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A
multimedia exhibition on the life and principles of
Mahatma Gandhi, and highlighting the humanitarian
values he epitomized has been unveiled at the National
Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) in Mumbai.
'Eternal Gandhi',
supported by the Aditya Birla Group as a tribute to
the 'father of the nation,' will be open for public
from today.
''If ever the teachings
of Gandhiji were relevant, it is today. In no other
era the teachings of Gandhiji were needed as much
as they are needed today,'' said Ranjit Makkuni, who
has conceptualized the new media art and technology
exhibition.
''Gandhiji's teaching
that nature has enough to meet the needs of all men,
but not enough to meet the greed of one man holds
true even today.''
He said the display
is one of the world's first digital new media art
and technology exhibitions, which have been made possible
through the commitment of the Aditya Birla group and
the government to propagate Gandhism.
The technology developed
does not 'merely scan' Gandhian image, but extrapolates
Gandhian ideals to newer domains of information technology
and product design and at higher levels the creation
of meaning in a globalised world. For example, the
Gandhian commitment to hand-based production and its
symbolic relationship with nature is interpreted in
the context of modern culture-conscious design, he
explained.
Makkuni, a multi-media
visionary, designer and musician, is Also the president
of global think tank sacred world foundation and the
Director of the Sacred World Research Laboratory.
NGMI Director Rajiv
Lochan said the exhibition is a synthesis of art encompassing
the wisdom of Gandhiji using new media as art form.
At one level this
exhibition serves the need to give this generation
a sense of history, to help them realize the value
of freedom, to evoke a sense of patriotism and respect
for our leaders. It also spreads the message of peace,
truth, 'ahimsa' and unity of mankind in today's day
and age, Prof Lochan said.
''The aim of the exhibition
is to rediscover these truths that the Mahatma lived
by. They take the viewers as voyagers on an energizing
and revealing journey that could touch them in a sublime
way and EMB the Mahatma's life's message in their
psyche.''
Bureau Report
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