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Enough
The Enough Project explores the concept of "enough" by considering the universal questions of what we want and what we need for ourselves, our families, and our communities. The 'Enough' Project started in late 2001, in Mumbai, India where I go every year to visit family and work in the low income area of Golibar, for Marketplace: Handwork of India, whose mission is to provide employment opportunities for women and persons with disabilities in India.
I asked the Marketplace women and subsequently when I returned to Chicago, a group of MCA docents, friends and acquaintances, here and all over the world, three questions: my name is ..., I am…., I want……… Voices from around the world were collected and incorporated into various forms of artistic and cultural expression, using text, ceramics, textile and mixed media to create a series of works that were first installed in the fall of 2003 at the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art.
Lynne Warren, curator at the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art said about the project "What is Enough? This question strikes a deep chord in me as I think it does with many others. We cannot help but respond to the enough statements….Each of us has a story to tell and that is the simple and beautiful premise of Indira's project: we participate in it whether or not we formally set down our responses. What is it I need, what is it I want and how do I understand the implications of my needs and wants, for myself and others?"
All the textile-based pieces were sown by the Marketplace women with their voices featured prominently in the text. The exhibit provides compelling testimony to the universality of all our hopes and dreams and the potential for us to find mutual respect and understanding.
Please email me if
- you would like a catalog that describes the Enough Project ($5:00)
- Want to answer the questions and participate in this ongoing project
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