To evoke in others what has been evoked within us
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evoke is a community driven, experimental space for creators, thinkers and innovators, for social collaboration within the remote parts of the Himalayan Region.A space where people are able to think freely, feel deeply and create responsibly.
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Project evoke is designed to host art+design residencies, exhibitions & experiences through (and for) its inhabitants and the close community.
For residents to live, work and play together- to experience nature, foster their creative mind, build a community and create positive social impact.
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Residency 0.2
Mountain Story Lab
20th - 22nd November
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Feel . Think . Create
Mountain Future Labs is a 3 day residency to explore, experience and curate the disappearing stories of the mountains.
How do we narrate the stories of mountains to the future?
Himalayas have always been a safe heaven to the stories of forest, cultures, rituals, vernacular wisdom, art forms and spiritual practices.
However, the rich heritage and fragile landscapes are at an immense risk of disappearing owing to rapid modernisation and over development.
Feel
Feel
Immerse in the cultural & natural landscape. Be a part of the local community, talk to people, visit their homes, understand their needs, problems & challenges.
Understand the landscape and its inhabitants their lives in Forests & the farms.
.Think
.Think
What is changing with time, what needs to be preserved, sustained or eliminated.
Imagine how it can be captured and converted into a narrative, a system or an opportunity for the future.
.Create
.Create
The world is your canvas, any medium or format, limited only by imagination.
Create something meaningful that carries the spirit of the mountain. Something that people don't witness anymore.
Be it in form of sounds, audiovisual, stories, poems, installations, products, services or abstract ideas of services, systems or even business plan.
.A curated, experiential exhibition in the mountains, with the locals.
.A curated, experiential exhibition in the mountains, with the locals.
We take this as our responsibility to sustainably curate & re-narrate mountain stories through new age mediums.
The residency will design an experiential exhibition in the mountain village, Seri. The exhibition will witness formats and thinkings across disciplines - Collectibles, Food, fabrics, art, products, audio visual narratives to even systems design or business integration - Any thing that can create value and a memory.
*The exhibition will travel to Delhi, if we all find the need & resources.
Seri, the last village on the sideline of Jibhi, nestled away in Himalayas
Surrounded by the Great Himalayas and mighty pine & cedar forest. It is a place where you discover the intense peace, encounter wilderness dwellers and indulge in infinite inspiration. A place full of nature’s dance far away from the city shor.
.Why Seri you ask?
Seri sits at a very interesting point of flux — confluence of 2 times (eras). Till 10–15 years ago, no one had heard of Jibhi. Seri didn't even exist on Google Maps.
But things changed at an alarming rate with tourism, social media and influencers calling out Jibhi as the hidden gem to visit and it was no longer hidden from anyone. Tourism boosted local economy but it also brought more cars, more construction, more rage, more hunger, human wildlife conflicts. People traded tradition with development, till every household became a guesthouse.
Seri, on the other hand, didn't see that inflow because of its geography and being on the sidelines. However, people of Seri have already started migrating to newer lifestyles and occupations, leaving behind their rich culture.
Stay at Baserah
Baserah is a small mountain stay and café in Seri, Jibhi — set among pine forest, terraced fields and the sound of the Jibhi stream, a short walk from the hidden Jibhi waterfall. It is quiet, unhurried and deliberately off the main tourist track: the kind of place built for slowing down, which is exactly what a residency on human experience asks for.
It has beautiful mud and wood cottages built using local cedar so you really smell the forest inside on a sunny afternoon. The space is surrounded by apple orchards, silver oak trees which are home to many flying squirrels often spotted at dawn. With mountain view from the windows you see the ridge of jibhi valley with some of the highest peaks lined (jalori top, raghupur fort, chiyra top, lambari peak) all strunk like a pearl necklace and
often embellished with fresh snow in the month of november.
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Co-Living
Essence of evoke is distilled in its community. Cottages will offer shared accommodation. We have female dorms and mixed dorms.
Everything matters, from food we eat to air we breath
Everything matters, from food we eat to air we breath
Essence of evoke is distilled in its community. Cottages will offer shared accommodation.
A different rhythm of space & time.
Essence of evoke is distilled in its community. Cottages will offer shared accommodation. We have female dorms and mixed dorms.
.Who is it for?
.Who is it for?
Designers, artists, storytellers, photographers, filmmakers, writers and creative practitioners interested in exploring Himalayan art, craft and culture through immersive, hands-on experiences. People working in NGOs, foundations, CSR, cultural preservation, rural development, behaviour change, community programmes etc.
If you are someone who is interested to get out of your usual creative environment, immerse yourself in a new cultural context, and create something meaningful from that experience.
Meet your curators and hosts
Sanchi
Curator
Saurabh
Curator
Jasleen
Host
Durga
Host
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