog in the city. We discussed the burden that smog has become for the city’s tree, and imagined what they would do if they could move.
Children felt that trees and people who love them would run away from the smog, and a slogan was co-created by workshop participants. Once painting and discussion were done, two big masks were created, and a procession of children, their parents and some passersby circled the India Gate hexagon, chanting “bhaago bhaago smog aaya!”
The day ended with greater awareness amongst participating children and their parents about the impact of pollution on the environment and on their everyday lives.