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Mahatma Ghandi, Yoko Ono & Seva Art
November 25, 2009 by Ray Baskerville
What do Mahatma Gandhi, Yoko Ono and Doctors without Borders have in common? a: 5yearplan.org.
Yoko Ono will be one of 20 artists whose work will make up a unique silk screened, hand bound, handloom khadi cotton cloth book. Each book comes with a handloom khadi jhola shoulder bag.
65 copies will be signed by all the artists and only 500 copies total will be made. All profits from sales will go to Doctors without Borders (MSF) and to fund the next 5yearplan project.
The 5 year plan is an ongoing effort to re-orient art and art production towards generosity and participation, while bridging cultures. In honour of Mahatma Ghandi the 5 year plan is undertaken as ‘seva’ (selfless service). The cloth for the books comes from the Ghandi Ashram Collectives, which help millions of rural villagers survive by sustaining local industries and agriculture.
The 5yearplan website is in itself a work of art – check it out.
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