The India Pavilion at the London Design Biennale will host a multitude of far-reaching ideas developed to impact India’s future of earth, water,air, energy and forest ; though the cynosure of all eyes is sure to be the interactive two-winged kinetic structure inspired by the form of the windmill blade, and the traditional Indian fan called the Punkha that is pulled by hand to generate a cool, gentle breeze.

"The installation makes references to clean energy, and clean air. A mnemonic reference to the diagram of the Vitruvius figure that during the process of a visitor engaging with the pulling of the wings (via a pulley and counterweight system), confirms the notion of an intentional will or choice via man’s action", that is vital to our cause.

The structure is entirely made of natural bamboo harvested from the northeastern part of the country and dyed using natural pigments, and one of the earliest Iteration was clad (for the part of the wing-blade) by repurposed textile as ‘feathers.’ This retrieved textile is turned into a work of art by preventing it or its chemical dyes from leaching into water sources or eventually the ocean.

Nuancing the idea of WINGS, read ‘flight’, movement, a soaring up, a future. All in all, the
installation is a coming together of art, craft, design, music, and technology to
reflect the resonance and the complexities of ideas developed for an ecologically resilient
future India, in areas of cleanWater, cleanAir, cleanEarth, cleanEnergy and cleanForests.