THE BOOK
Since the mid 1990s tramways communities and artists of Melbourne & Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) have explored relationships between their cities through the medium of tramways. After a decade of artful interventions this book unfolds a story of friendship, dialogue and imagination.
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REVIEWS OF THE TRAMJATRA BOOK?
"exhilerating"
- The Age
"sets out to map ... the collective consciousness of tram users and workers, the system's reflection of the life and image of the city, and hence the actual thought and art it fosters"
- Bibio: A Review of Books
"makes trams a cultural experience"
- Hindustan Times
"an intersection where public transport and public art ... connect, and so too artist and audience, driver and passenger"
- Art Monthly Australia
"a unique initiative"
- Hindustan Times
"tram global, feel local"
- The Age
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SHARED LUNG
Tram conductors of Calcutta Tramways Company are invited to wear a change of uniform for one day in September 2005.