A Passage to India

ARTS HUB AUSTRALIA: In 2006 I travelled to India and spent a month discovering and working with artists trained in traditions that are being lost due to India’s rapid modernisation.
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In 2006 I travelled to India and spent a month discovering and working with artists trained in traditions that are being lost due to India’s rapid modernisation.

Setting up a temporary studio in a village hall in Samparc outside of Mumbai, I invited religious, tribal, Bollywood, sign-writing artists and schoolchildren to paint on sheets of plywood that were later made into a slot-together seat I designed called a Zaishu.

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Matthew Butler
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Matthew Butler works for Zaishu, a company that connects the worlds of art and design creating functional limited edition objects. They collaborate with international artists celebrating cultural diversity, creativity and responsible design practises.