An ongoing exhibition in the capital asks you to recycle your thoughts, ideas and outlook, just like waste. We discover how crappy can often turn into happy!
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An ongoing exhibition in the capital asks you to recycle your thoughts, ideas and outlook, just like waste. We discover how crappy can often turn into happy!
With the threat of polar meltdown looming over the world, recycling has emerged as an effective way of saving up our natural resources. The Re-claim/ Re-cite/ Re-cycle exhibition takes a deeper look at the art of preservation. We too join in the endeavour.
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Order, re-order: The exhibition takes cue from the recent survey on recycling of waste material by environmental group Greenpeace. The show aims to liberate the practice metaphor called 'recycling' from the narrow confines of waste management, and help people understand that recycling is essentially an act of reordering and reforming. The participating artists include Justin Ponmany, Chitra Ganesh, Chitravanu Majumadar, TV Santosh, Tushar Joag, Atul Bhalla, Rajan M Krishnan, Prajakta Potnis, Manjukanath Kamath, Rajesh Ram, Prajjwal Choudhury, Vivek Vilasini, Prajakta Palav, Ravi Agarwal, Mansi Bhatt, Sharmila Samant, Sajjad Ahmed and Bhagyanathan C.
Urban legends: For his works titled Space and Ladder and Silent Victim, Cochin-based artist Bhagya Nathan turned to society for motivation. "As a migrant from a rural to an urban space, the focus of my recent work is the vastly changing urban environment. New habitations and cityscapes have demolished the old cityscapes by its growing economic phases," he explains.
Space adventures: For Mumbai-based artist Tushar Joag, it is the recycling of space that finds mention in his work. "There is so much of space crunch in Mumbai that it's is obvious that we need to recycle the space to make it more friendly," says Tushar. Meanwhile, another artist, Prajakta Potnis, has used everyday objects in her installation. "Even dustbins contain objects that can be recycled. It's all a matter of how we do it," she feels.
Idea churning: The exhibition not only displays the recycling of products, which we all do in our daily lives, but talks about the recycling of ideas, thoughts and spaces. For example, garbage not only means our household garbage, but a bad film or music is also rubbish. So, we all need to recycle that as well," signs off Bhawna Kakkar, curator.
Re-claim/ Re-cite/ Re-cycle
On till: April 30
At: Travancore Gallery, Kasturba Gandhi Marg
Timings: 11 am to 7 pm
Ring: 23383275u00a0u00a0
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