The installation exhibited in government school ground, Partapur Power of cloth: my 1st public art project was done in Partapur; my hometown, (Vagad region) of Rajasthan, India. The project is specific to the Vagad region in Rajasthan and helps develop a dialogue with the local community (mostly tribal population), using the social tools most familiar to them. It is an individual approach towards understanding the social structures and its complexities, and develop visuals within the local understanding, through a series of sculptural installation. Power of cloth was conceived by a deep sense of curiosity and a desire to attain an in-depth understanding of different relationships and interactions that people share in a given space. It involves reconstruction of a marriage-shamiana through a series of sculptural installation using local materials, and the result was seductive and often aggressive pieces that engaged the viewer by being recognizable and useful but also uncomfortable and obsolete. The project has received Public art grant by Foundation for Indian Contemporary Art in 2008 and was a semifinalist for the International Award for Public Art 2015.

AVASHESH Archiving the specimens of human existence We all live in a world overpowered by the instinct of consumption, be it literal or metaphorical. Coming from a fast moving city in India, to a remote natural abode in South Korea, is definitely a journey to make one conscious of the transition we have traveled from an existence amidst the nature to the skyscraper cities. There will be times, when this transition is turned around, and we start a journey towards the nature. And then will start a process of archiving the specimens of Human consumption. The works here are an initiation on a personal level, where I have collected the consumed waste in the nature and have tried to re modify it to accommodate them back, in a different context and let them interact with the neighboring people, who can start this process of reverse transition.

AARAM CHAIR; USED PLASTIC BOTTLES My area of interest lies in picking up mundane forms from its conventional aspect, stuff it with my own play and experiments, alter it and place it in front of the viewers where in they can recognize it and hence can interact with the whole work. In the confrontation of the viewer with the duality of recognizing and then relocating the work in the surrounding is supported by the choice of the material and space of display. Both these factors play a very significant role in the process of work.

Sandarbh in its many collaborations teamed up with Extrapool in 2012 for a 15 days collective residency in Netherlands. The program saw 5 artists from Sandarbh working along with 5 from Extrapool. Extrapool is a stage and production company in Netherlands, active in three fields: sound, art and print.

BAAT-CHEET: CHAPTER 1 The concept of cities makes me curious, how we occupy it and how they represent a collage of lives and destinies of their residents and visitors. It seeks the local amidst the global sensibility and is a difficult and poignant search for an identity soon to be lost. The ever-changing cityscapes and its growth both vertically and horizontally presents us with visuals that are picture perfect but at the same time intimidating. This duality of a city represents the threshold of cultural history and a globalized future. The present series- City-under construction takes references from the overpowering and omnipresent construction sites spread all over the cities making everything else look insignificant. Taking the Mobile Home series further, this project also attempts at exploring the thin line between utility and art. The works were exhibited as part of the 2-artist show Baat-Cheet in Surat from 07-09 October, 2017 and was curated by Curador.