Set up by Ambica Beri, this artists' retreat in Maihar is helping local communities preserve their arts and crafts.
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00:00 This is the first private art gallery in Madhya Pradesh.
00:02 It was built by Ambika ji of Kolkata.
00:07 She is adding local culture to the art around here.
00:16 95% of the works are made of scrap.
00:23 These are the lights of the ship.
00:25 The sand layer is made of cochineal and it has 1200 lights.
00:30 The chimney is made of lime.
00:34 People throw garbage in the village.
00:46 The village is also polluted.
00:48 Some girls were collecting garbage in the village.
00:52 So they made a carpet out of it. They liked it and made it big.
00:58 It grew bigger and it was so beautiful and strong that some people liked it.
01:08 We started purchasing it.
01:18 I'm friends with an architect named Claire Kennedy and we're part of a group in Australia called 5 Mile Radius.
01:25 We like building with local materials and trying to evoke a sense of place in our projects.
01:34 She's been working with Ambika for a while here at Art Ichhol.
01:38 She thinks that a house can be made in one way.
01:41 But the mud house is made in a different way.
01:43 The design has changed and she thinks that a mud house can be made in a different way.
01:48 There's a toilet in the mud house.
01:50 No one has ever made a toilet in a mud house.
01:53 It's made by contracting the mud.
01:55 She likes it.
01:57 At first, she didn't understand why it was made and what it was.
02:03 She thought it was strange and that it was not for us.
02:06 It was for the rich.
02:08 But when we went to the village and asked, she understood that it was a boon for us.
02:13 She doesn't have a platform to show us the art.
02:16 We go to the village and find out what art is.
02:19 Some have a pot, some have a nail, some have a pot.
02:22 They present everything here.
02:24 Through Art Ichhol, people can display their art.
02:27 She liked it.
02:30 [Music]
02:36 (music fades)