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.