Art takes over MG Marg
source:Sikkim Now
GANGTOK: The Blooming Sikkim Public Art festival at MG Marg began Monday evening with curious passers-by crowding over to read the notes explaining the concept behind the installations.
Karma Tenrab Agnihotri’s work titled ‘The Art of Driving’, a battered red car right in front of the Tourism office, drew quite a curious lot towards it. As Souvek Das, a class 12 student of Holy Cross Senior Secondary school, Tadong, puts it, “This is a very new and innovative concept. We see so many TV ads regarding drunken driving but this sight of a wrecked car will actually stay on our minds. I will remember this. I like the idea of this festival and would definitely like to see more of it.”
“The Cosmic World”, an installation by Bangladeshi artist Mahbubur Rahman, which is being set up near the steps going down to Lal bazaar. The installation is likely to be fully functional by tomorrow, it is informed. Delhi based artists, Sreejata Roy and Mrityunjay Chatterjee’s work, “Sound Booth” can be experienced at the far end of MG Marg, in front of the Star cinema along side the light projection work “Illusion in Motion “ by Thomas Eichhorn of Germany and Jitender Yadav of Delhi on the facade of the Star cinema building.
“White Space Shifting / People Have the Power”, a moving art form, by Swiss artists Karin Waelchli and Guido Reichlin went about the MG Marg stretch with coolies carrying white panels made of waste ply interacting with the public along the way.
The festival will be on till 9 PM everyday till the end of this month.
[TSHERING EDEN]
source:sikkimnow
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