chennai a spot in the map known to be a weekend getaway of good food and ambience for chennaiites is restructuring its image and offering a more indepth wholesome look at the experimental life it has been advocating over decades auroville in puducherry is demystifying the aura around it on its 47th founding year through an exhibition what is auroville of photographs paintings art and sound installations that will be on show from this sunday at the lalit kala akademi in the city humanising the spirituality of the city of dawn twenty artists from various countries who call the township their home will be displaying their diverse set of work art is essential to build a culture through the exhibition we trying to forge a link with chennai that is also known for its arts while many artists are here well known in their own countries this is a platform to introduce them here says marco feira the curator of the show with a liberal use of mixed media the exhibition will be a rare vignette of unusual techniques and experiments that the aurovilians practice owing to their diverse exposure to people and cultures inspired by the natural and spiritual life at the township chloe sanchezs niche concept of sound installation beckons art enthusiasts at the entrance of the gallery with sounds of the birds and forest i have recorded the natural sounds at auroville through the day and am playing it on loop it gives an essence of the place and influences the visual senses as you can imagine yourself to be in a forest when you close your eyes says the student of experimental music from paris her other work is a radio recording of people which she calls sound portraits voicing their idea of the idyllic township talking about innovative concepts adil writers work is mixed media is a departure from the traditional idea of ceramics apart from pure ceramic platters i am displaying a series of 5 metre paintings which blends colours clay and sand giving a texture similar to ceramics but on canvas his series when the night comes which has burst of colours deals with the idea of yashoda looking at the universe inside the mouth of krishna this is a unique exhibition which celebrates such diversity in painted medium itself from a single neighbourhood it provides an awareness into the art movement in auroville says adil writer originally an architect from mumbai who stayed on in auroville after he was fired up by his passion for ceramics echoing his thoughts on the art movement artist oorothumkandy ramesh from mahe says his paintings in acrylic memory of butterflies which show the evolution of butterflies represent the transformation within himself and in the township auroville is an international city brimming with exciting ideas and strong techniques it has evolved over the years inviting people of different cultures and providing a space for growth in this cultural amalgamation says the artist who was studied