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THE FOLLOWING INSTALLATION WAS AN ATTEMPT IN PUBLIC PARTICIPATORY ART. NEGOTIATING THE PUBLIC WAS ONE OF THE KEY ELEMENTS TO THE SUCCESS OF THIS EVENT. IT IS THE PEOPLE OF AHMEDABAD WHO PARTICIPATED IN GETTING THE CASTS MADE. THE INSTALLATION REMAINED ON SITE FOR THREE MORE DAYS, DURING WHICH IT SAW ITS OWN DETERIORATION. BY THE THIRD DAY THE INDIVIDUAL LIMB CASTS WERE BEING TAKEN AWAY BY THE KIDS FROM THE NEIGHBOURHOOD (AS WAS EXPECTED), THE CASTS HAD BECOME ELEMENTS OF PLAY. INSTALLATION AND ITS VARIOUS PROCESSES