THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Any animator would agree that playing with personal ideas once in a while amidst the professional work log provides a huge relief. Nirmala Paul Das, an animator with Vismayas Max, actor Mohanlal’s animation studio, used some of her creative moments before the computer to strike upon the idea of an installation artwork that coincides with the concept of Farmers’ Day (Chingam 1). Her installation, named ‘njattuvela’, was right there on Wednesday at the entrance of Vismayas greeting the New Year of Keralites. According to Deepak S Raj, pre-production head, Vismayas Max, installation art is all about three-dimensional work that are often site-specific and designed to transform a viewer’s perception of space. ‘’Here at Vismayas, we have an installation corner. We try to make use of the time beyond our commercial productions to let free our creative satisfaction. ‘Njattuvela’ is the latest to arrive in this genre,’’ he says. To Nirmala, who belongs to a family deeply attached to agriculture, the idea of ‘njattuvela’ came naturally. But the best part was that she used real seeds, grew the paddy leaves for the art and then did the installation, which took more than a month. Then she added the accessories for the art like the scarecrow, crane and so on to get the farm feel. ‘’It is bringing a wider concept to a miniature form of art. Once the paddy leaves got ready, I painted them with ‘warli’ illustrations and other miniatures, including the scarecrows and other sights of a paddyfield,’’ Nirmala describes her eccentric experiment. She then placed it before the photograph of Masanobu Fukuoka, a Japanese agricultural scientist known for his natural farming techniques. And the installation art, complete with the aesthetics, is now a sight to behold. Nirmala adds that she has grown up seeing the fields and watching her grandfather out there. So the idea was close to her heart. A native of Sreekariyam, she has been an animator with Vismayas for the last five years.
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