To the background of unending announcements and the chatter of travellers in a hurry at the Chennai International Airport, an oval mural is suspended from the ceiling above, parallel to the wall. Its blue background, is overlaid with circles, representing different countries — encapsulating Tamil Nadu’s global connect.
Airports are the gateway to international traffic — and so, the art they house, has to be befitting. It is viewed by thousands of people on a daily basis and should resonate with travellers. These are things that Sunny Sistems, The Art Company had in mind, while designing the recently erected art works in the Arrival and Departure areas of the Chennai International Airport.
The art company has been in contact with the airport since 2013 — having completed 37 murals and two sculptures in the premises. After a brief hiatus, in 2015 they had done a replica of a Mamallapuram temple in the domestic Departure area and a sculpture depicting seven women playing pallanguzhi.
“There still were blank spaces. We created two concepts: one was for the Departure and one for the Arrival. The former depicts how Chennai airport has become a gateway for the people of South India to go abroad: essentially concentrating on the global connectivity of South India. The size of the circles is proportional to the traffic that we have between Chennai and the said country. We have also depicted places that Chennai would like to connect with in the future,” explains Ravi Dandha of Sunny Sistems, The Art Company. The fact that the mural is suspended, is a first attempt, he adds.
26/07/19 Gowri S/The Hindu
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Airports are the gateway to international traffic — and so, the art they house, has to be befitting. It is viewed by thousands of people on a daily basis and should resonate with travellers. These are things that Sunny Sistems, The Art Company had in mind, while designing the recently erected art works in the Arrival and Departure areas of the Chennai International Airport.
The art company has been in contact with the airport since 2013 — having completed 37 murals and two sculptures in the premises. After a brief hiatus, in 2015 they had done a replica of a Mamallapuram temple in the domestic Departure area and a sculpture depicting seven women playing pallanguzhi.
“There still were blank spaces. We created two concepts: one was for the Departure and one for the Arrival. The former depicts how Chennai airport has become a gateway for the people of South India to go abroad: essentially concentrating on the global connectivity of South India. The size of the circles is proportional to the traffic that we have between Chennai and the said country. We have also depicted places that Chennai would like to connect with in the future,” explains Ravi Dandha of Sunny Sistems, The Art Company. The fact that the mural is suspended, is a first attempt, he adds.
26/07/19 Gowri S/The Hindu
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