Mareena FrancisJul 30, 20215 min readFinding Home in ArtI have long believed that every piece of art is someone babbling. An extension of the artist's soul, rather than mere expression. In all...
Mareena FrancisJul 23, 20217 min readOne Person; Infinite Homes ‘Home’ has always been an elusive entity to me. The definition of it, the feeling it is supposed to evoke, the maddening singularity of...
Mareena FrancisJul 19, 20213 min readWalking with ArtCredit- Unsplash What does art on the streets look like? Reincarnation. A splash of blue across the brown bricked wall. It sweeps and...
Mareena FrancisJul 16, 20214 min readFaces of the StreetCredit- Unsplash Who walks the street? The light hits his lined brown face and he doesn’t falter. I raise my hand to shade my face but he...
Mareena FrancisJul 12, 20213 min readThe Streets are Storytellers. Credit- Unsplash We were an odd group that day, walking down the close-knit streets. Four were in bright-colored costumes with paint...
Mareena FrancisJul 9, 20213 min readHas the Indian Street Culture Met its End? Credit- Unsplash I look down the long stretch of the street and this is what I see. A tea and pan stall stands surrounded by men, smoking...
PlacemakingJun 14, 20205 min readThe Bandra CollectiveA collaboration that has come together to solve Bandra’s aching issues of public place underutilization and dwindling number of public space
PlacemakingJun 3, 20204 min readA Place to Learn“The greenest building is one that already exists” as the (not very) old adage goes. In recent years, adaptive reuse has evolved ...
PlacemakingJun 1, 20203 min readSTORIES IN MOTIONAs a human race, we have been individually and collectively shaped by the stories of our times.