The Kala Ghoda Arts Festival started last weekend on January 20 with different kinds of art installations, sessions, performances and workshops. Even if you aren't able to make it for the workshops, sessions and talks, there are a lot of art installations to look at before the festival closes on January 28 this weekend. From innovative environmental themes to unique representations of every day life, the artists provide a unique perspective on life around you
Updated On: 2024-01-27 07:54 AM IST
Compiled by : Nascimento Pinto
In one of the most unique installations, Ashveta Budhrani's 'Do You See?' is India's first interactive public art installation that is also accessible to the blind, as it promises to be 'Art to Feel'.
Called 'Brick-O-Lage', this art installation is by artists Adithya Vikram Mohan, Nithya Muthiah, Sameer Warrier, Sukruth S, Sivabalan S from the School of Design and Innovation at RV University in Bengaluru. It depicts a journey through time and human progress, from the earliest forms of civilisation to what the future could hold. From he caves, pyramids, yao dong, stupa, pagoda to more modern innovations and also a scaffolding to represent the future. The lowest level that carries the installation depicts how the progress is owed to undeprivileged and overlooked sections of society who made this possible, according to the artists.
In her series 'Consumerism', the Mumbai-based sculptor and sustainability design expert uses waste materials like cardboard from the scrapyard as her canvas to create intriguing artworks that showcase how humans are influenced by consumerism
'The Bombay Bioscope, 2023' is a unique art installation made by Nandkumar Kulaye, Santoshkumar Shetty and Prathamesh Sawant to create a sense of nostalgia about the city. It is created to showcase images of yesteryear Mumbai, a city that depicts the constant grind and dreams which teach us things knowingly and unknowingly.
Among the many art installations that caught people's attention, 'Natura' with its metal frame and wings showcases much more. Another creation from RV University in Bengaluru's School of Design And Innovation, artists Aditi Rao, Aditya H R, Chiranthana A M, Gargi Mathur and Niharika K V, use metal and nature to unravel a poignant narrative of humanity's reawakening to its inherent connection to nature. They want the figure's gaze at the bird to become a powerful symbol of rediscovery, its tattered waist a depiction of vulnerability, and the wings a metaphorical reawakening to the world around us.
Titled 'Bottled Breach', this artwork by the Naval children of Navy School and Sankalp (Navy school for special children) aims to raise awareness towards marine pollution. With disposable water bottle waste going into the ocean and killing marine life, they remind that recycling is very important as plastic takes 450 - 1,000 years to break down and don't full biodegrade.
