PROJECT 1336
“Project 1336” is the community based art project. It is an art idea to work together with the diverse community of the Kathmandu city especially women and the youths. Dense community of the valley lives in the lane with big hopes and dreams. This project is the story of people living in the lanes. Life is never straight, it is like the lane of the Kathmandu valley. I see women gathering in small courtyard knitting along with their neighbors interacting with joy about life and values. They knit with the stories, knitting becomes the story of seconds. Knitting is like making things happen, intricate connection between threads and journey of life which is yet struggling, hopeful and chaotic like lanes. Knitting wools embrace the feeling of warmth, inclusiveness, and also connects with personal nostalgia of motherhood blessings. Ongoing process of the installation itself is work of art which interlink with doers and viewers as the part of community activity. The work is spontaneous, performative, interactive and playful like the city of Kathmandu valley.
Art however should touch lives. It is to bring awareness on the native opportunities to labor class people who flee away to other nations in the hopes to have better future. The Kathmandu is not a child friendly city so to bring awareness this lyrical vibrant line will bring some playfulness, hopes, and dreams to our future generation.
This project is again to connect Kathmandu city with sea level, an elevation height of 1336 meters.
Manish Lal Shrestha
Visual Artist
About Me
Manish Lal Shrestha is a multidimensional visual artist based in Kathmandu, Nepal. He has Bachelor Degree of Fine Arts from Sir J J School of Fine Art, Mumbai in 2001. Shrestha started his own unique style in which he uses contemporary motifs since his early period. He is well received visual artist who led the postmodern movement of Nepal that was nascent in early 2000. He has had 19 solo exhibitions, several workshops and residencies internationally in Holland, Switzerland, France, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, India, USA, South Korea, Taiwan, China and Nepal. He was also part of Kathmandu Triennale 2017, Nepal, Busan Biennale Sea Art Festival 2019, South Korea, the 4th Today’s Documents 2019, A Stitch in Time, Today Art museum, Bejing China. He has several awards to his name including the National Fine Arts award (2011), from Nepal Academy of Fine Arts. He is also a visiting faculty at the Srijana College of Fine Arts, Nepal. In addition, he is founder Director/ Curator of the alternative art space as Gallery Mcube to practice a wide range of art activities. He curated several art events in Nepal and aboard including Himalayan Art Festival 2018, Nepal Art Council, National Exhibition of Fine Arts 2021 at NAFA, Nepal, IPEP India, International Print Exchange Program India 2022 and also co-curated First Yanjiao Biennale 2020, China. He also curated international experimental video art project ” Made in Mind series II” in 2019.
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