One man's trash, that's another man's come up. - Thrift Shop, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis

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The response to places of human habitation can be seen as a manifestation of learned human behaviour, which is essentially the point of emergence of culture. There is a shift in cultural identity in emerging consumer societies. Economies run through the production of desire instead of needs. Thus internet becomes a primary mode of livelihood for those who can to capitalise on it, and the production of desire on the internet is defined by individualism, with targeted ads and propaganda agencies.

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This video is a process and tutorial video for the sculpture that was made using shoes that were left abandoned on the road. I speak in a blend of Hindi and English (namely 'hinglish'), as it is commonly used by the (educated) Hindi-speaking Indian youth. Those who have access to internet/education in English speak in this new dialect. It is reflective of a post-colonial culture. 

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The shoes found possibly belonged to people of ages and sexes, with many different styles involved. The end result of the process was creating heavy weights by tying all the shoes together. Shoes that aid people with commute are left abandoned, they are made to come together collectively, and form a new commodity altogether, i.e. an art object. A heavy one at that. 

 

This video a mockery on internet tutorials and a critique on the information available to us online. It is a satire on the town of Yelahanka in 2017 from the focal point of a student from an art college. 

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