Freedom to March (2010)

Expressions of prominent Indian artists’ travel to Dandi in quest of Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi selected salt as his metaphor. In this project we expolore multiple metaphors: Salt March as envisioned by Gandhi, Gandhi’s March as percieved today and our perception of the Mahatma and the understanding of his message.

For almost a year, the curators and artists travelled on the same route alongwith artists – trying to understand how and why India has changed in the last eighty years. And also, the perception and understanding of the Mahatma in the state of his birth and the region which is often reffered to as his karambhoomi.

This project is not about endorsing Gandhi within contenporary art practice. It is not about seeing Gandhi critically or uncritically. It is about understanding Indian from a contemporary perspective and in this quest Gandhi may be the best route.