Satellite Location: Mahim Beach

The painted movie posters that have long been used to advertise Bollywood films have been rapidly replaced by modern printing techniques. Experience a live demonstration from one of Mumbai’s remaining Bollywood artists.

Mumbai is full of new visions for Dharavi’s future. But how much do we know about what Dharavi residents envision for the future of Mumbai? Dharavi youth present a play about their hopes for the city, with a moderated discussion to follow.

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.

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.

Dance Mumbai Dance brings together dancers to exchange tricks of the trade, and to see what we can learn from the interaction between the formal and informal. Visitors are invited to work directly with professional and local dancers to learn a specially choreographed flash-mob-style dance.

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.

The Lab’s flash mob performed a choreographed dance with colorful Lab flags and signs to the Mumbai Lab’s song, “Is Shahar” ("This City") by Swarathma with live drummers.

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.

View the powerful documentary Invoking Justice (2011), which sheds light on an all-woman’s Jamaat (council) that was formed to uphold a new standard of justice for women.

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.

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.

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.