January 12—January 18, 2013

How do you think about privacy in relation to yourself, your friends and family, and your communities? PUKAR, in collaboration with the Lab, has been exploring these questions throughout Mumbai. Visit the Lab, join this research initiative, and share your own ideas about privacy.

Where do people find or create private, personal space (outside of domestic space, that is) in a city as dense as Mumbai? Join the Lab in an ongoing series facilitated by the KRVIA Design Cell as we ask visitors to participate in visually mapping these physical locations by using geo-tagged cameras out in the city, creating mental maps, and analyzing the results.

See the city in a whole new light...by not seeing it at all. This personally guided, blindfolded tour of Mumbai explores the city through the sounds, smells, and sensations our eyes miss.

Join the KRVIA Design Cell for a talk about their findings from the Mapping Privacy in Public Space research project, conducted through the Lab’s run; see if their results match your ideas of where you might find privacy in Mumbai’s public spaces.

What effect does the city have on your brain and physiology? Colin Ellard gathers evidence about the psychological effects of public spaces. Join Ellard on this tour, measure Mumbai’s effects on your own brain and body, and be part of this international experiment.

The Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum invites you and your family to a puppet show that explores the urban history of Mumbai through the stories of its citizens and the development of trade, migration, opportunity, and cosmopolitanism.

How do you think about privacy in relation to yourself, your friends and family, and your communities? PUKAR, in collaboration with the Lab, has been exploring these questions throughout Mumbai. Visit the Lab, join this research initiative, and share your own ideas about privacy.

Where does one go to question public and private space within the city? Join Tobias Megerle and Studio X in a structure created for the BMW Guggenheim Lab on public/private space.

Drawing on video and personal experiences from Sensing Mumbai, Part I, explore how we sense, interact with, and react to our cities differently without sight. This event begins with a 20-minute on-site visual experience.

Join PUKAR as they present a few illuminating stories, maps and data from the BGL-PUKAR collaboration investigating the topic of privacy and public space in the city and learn more about their important work in the city.

What effect does the city have on your brain and physiology? Colin Ellard gathers evidence about the psychological effects of public spaces. Join Ellard on this tour, measure Mumbai’s effects on your own brain and body, and be part of this international experiment.

To conclude the six-week Meet in the Middle series, join us as we frame a collaborative manifesto to improve life for all Mumbai residents.

Where do people find or create private, personal space (outside of domestic space, that is) in a city as dense as Mumbai? Join the Lab in an ongoing series facilitated by the KRVIA Design Cell as we ask visitors to participate in visually mapping these physical locations by using geo-tagged cameras out in the city, creating mental maps, and analyzing the results.

Where does one go to question public and private space within the city? Join Tobias Megerle and Studio X in a structure created for the BMW Guggenheim Lab on public/private space.

Learn about the Koli struggle firsthand and discuss solutions, while immersing yourself in the rich Koli culture in this evening of singing, storytelling, dancing, sharing, and of course, eating.

Join for an evening of concluding thoughts, impressions, and highlights from the Lab's run in Mumbai from the Lab’s internal team, including the curator, Lab Team, and programs/project collaborators. Come share your own thoughts about what has made the Lab in Mumbai unique.

In this workshop designed by the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, children ages 10–14 will work with professional puppeteer Meena Naik to create paper puppet figures representing the contemporary urban cultural identities of Mumbai. What puppet would you create—a movie star, bus conductor, cricketer, dabbawala, or doctor?

What effect does the city have on your brain and physiology? Colin Ellard gathers evidence about the psychological effects of public spaces. Join Ellard on this tour, measure Mumbai’s effects on your own brain and body, and be part of this international experiment.

In this workshop designed by the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, children ages 10–14 will work with professional puppeteer Meena Naik to create paper puppet figures representing the contemporary urban cultural identities of Mumbai. What puppet would you create—a movie star, bus conductor, cricketer, dabbawala, or doctor?

In this workshop designed by the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, children ages 10–14 will work with professional puppeteer Meena Naik to create paper puppet figures representing the contemporary urban cultural identities of Mumbai. What puppet would you create—a movie star, bus conductor, cricketer, dabbawala, or doctor?

Join for a panel discussion on the winning entries for the Lab’s Rethinking Kala Nagar Traffic Junction Design Competition, a global call for innovative proposals to redesign one of Mumbai’s busiest transportation hubs, the Kala Nagar traffic junction. Hear what the experts have to say about the winning submissions—their design, their functionality, and their potential for implementation.