An installation art for

2008 Guandu International Outdoor Sculpture Festival.

Statement:

The Shield is symbolic of the ozone layer.The ozone is supposed to protect us and the world from excessive heat and harmful ultraviolet rays from the sun. But, due to our ignorance, neglect and irresponsibility, we have caused irreparable damage and holes to it . And now, we are experiencing the worldwide effect of global warming which resulted to climate change which puts us in a nightmarish brink of destruction.

Glaciers and Alps are rapidly melting threatening low-lying lands and islands into submerging underwater. Rivers, inland seas, lakes and other smaller bodies of water are drying up. More and more forest, bush and grass fires occur due to excessive heat from the sun. Heat waves  are becoming more and more intensified killing humans, plants and animals.

The Shield is a grim reminder of our precarious situation. When we enter inside it to take shelter from the scorching heat of the sun, we realize that we no longer get full protection because of the many holes around its wall. Just like the ozone cannot protect us fully any longer because of the holes we have created to it - maybe unconsciously.

My installation is interactive. The people who will be viewing and entering into it are encouraged to put some weaving to the holes (like a dreamcatcher) symbolically trying to mend the holes of the damaged and continually thinning ozone layer. Thus, my artwork will be changing during the duration of the exhibition.

-rishab

An installation art for 2008 Guandu International Outdoor Sculpture Festival.

Statement:

The Shield is symbolic of the ozone layer.The ozone is supposed to protect us and the world from excessive heat and harmful ultraviolet rays from the sun. But, due to our ignorance, neglect and irresponsibility, we have caused irreparable damage and holes to it . And now, we are experiencing the worldwide effect of global warming which resulted to climate change which puts us in a nightmarish brink of destruction.

Glaciers and Alps are rapidly melting threatening low-lying lands and islands into submerging underwater. Rivers, inland seas, lakes and other smaller bodies of water are drying up. More and more forest, bush and grass fires occur due to excessive heat from the sun. Heat waves  are becoming more and more intensified killing humans, plants and animals.

The Shield is a grim reminder of our precarious situation. When we enter inside it to take shelter from the scorching hat of the sun, we realize that we no longer get full protection because of the many holes around its wall. Just like the ozone cannot protect us fully any loner because of the holes we have created to it - maybe unconsciously.

My installation is interactive. The people who will be viewing and entering into it are encouraged to put some weaving to the holes (like a dreamcatcher) symbolically trying to mend the holes of the damaged and continually thinning ozone layer. Thus, my artwork will be changing during the duration of the exhibition.

 

dreamweavers

we sow seeds of dreams

in the garden of our hearts

dreams we nurture

dreams we embrace

dreams that we look up to

bringing life and fulfilment

dreams that ease our pains

laughter   love   peace

yet

there are dreams that

takes us in a different course

altering our sense of sanity

dreams of destructive nature

sowing fear and confusion

in our fragile hearts

man waging wars against man

dominating everyone and everything

eaten by greed bottomless greed

the dreams we carefully weave

that we sought shelter of

sometimes turn into thorny cages

entrapping and piercing us

a gnawing nightmare of

frustration   sadness   anger

offering nothing but emptiness

and imminent destruction

what's your dream?