at a time when there is a focus on specialization in every field including art this artist dares to think different meet charuvi agrawal 30 an artistentrepreneur who practices what she preaches she is interested in cartoons clay caricatures painting crafting etching installations and now she has entered the digital domain to make an animation film she has done it all my aim has always been to create art by using crossmedia platform says agrawal on completing her school from ryan international new delhi she pursued her graduation from delhi college of arts and her postgraduation from sheridan institute of technology and advanced learning canada after completing her pg in canada she worked there on a wide range of projects her work has been featured in various publications and earned film screenings at siggraph computer animation festival vancouver los angeles internationale kurzfilmtage oberhausen germany taiwan international childrens tv and film festival 3beijing international animation festival santa fe film festival south asian international film festival new york one world film festival ottawa toronto urban film festival pictoplasama conference new york and india art summit delhi there is so much that is happening in the west the year i spent in canada i took up computer animation and decided to apply all that i learnt in class i became aware of what was happening around me as i saw digital art became aware of aesthetics fundamentals and read about the art revolutions and art history my pg gave me the skills of animation and to understand logic i learnt a lot by going to art galleries art festivals and tea shops i was fascinated by seeing people perform on the streets i travelled and went to film festivals where i met people and got new ideas we have to move beyond imitation of the west to create something original and try and merge different platforms and not get stuck in one medium she returned to india and thought of merging art and animation and began working on a short animation film shri hanuman chalisa before being a part of this project i thought what new could be done to make the project different because there have been several tv shows cartoons etc which have already dealt with this topic but then i thought our mythology has been neglected and so i decided to be a part of it this project is different because it is not just an animation film we have a 25foot installation of hanuman made out of bells and an interactive exhibition says agrawal she aims to create meaningful original work without the constraint of a medium which can also cater to the common man agrawal has also featured in limca book of records 2007 for her work in creating a new form of caricature called claytronics miniature clay sculptures of contemporary political figures she feels all this could not have been possible if her father hadnt devoted time to her school projects he