100 M Lunas for Change Dec 2013 | Page 7

Collaborators for Change Tim Greene and Shachi Srivastava have built a partnership through art. The artists have spent the past year joining their creative voices to raise awareness regarding social issues plaguing our global community. Using social media and technology to overcome obstacles such as time and distance, these two have let nothing stand in their way of making a difference. Their latest project focuses on breast cancer awareness. What inspired you to create a project to encourage and celebrate people fighting breast cancer? TG: Cancer is truly a relentless disease that takes no prisoners. I wanted Shachi & I to emancipate those who are fighting the disease & celebrate the survivors who are really strong in spirit & mind. I think there is a void that needs to be filled in the art world concerning issues that really affect us as humans. I needed help from someone whose art would connect with my chemical DNA of ideas because I always believe in the philosophy that two heads are better than one & that artist is Shachi. You and Tim have very different styles and backgrounds. How do you make the collaborations work? SS: True. Timanimal and I have very different styles and we both work on each of the collaborations sitting miles away. Most of the times, Timanimal comes up with an idea for a project, and art directs. Sometimes he shares some concepts to get inspired while working on a piece. I have always been amazed at his ideas and the concepts he comes up with. The best part of our collaboration is that we are free to work in our styles, no boundaries, no pressures. Every time we start on a collab, Timanimal says “do your magic”. This has been motivating me to expand my creativity. And once I am done with mine, he adds his magic to the pieces we work.