Introducing MY NAME IS ROBOT, the Middle East’s first custom toy show. Robotandspark invited 37 regional artists, designers, typographers, jewellers, artists, sculptors, photographers and leading creatives to customize the 8-inch resin robots and display them at thejamjar Gallery on Thursday February the 19th 2009.

The list of artists include Chor Boogie, Lisa Geuvarra, Rollan Rodriguez, Lewis De Mesa, Eduardo Yap, Paolomaria, Buffi Jashanmal, Renata Giovanoni, Diya Ajit, Hani Reza, Vivek Premachandran, The Tribe, Leo Burnett, Malek Ghorayeb, JWT, Zaid Alwan, TBWA, Khulood Khoory, Nina Jaitha, Cynthia Wong, James Gibbs, Roula Ghalayini, Bianca Bernstein, Nawal Khoory, Hind Iskander & Talayeh Jenab, Laughing Man, Stuart Harris, Darwin Guevarra, Yalda Jafari, Ogilvy One, James Clar, Amritraj Gupta, Joseph Manata, amirah t, Tony French and Jalal Abuthina, Expression and Hind Mezzaina.

Once the artists had finished, leading photographers from Bareface were asked to photograph the robots in any which way they wanted. These prints will be displayed alongside the robots and all artwork will be auctioned off for the charity START (www.startworld.org)

DJ Dany Neville from Underground Procedures will also be opening the exhibit with a live set.

The exhibition will run from the 19th Feb until the 23rd Feb.

Visit www.mynameisrobot.org for more info

So… now my turn to ramble ! I’ve been trying to get back to my roots again and return to my typical kitsch ‘omkara’ hindu art style again. This time round, the piece is called ‘My Name is Robot Kalki’ – The name Kalki means literally, “of iron” or “machine.” As this avatar, Lord Vishnu will incarnate himself as the machine-man, who will come riding his white horse and a blazing sword in his hands. He takes on his multi-armed form and as he punishes all evil-doers in this world, he recites the verse from the Hindu scripture- “Now i am become death, destroyer of worlds.” At the end of Kali Yuga, he will, destroy this world supposedly and recreate a golden age again. Here is a little video i slapped together inspired by a Nitin Sawhney track that has been my muse for the longest time ever!!!

See you at the show

Now that i’ve brushed away the cobwebs and blown off the dust on this blog, i’m ready to write again. You know how they say that ‘life inspires’.. well i think i’ve just woken up after all these years in a cold sweat to realize that my little box of life’s musings have just gone empty.

Here begins a new search, a new journey to explore every nook and corner of life to find a new muse. If you get to her before me, please be so kind to let her know i am looking for her.

Just thought i’d be visually punny this time.

Rabbits and Rumors …

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“Somebody had to show her the dark side… ” he said…

A little late in bringing in the New Year, i suppose… but hey some things need time to let go ..

My memoirs are honest, but my shoes are dirty,
My bags remain packed, and my regrets unzipped…

Yet am still too tired to move, too tired to unpack and tell tales …
still too tired to dust my clothes and untie these laces….
too tired to forget that candles and grief are ephemeral….
and too tired to notice that my cheeks hurt from smiles questionable

I wish you all a Happy 2006!
i hope you all get a gorgeous tan and lots of honest love this year

The thing about ’surprises’ is that we never expect them to turn out the way they do.

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Illustration Yesterday

Once in a moon, it so happens that all you get are the blues. The ideal thing to do .. i suppose, is to eat em up one by one and just keep on moving! Gump was right afterall !

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Emerging countries tend to find a strange sense of satisfaction in erecting the tallest tower/building in order to demonstrate the ’strength’ of their economic infrastructure. Much like Dubai actually!

So this is a tribute to all the Dubai’s of the world.. who just cant stop comparing sizes….

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to my muse …

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