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THE OFTEN IGNORED ASPECTS OF AIR POLLUTION BROUGHT TO LIGHT BY ARTISTS FROM ACROSS THE WORLD DAKSHIANI PALICHA

- DAKSHIANI PALICHA

WHAT IF your house could tell you which parts of the room have cleaner air? My House is Ill, one of the seven exhibits on display at the studio of Khoj International Artists' Association, an art non-profit based in New Delhi, does just that. The exhibit features a futuristic residence with sensors fitted in each room to gauge indoor pollution levels through lightsblue is safe, red is danger. At the time of Down To Earth's visit, lights of the plant room-set up to provide more oxygen-change from pink to red. "This is probably because the room was the closest to the dust-filled streets," says Abhimanyu Singhal, partner at Architecture for Dialogue, a research and design collective that co-created the exhibit.