Title/Project – IIT, Art from Junk, Workshop
Year- 2017
Dimensions- 8 ft High x 15 ft wide, 9 Ft High x 10 ft wide
Location- IIT Delhi Campus
Sponsor- IIT Delhi
Material- Discarded laboratory objects
IIT Delhi – Art From Junk Workshop
Pillars of excellence & The Pencil Tree
Gopal being a popular mentor for arts and design students explore collaborative ventures with students from multidisciplinary fields. “Art From Junk” at IIT Delhi was one such month-long workshop with 30 senior BTECH students to think creatively and break away from the fixed formulae of problem-solving.
Creating sustainable environments being the currency to ignite the interest of students further it was decided to use scrap /trash lying over across various departments to relate better with the materials and see the beauty in those discarded objects.
Divided into two groups participating students had different stories to narrate with multiple techniques of chiseling, welding, casting, cutting sawing ,and binding varied materials. In tools, pipes and elbows they found letters ” Art From Junk” and created a colorful Mural as if declaring their first arrival in the world of art. The first mural by them further added to the deeper engagement of students in the workshop.
They painted empty paint drums vibrant and colorful, which became the seats under “The Pencil Tree” a huge installation the wood team created out of fallen tree trunks, twigs, and branches.
The site came alive with some more buzzing of art in the air of IIT Delhi. Suddenly every material became functional and beautiful and transformed into “The Pillars of Excellence” the letters of IIT, Delhi had beakers, keyboards, mouse-parts, electrical wires, motherboards, and cycle rims into them.
IIT pillar installation shines bright in the glory of the IITIANS and their spirit makes the story of these installations delectable for selfie-obsessed generations clicking and taking the memories of the journey that was “Art from Junk” Workshop.
October 2017
