Lending a colourful hue to ISBT, Sector 17 Chandigarh, artists from Bonjour India, in collaboration with a no longer for profit organisation, have brought cheer to the otherwise drab position. Aside having uplifted where by portray the ground of the bus stand, the Indo-French initiative that celebrates the relationship between the two nations, has just upped the ante for Chandigarh's French connection. Now, ISBT greets guests, commuters, travellers in each French and Hindi.
"Wanting to celebrate our respective cultures and artistic friendship, we decided to paint 'Bonjour Chandigarh' (with Chandigarh written in Hindi), on the floor," says Mathieu Kendrick popularly known as Sowat. He adds, "Most of Chandigarh's architecture being considered heritage, we quickly decided to work on the floor, allowing us to create something massive and impactful for the people to enjoy and walk on."
According to the artist, Bonjour, French word for greeting, will lend a hand the folk of Chandigarh be mindful the cultural connection between Chandigarh and France caused by Le Corbusier. Famous Indian painter Hanif Kureshi, a known identify in side road artwork style, also joined the French artists in this initiative.
The mission also targets at making artwork obtainable to a wider target market, by taking it out of the traditional gallery area and embedding it inside of cities, thus making artwork in point of fact democratic and for everybody.
Sowat says the site of the bus stand used to be specifically selected for the huge footfall it witnesses. "The crowd going in and out from the place is large, and the floor also serves as the best possible location for the street art." The French have also achieved their dream running in Chandigarh where they were given the opportunity to paintings on structure created by Le Corbusier. "Chandigarh is a bit of a mythical place for us. In France, anyone interested in architecture or Le Corbusier's work has heard about this city and hopes to visit it one day. We feel privileged for being allowed and encouraged to play with his architecture. It's something that might have been more complicated to achieve in Europe," Sowat adds.
The other people of the City Beautiful didn't hold again when it got here to lending a hand in portray their very own town. People accrued to shape a human chain, forming the word Chandigarh in Hindi, proper below Bonjour.
The French artists even collaborated with Le Corbusier's paintings when they put in their signatory installments inside the sector 17 ISBT, where once more they were helped by young scholars from town.
The flooring and pillars of ISBT 17 are actually homage to Le Corbusier, the French architect who laid the master plan for the beautiful town. ( Kshitij Bhargava )
Chandigarh is a little bit of a legendary position for us. In France, someone taken with structure or Le Corbusier's paintings hopes to consult with here at some point.
"Wanting to celebrate our respective cultures and artistic friendship, we decided to paint 'Bonjour Chandigarh' (with Chandigarh written in Hindi), on the floor," says Mathieu Kendrick popularly known as Sowat. He adds, "Most of Chandigarh's architecture being considered heritage, we quickly decided to work on the floor, allowing us to create something massive and impactful for the people to enjoy and walk on."
According to the artist, Bonjour, French word for greeting, will lend a hand the folk of Chandigarh be mindful the cultural connection between Chandigarh and France caused by Le Corbusier. Famous Indian painter Hanif Kureshi, a known identify in side road artwork style, also joined the French artists in this initiative.
The mission also targets at making artwork obtainable to a wider target market, by taking it out of the traditional gallery area and embedding it inside of cities, thus making artwork in point of fact democratic and for everybody.
Sowat says the site of the bus stand used to be specifically selected for the huge footfall it witnesses. "The crowd going in and out from the place is large, and the floor also serves as the best possible location for the street art." The French have also achieved their dream running in Chandigarh where they were given the opportunity to paintings on structure created by Le Corbusier. "Chandigarh is a bit of a mythical place for us. In France, anyone interested in architecture or Le Corbusier's work has heard about this city and hopes to visit it one day. We feel privileged for being allowed and encouraged to play with his architecture. It's something that might have been more complicated to achieve in Europe," Sowat adds.
The other people of the City Beautiful didn't hold again when it got here to lending a hand in portray their very own town. People accrued to shape a human chain, forming the word Chandigarh in Hindi, proper below Bonjour.
The French artists even collaborated with Le Corbusier's paintings when they put in their signatory installments inside the sector 17 ISBT, where once more they were helped by young scholars from town.
The flooring and pillars of ISBT 17 are actually homage to Le Corbusier, the French architect who laid the master plan for the beautiful town. ( Kshitij Bhargava )
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March 06, 2018
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