"We're here to change,
we're here to scream
We're here to tell you what we mean
We're here to sing and grow our hair
So come in colours, we'll see you there!" (Invitation on facebook for Magic Wallrush IV)
On a very sunny afternoon in Calcutta the corner at the Park Street/Free School Street Crossing was converted into an art/photography exhibition space with contemporary photography, graphic t-shirts, illustrated trainers, lamp shades made from saris, illustrations and paintings galore. With a masquerade theme glittery masks were essential and with sparkling hangings and photographs/paintings mounted on the grate railings it was the perfect exhibition area.
The Magic Wallrush group are a group of young individuals from Calcutta who have joined forces to bring art back to the streets of Calcutta through organising events were art is at the fore-front and is accessible to all. My friend Abhijay, who I met in Bangalore, is part of this team. The day started well with Krishna, who sells flutes on the streets every day, joining us and along with a handful of "observers" proceeded to help us with the preparation.
With the sun beating down the day just got better with everyone jamming and a lot of interest in the artwork.
With a few trips to Olypub throughout the day and sneaking to the car park behind to eat freshly prepared home-cooked Chicken biryani the sun slowly set. One of the requirements of the sponsors was that there must be a tarot-card reader/fortune teller. So, under candlelight Sambit nervously stepped up to the mark and half-an-hour later he had a turban wrapped around his head in his element spilling future stories and some tears were even shed.
As these stories unfolded the Bauls arrived. The Bauls are a group of mystic minstrels from Bengal. Dressed in red kurtas, with the oldest of the men taking out and changing into the greatest patch-work kurta I've ever set on eyes on they began to play in the candlelight with the quirky photographic images of India in the background. In the humid air everyone sat in silence cross-legged on the street as the wonderful sounds of the Bauls resonated around the streets of Calcutta. The music produced by these three men was beautiful and everyone observed in awe as the oldest man stood up playing the ektara and danced with bells on his toes jingling in time with the rhythm. These men's musical talent takes you to another place.
A perfect ending to a wonderful day and I think the Magic Wallrush team definitely succeeded in their aim of bringing art and music to the young and old people on the streets of Calcutta.
The Magic Wallrush team have a puja installation coming up in Calcutta on the 13th to the 17th October which people should definitely check out if they're in Calcutta. For more information you can check out their blog: www.thethirdeyeproject.blogspot.com
we're here to scream
We're here to tell you what we mean
We're here to sing and grow our hair
So come in colours, we'll see you there!" (Invitation on facebook for Magic Wallrush IV)
On a very sunny afternoon in Calcutta the corner at the Park Street/Free School Street Crossing was converted into an art/photography exhibition space with contemporary photography, graphic t-shirts, illustrated trainers, lamp shades made from saris, illustrations and paintings galore. With a masquerade theme glittery masks were essential and with sparkling hangings and photographs/paintings mounted on the grate railings it was the perfect exhibition area.
The Magic Wallrush group are a group of young individuals from Calcutta who have joined forces to bring art back to the streets of Calcutta through organising events were art is at the fore-front and is accessible to all. My friend Abhijay, who I met in Bangalore, is part of this team. The day started well with Krishna, who sells flutes on the streets every day, joining us and along with a handful of "observers" proceeded to help us with the preparation.
With the sun beating down the day just got better with everyone jamming and a lot of interest in the artwork.
With a few trips to Olypub throughout the day and sneaking to the car park behind to eat freshly prepared home-cooked Chicken biryani the sun slowly set. One of the requirements of the sponsors was that there must be a tarot-card reader/fortune teller. So, under candlelight Sambit nervously stepped up to the mark and half-an-hour later he had a turban wrapped around his head in his element spilling future stories and some tears were even shed.
As these stories unfolded the Bauls arrived. The Bauls are a group of mystic minstrels from Bengal. Dressed in red kurtas, with the oldest of the men taking out and changing into the greatest patch-work kurta I've ever set on eyes on they began to play in the candlelight with the quirky photographic images of India in the background. In the humid air everyone sat in silence cross-legged on the street as the wonderful sounds of the Bauls resonated around the streets of Calcutta. The music produced by these three men was beautiful and everyone observed in awe as the oldest man stood up playing the ektara and danced with bells on his toes jingling in time with the rhythm. These men's musical talent takes you to another place.
A perfect ending to a wonderful day and I think the Magic Wallrush team definitely succeeded in their aim of bringing art and music to the young and old people on the streets of Calcutta.The Magic Wallrush team have a puja installation coming up in Calcutta on the 13th to the 17th October which people should definitely check out if they're in Calcutta. For more information you can check out their blog: www.thethirdeyeproject.blogspot.com
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