Site specific installation
Next to the Banaswadi railway station in Bangaluru, in the Janakiraman district, Lingarajapuram, we have built a pyramid for meditation and resting with the help of local people. The pyramid is made of recycled material and completely covered by shiny plastic waste, murmuring in the wind and providing shadow.
Fascination
I am fascinated by the people who live in the Janakiraman layout behind Banaswadi railway station. This place is full of energy: the smell of burning wood, cow dung, cold mornings, hot chai, smiling faces, poorly dressed beggars and beggars in suits, colourful saris. What a place.
Children at Janakiraman Layout
Inspiration
Inspired by the colourful bags – such as bags of sweets, shampoo, salt, crisps and coffee – that hang neatly lined up in the small shops. The floor is also covered with these bags. By collecting the empty bags, we help to clean the floor. By reusing them, we recycle them. By sewing them to the pyramid, we give it a new cover and transform it into something else at the same time. The place where the pyramid now stands used to be covered with these bags. Today they are still there, but in a new form that reflects the original state in a different way.
Inspiration from hanging bags
Seller concealed by bags
Empty bags are everywhere
Empty bags are everywhere
Permission
Signing of the permission at the railway department
Finally, the approval after six visits to the office
Transportation
The most cost-effective way to transport wood is by horse
Cleaning
Cleaning the surroundings
Cleaning and drying the bags.
Construction of the pyramid next to the railway line
Building the pyramid next to the railway line
Hanging up the bags
Finale sewing
Finished!
A pyramid is a very static, rigid and silent object. The suspended bags move, are alive and rustle in the wind. In this way, opposing characteristics meet, intertwine and something new appears.
Opening and inauguration ceremony
Inauguration ceremony by a Hindu priest
Hindu priest surrounded by bags
Free meal as part of the opening
Free meal as part of the opening
Eating
Not enough plates.
-Meditation and yoga
It is believed that meditating in a pyramid gives us the most cosmic energy. At the same time, it is a good place to relax, find shade and tell stories.
Meditation lessons
Let’s do yoga
Other uses of the pyramid
Resting
Telling stories
Thinking about houses of the future
Inspired by the pyramid
Inspired by the pyramid
Model of a classroom of the future
Model of a classroom of the future
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