Join us on a musical journey through Mumbai with Indian contemporary folk-rock band Swarathma. “Is Shahar” (“This City”) was written and recorded especially for the Lab and reflects Swarathma’s...
Mumbai Jamming brought together professional musicians from both the classical Indian tradition and modern music styles. © 2012 Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York
From gajra to garlands, India’s rich tradition of floral adornment makes it one of the world’s largest markets for flower consumption. Lab visitors learned the delicate craft of floristry from local...
The Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum hosted a puppet show that explored the urban history of Mumbai through the stories of its citizens and the development of trade, migration, opportunity, and cosmopolitanism....
On the opening day of the Mumbai Lab, nearly 1,500 visitors representing the spectrum of Mumbai’s religious and ethnic diversity came through the Lab. Photos: UnCommonSense © 2012 Solomon R. Guggenheim...
Mumbai is a city of vast divides, where the quality of services depends on where you live. In this panel discussion, we examined Mumbai’s conditions. © 2012 Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New...
This video presents Jürgen Krusche’s talk from the “What Is Beautiful?” event. Krusche focuses on a provocative thesis: that ugliness is an important aspect of the urban environment. He comes to...
This video presents highlights from the “Free Space Berlin” program, including the talk by urban sociologist Florian Schmidt and responses from workshop participants. The workshop focuses on the “Stadt...