Architecture, art, music, food and stories are the essence of what forms and keeps a community together, says social anthropologist Yasmin Hales, who has launched her exhibition - Talking Streets - at the Harrow Arts Centre.
The exhibition, which focuses on the meaning and expression of Kolam South Indian floor decoration, aims to raise awareness of community heritage and cultural diversity.
Yasmin, who received various awards for her doctorate research on ‘Talking Streets: The Experience and Expression of Space and Place in Tamil Nadu’, has always had an interest in why different cultures decorate their walls and floors in different ways. Her latest work is an inter-generational community heritage project, exploring the features of tradition with particular emphasis on the daily street applications of ritual Kolam floor decorations.
