BasicShit

An Urban Sanitation intervention for Indian Cities

Abstract

"In the global south - and in developing countries like India, particularly in cities – public art forms and especially design interventions have become a way of responding to the many social issues that one witnesses. While in the past, public art was largely sculptural or advertising related paintings about films and consumer products, increasingly art in the streets has taken on a critical as well as a social aspect.

BASIC SHIT is a project that has quite literally been transforming Delhi’s urban landscape for the better, ever since it began projects in 2014. It operates as a collective, a mix of scientists and artists running a social enterprise for projects in public spaces."