Students at Cava mela turning trash into art

MYSORE: The students of Chamarajendra Academy of Visual Arts (Cava) are making the best use of trash to turn them into pieces of art. Such works are being displayed at two-day Cava mela that began on Tuesday.

BFA II student Kishore has created birds using corks, while MFA student Nagendra has made a camel using pipes. Shylesh has made a modern charkha using discarded cycling gym equipment, while another student has made a spider web using used tyres.

Cava dean V S Deshpande said that their students have created works using waste and resources available in the college.

This is the eighth year of Cava festival, and students have come out with innovative works. Deshpande said that Nagendra, I year student of Master of Fine Arts, has designed a camel using pipe and discarded materials.

Cava Mela has been a platform to learners to explore their creativity. This is unique because it attracts alumni every year. Yogananda, an alumnus said that students have come out with works based on issues like Cauvery river water dispute and price rise of essential commodities. A student is also creating awareness about the impact of male chauvinism.

Gautham, Srikrishna and Yashwanth have created a mock "final procession" of Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa on the lines of the one they saw at a recent agitation in Mandya. Poornima and her classmates have highlighted the sufferings of common man due to price rise through their work. Bhavanishankar and Kishore have depicted the suicide of mother and her girl child by jumping into a well. Kishore explains the work, saying that the mother has taken the drastic step following harassment by her husband and in-laws for not delivering a boy.

Nagaprasad has made a pen stand using waste papers. The shapes of Buddha, folk art and tribal faces created on soaps by Shrithin are on sale.

Shylesh, the creator of a modern charaka, said that he was given cotton to create an art work during a national art festival. The same inspired to come out with a charaka at Cava festival.

Manju of photo journalism department has made an image of a gorilla to use it as background to take pictures of visitors wanting to pose with the large African ape. The students have also created an image of an elephant and a ship in front of the college.

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