Projectile Arts @ WSF MUMBAI 2004

Our media has been sanitized as we struggle against corporate control of the airwaves and development of a more diverse, democratic and unbiased coverage. Across the globe activists are using media as a potent tool to cultivate awareness, stimulate dialog and mobilize community involvement towards further social change.

A Projectile Arts Delegation to the WSF in a Media Exchange Mission will activate and inspire both participants and viewers on many levels. By using media to expose various issues that affect us from both a local and global perspective, viewers will not only be exposed to new ideas, but also inspired by the works of a multitude of struggling and successful social, environmental and political movements. Along with facilitating such exposure, Delegates will encourage viewers to engage in dialog in response to these issues, and further explore the path to realizing that another world is indeed possible.

In order to share our experiences with our colleagues and friends, throughout both The States and India as well as with people from all over the world, we have seet up this site. Projectile Arts delegates are, not only, busy documenting events at the forum, but also, networking with other videographers, sound recorders (for both Hindi and English), photographers and writers encouraging them to share their coverage of the forum, by accepting submissions of articles, photographs, small video clips and sound bites to be posted on the web.

Projectile Arts delegates will take the video footage, sound recordings, photographs and writings with them to such places as the Om Film Festival in Goa (in which “Take Me the River” will be screened), Adi Veni Madhav Mandir, in the Village of Arail (where, during the winter of 2001, Projectile Arts established an artist-in-residence program and shot TMTTR), Bring Your Own Film Festival on the beach at Puri in Orissa and finally to the next Kumbh Mela in Ujjian, April 4 - May 4. Delegates will share their documentation with these communities, document their responses, and then share both with people back at home in the states.

Projectile Arts is a non-profit (501c3) organization dedicated to fostering dialogue between different cultures and communities through the arts, with an emphasis on experience rather than analysis. Productions focus on education through entertainment and creative expression, using art as a tool for communication and understanding in a variety of media. We collaborate with promising young artists and producers, often immersing them in unfamiliar worlds where they can gain new inspiration for their work and interact directly in the environment to share their experiences through their respective disciplines. Using art to encourage communication and understanding between different cultures and communities, is particularly relevant, indeed vital, in the current political and social landscape. Art is perhaps the most effective means of experiencing the lives of those in unfamiliar environments. It strikes a common human chord that is independent of language and logic, which can vary dramatically from one place to another, from one mind to another. Projectile Arts is more dedicated than ever to fostering dialogue between cultures through the arts by creating entertaining and enlightening content.