Creating thought-provoking art from waste
The Hindu
Kozhikode Mayor to inaugurate installation made of refuse
‘You are under nature’s surveillance’, says a board placed on top of a few abandoned tyres beneath a badam tree on Kozhikode beach. Looking around, there are quite a number of similar boards. Then there are some painted bottles hanging from some of the trees, carrying a variety of messages. There are swings, seating arrangements and several curious items made of not just tyres and bottles, but a variety of articles, what anyone would call waste.
But for Midhun Viswanath and his team of friends under Chintha Arts and Craft, they are all resources for the unique installation on the beach put up under the aegis of the Kozhikode Municipal Corporation and the Department of Ports. Mayor Beena Philip will inaugurate the installation on Monday.
At a single glance, they are just a pile of tyres and other waste materials. But for a creative mind, they are different. “Looking from the beach towards the shore, it looks like a ship. The lighthouse made of tyres rests on top of a tortoise that seems to be moving towards the sea,” said Midhun, explaining his work. Besides the lighthouse, an anchor made of tyres is also part of the installation.
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