bangalore german artist and graffiti writer gabor doleviczenyi is in town to paint unusual rhythm to the dream city experience at the upcoming urban mela in celebration of the year of germany in india the urban mela took flight in mumbai before travelling to bangalore chennai pune and delhi the mela is part of a 15month celebration of the 60 years of indiagerman relations the intent is to create a crosscultural bridge between india and germany not to bring german culture and transplant it here explains maureen gonsalves programme coordinator goethe institute bangalore in fact the crosscultural design is inherent in the plan of the mela a set of 16 pavilions designed by a german artist will be set up at palace grounds in time for the mela the artist has kept in mind the nature of indian textiles and built the pavilions according to german standards in fact the entire design uproots from one city and moves to the other says maureen this mobile design is set to bring alive the fine nuances of german corporate brands including volkswagen metro deutsch bank and bosch among a host of others underlining the celebrations are interactive pavilions for better understanding of politics business science culture and a beer pavilion too there are a host of interactive games for better understanding of politics and science in fact children from several schools will be participating at the mela in bangalore simultaneously in germany people are getting to learn about modern india which is very different from their idea of this being a country of snakes and elephants says hans gunter loffler general consulate germany bangalore and of course the grand masala fx collaborates with german sensations samir akika nora ronge gabor doleviczenyi martin basman steffi silbermann and vera maeder to arrive at a healthy chaos of dance music and bamboo art the culture pavilion itself is 130 sq m and will abound with performances theres also the goethe lounge to help build the dream city theres a section called youth university for innovative activities like poetry and science slam suid akra lead singer of the heavy metal band arkadius who is currently in town to perform will stay back to perform at the mela with bangalore metal band cryptos also storm the break dance expert from germany will be conducting a battle of dances says maureen in confluence with their german counterparts indian artists like archana prasad and sharanya ramprakash have brought in a host of local ideas working in tandem with the theme of city of dreams ive roped in three young theatre groups from mount carmel college msrit iisc and a young group called we move theatre these artists have staged fantastic plays and i saw in them emerge our city of dreams says sharanya while bangalore is set to bustle with dreams and creativity doleviczenyi hopes to take back home the central theme of the urban mela masala fx the exchange of influences and cultures of india and germany