Candid Talk with the creator of Hashtag Indore: Wajid Khan
Our city now has its own #INDORE art. This unique 6 ton Art Piece has been placed on the bank of Khan River near Krishnapura Chatri. This art just adds more beauty and glamour to the city and was designed with the intention to promote the river rally. The creator of this beautiful piece is our city’s well-known artist Mr. Wajid Khan. What makes this artwork unique is that all the characters in #INDORE are 11 feet each and have been made using domestic water containing utensils.
The making story, from the creator himself …..
The whole design and construction of Hashtag Indore is done using steel utensils that we use in our daily life! When Wajid Khan came to know about the Rally for Rivers, it instantly struck him with an idea to incorporate something related to it. He contacted the authorities and told them that he would love to be a part of this mission. When the authorities at Rally for Rivers came to know that Wajid is an artist himself, they asked him to come up with some idea that relates to this cause. So he gave them an idea of putting ‘Hashtag Indore’ at Kahn River and suggested using every utensil that is used to fetch water for the construction of the same!
Wajid states that though the idea was instant; to make it into reality was quite a task as he had only 42 hours. They collected all the utensils from houses and a total of 400 members strong team was working together on the concept. Daly College, IMC, and Sadguruji offered immense help in the project as well.
