Wall.E – Greater Chennai Corporation and E.F.I’s nature based public art project goes back to the year 2014. Walls of the Adyar Thiru Vi Ka Bridge was cleaned of political gratifies, posters and freshly painted with information on Chennai’s wildlife. Colorful imagery that just didn’t improve the aesthetics it also brought with it the awareness. The success of this intervention led to the rapid expansion of the project to Road Underpasses at Saidapet (Aranganathan Subway), Nungambakkam, Adyar Bus terminus, Alandur Depot walls, Nandanam GST wall becoming one of the longest stretches of public art. This had its snowball effect spreading its colors to walls of Tambaram Corporation from Pallavaram to Irumbuliyur along the GST road, to Kovalam panchayat and more. Amidst this expansion of this BlueGreen wave, came an ambitious thought of completely repainting 44 blocks of residential complex at Attipattu, not just paint them blue but also add a nature based art element of murals on the walls.
Great hornbill, Great Indian Bustard, Rhinoceres, Elephant, Tiger, Whale, Dolphin, Neela Kurinji, Nilgiri Tahr and other nature wonders painted on the outer walls of homes that rose from ground. Along the Ayappakam road, the Attipattu block of homes today are homes filled warm hearted Chennai residents inside and nature’s wonders on the outside. Come visit this Nature Art District at Ambattur in West Chennai.
Awareness and aesthetics meet here on the walls of Attipattu homes.
Vaanga, Let’s Volunteer for India & her Environment with E.F.I. Towards a cleaner, greener, bluer, beautiful India.
India’s water capital, Chennai is steadily turning into its BlueGreen capital too.