On Republic day, volunteers of Jaaga.in descended early under the Hebbal
flyover to paint the pillars and install artwork.
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| Hebbal Flyover gets makeover |
The Hebbal cloverleaf in north Bangalore, an important junction on the
Outer Ring Road (ORR), has been crying for attention for a while.
While the roads have been given a makeover and medians painted and
cleaned for the upcoming Investors conclave by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara
Palike (BBMP), the space underneath the flyover has remained unclean with
graffiti and cinema posters adorning the cement pillars.
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| Jaaga artist sketch on pillars |
Jaaga volunteers last week scrubbed and primed the pillars yellow upto a
certain height and on Republic day morning artwork started appearing on the
walls.
The ugliness and bare walls soon gave way to life-like figures as the
volunteers with paints and brushes got to work.
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| Jaaga artist get ready for the action |
Jaaga, led by Archana Prasad has already made a mark in public spaces by
painting the underside of the Double Road flyover in association with other art
forums. Prasad has said the artists keep revisiting the site and they want to
create something that lasts for atleast six months.
Bangalore has a happy legacy of encouraging art in public spaces
starting from the BBMP which allowed artists in 2008-09 to paint underpasses
and install murals on its magic boxes.
As the Hebbal flyover becomes the latest canvas after the Ugly Indians
cleaned up the space under the next flyover on ORR near Big Bazaar a few
Sundays ago, local residents of north Bangalore too are keen to beautify spaces
within their areas, away from main roads. |
| Long view of the flyover |
Aditya Belwal, who runs HyHop, a hyper local shuttle service to promote
retail partners in Sahakar Nagar is fed up of the garbage and animal waste
piling up in his locality.
``Rajiv Gandhi nagar on Kodigehalli main road has become a dumping
ground for all chicken shops in the vicinity. The BBMP is not clearing it even
after so many complaints,’’ says Belwal.
While its good for artists and civic conscious groups to focus on more
visibility, it is the invisible interiors that residents are most worried about
and hope the BBMP (North) Joint Commissioner and the respective ward
corporators focus on their problems.
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