Bonding 'Parallel Cities' in a very different presentation

The presentation would make theatre out of public spaces used every day and compel the viewers to change their perception on the places and people there.

The public places are like hotel rooms, shopping centres and factories -- functional places, but not usually thought of as interesting to people in general, but without them the city life would be uninhabitable, Kaegi says.

The ubiquitous existence of these places the world over means they are modelled on similar parameters but they display a very local face, Kaegi explains.

He has presented the project in Berlin, Warsaw, Buenos Aires and Zurich and now it would be shown in Kolkata between December 10 and 21.

The presentation involves projection on four screens simultaneously in a synchronised video-lecture.

Stating that he had involved performers like singers, and writers and even passers-by in the project, Kaegi said: "I wish to broach the implications of rapid urbanization and challenges posed by fast changes in cities."

Kaegi was talking to reporters after a prelude show of 'Parallel Cities' at the Max Muller Bhavan here on Friday.