dharohar - unearthing traditions of jaipur

Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT) - Guwahati

Dharoharunearthing traditions of Jaipur

An interactive installation depicting the interesting traditional art & crafts of Jaipur helping tourists to feel the true essence of tradition and help them connect to the root of the culture

Monday 18 July 2011

Dharoharunearthing traditions of Jaipur

Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT) - Guwahati

Monday 18 July 2011

Objective

An interactive installation depicting the interesting traditional art & crafts of Jaipur helping tourists to feel the true essence of tradition and help them connect to the root of the culture.

It helps tourists to explore the interesting traditional elements that symbolizes Jaipur, in a way helping people to connect to the root and help tourism industry to bloom

Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT) - Guwahati

Monday 18 July 2011

Arts and Crafts

As mentioned, the installation mainly focuses on arts and crafts of Jaipur, showcasing them in fun, delightful and in an interactive way. We have covered few arts and crafts elements, those are

‣ Bandhani‣ Blue pottery‣ Embroidery‣ Gota Dori‣ Lac Bangles‣ Silver Jewelry‣ Marble Work‣ Metal Work‣ Turban‣ Block Printing ‣ Mojari

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Jarokhas as metaphor

A complete structure is designed to explain these arts and crafts. The structure consists of 12 Jarokhas representing different elements of arts and crafts. Jarokha is chosen as a metaphor to showcase Jaipurism.

Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT) - Guwahati

Block Printing Mojari Puppets

Turban Metal WorkMarble Work Gota Dori

Monday 18 July 2011

Jarokhas as metaphor

A complete structure is designed to explain these arts and crafts. The structure consists of 12 Jarokhas representing different elements of arts and crafts. Jarokha is chosen as a metaphor to showcase Jaipurism.

Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT) - Guwahati

Bandhani Lac Bangles Silver Jewelery Embroidery Blue Pottery

Monday 18 July 2011

Interactive Installation

The interactive installation, Dharohar - unearthing traditions of Jaipur is designed to be placed at public spaces such as airports, open public spaces at the touristic spots at Jaipur and other places in the state.

The installation has majorly two elements1. A complete wooden structure consisting of Jarokhas2. 3 screen showcasing information specific to the contents inside Jarokhas

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Showcasing 12 Jarokhas representing different art and craft elements3 screen showcasing information about specific art and craft

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Monday 18 July 2011

The installation is suppose to be placed in the dark space. Once, people approach to the installation and press the button on the Jarokha, the Jarokha will lighten up showcasing the art. On the other side, screen will showcase information specific to the art with a traditional audio

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Monday 18 July 2011

By pressing a button (showcased here with white circle) given on every Jarokha representing different art and craft element, it will showcase information about the specific craft on the near by screen. The essence of the elements will be further added through a traditional audio running with the visual information

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More images of Dharohar

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Monday 18 July 2011

Working of the installation

We have currently made a working prototype, that can be further developed to a product to install at several public spaces at Jaipur or anywhere in the state

The proposed installation can be scaled to a series of installations to promote tourism of Rajasthan in the world. The content need not to be specific to art and craft, but can range upto varied traditional elements of Rajasthan

We are attaching the prototyped version of the product, that will helpful for you to understand the product more.

Here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01xP0g4LJM0

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Monday 18 July 2011

Thank you

Project by:Kanika GuptaM.Des 2010-2012 batchDepartment of Design

Guided by:Keyur SorathiaAssistant Professor,Department of Design,Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) GuwahatiPin: 781039

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Monday 18 July 2011