Page 14: we would be amazed at what we could achieve with such compassion for one another.
Artist: Shivali Devalkarβ
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Page description and purpose: This page is all about community, connection, and compassion, contrasted with loneliness and the despair isolation can cause. For page 14, Shivali will create an urban community and city skyline showing neighbours interacting, passing items between each other to symbolise an interchange of compassion. This page envisions creating cities of compassion to counterbalance the concreteness and coldness of othering by highlighting the gestures between locals. This page hopes to show the domino effect that a genuine gesture of kindness can create in a sometimes hostile society. Behind closed doors, peering out through windows, we each live our private struggles and joys. When we witness worldwide tragedies and the overwhelming pain caused by hatred, apathy, and injustice, continuing to nurture our compassion is so desperately needed for our individual and collective well-being. By rooting closer to home with those in our shared communities, we can reconnect to our humanity by engaging with others, connecting as neighbours.
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Welcome to All Other, Shivali. There's a sincerity and kindness that comes through your work.
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Shivali Devalkar is an illustrator from India. Her practice centers on experimentation with mixed media to capture atmosphere, emotion, and subtle narrative moments. She is interested in creating work that feels intuitive and emotionally resonant, often drawing from memory, observation, and a sense of wonder. Fascinated by outer space and the everyday poetry of life, her projects range from imaginative children’s narratives to quieter, reflective visual stories. Outside her studio practice, she enjoys playing sports, cooking, and stargazing, activities that feed her curiosity and creative thinking.