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Mumbai airport turns into a huge 'museum'

  •   Tue, May 16 2017 09:51:32 AM

Mumbai, May 16 (IANS): The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport on Monday looked more like an art gallery than a usual airport, to commemorate the upcoming World International Museum Day on May 18.

The commemoration includes a week-long passenger engagement activities at its swanky Terminal 2, which hosts India's largest public art programme -- "Jaya He", a multi-themed and multi-layered wall and corridor exhibits of arts and artifacts for the incoming and outgoing passengers.

This is the first time that such an initiative has been undertaken by any international airport within its premises for the International Council of Museums (ICOM) celebrations, an official said here.

Spurred by ICOM's theme "Museums and Contested Histories: Saying the Unspeakable in Museums", the Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL) has implemented several exquisite activities for the travellers, including workshops, tours and folk/ traditional musical performances, among others.

This will inform them about the country's unheard legacies, narratives, historical background and facilitate cultural exchanges among the travellers arriving in or transiting the city.

The week-long celebrations include short "museum safaris" for travellers and passengers to tour the various artifacts and installations across the four levels at the airport.

"This gives travellers a chance to glimpse the country's rich cultural heritage, through the 7,000 art works created by hundreds of artists and artisans from across the country," the official said.

As they go about enjoying the visual treat of the art works on display, the passengers would be treated to complimentary special regional cuisines from Kerala and Kashmir at select locations.

Under the patronage of the Jaya He art initiative, the Jaya He Museum Store at Terminal 2 will provide a platform to Indian artists, craftspersons and designers to showcase their creativity and proficiency in different fields on May 18.

Several renowned and award-winning artists will congregate here on Thursday, including Trilok Soni, Rabindra Behera, Ismail Khatri, Kalyan Joshi, Kapil Jangid, Kamini Kaushal, D. Vaikuntam, Sukhnandi Vyam and Rajesh Vankad, for their expertise on Pichwai, Pattachitra, Ajrakh Printing, Phad paintings, sandalwood carvings, Madhubani on Papermache, Cherial Scroll Paintings, wood carvings, Warli arts, etc.

The Jaya He Museum at MIAL was conceptualised as an extension of the uniquely Indian aesthetics of the modern Terminal 2, where latest technologies fuse seamlessly with traditional knowledge.

The many-layered narrative is a multi-disciplinary exhibition of the various facets of Indian arts, crafts and techniques of artisans from different regions of India targeting the 40-million passengers using the airport annually.
  

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  • Max and Jessie Rasquinha, Mangalore, Houston/Dallas, texas

    Tue, May 16 2017

    Mumbai Airport is truly a Museum, a sanctuary of art and an admirable spot for any or all passengers arriving and departing from the terminal. This is one of the finest airport in our modern times that India has proudly and tastefully designed for the benefit of every passengers coming into the country and departing from the country.

    The only suggestion we have about the airport is the fact that the place is fully carpeted with some of the soft padding, and the long walks from one end to another could be tiresome and time consuming as opposed to smooth marble or mosaic or even granite flooring. When the flooring is smooth and hard the long walks are made easy and moving with the carry on baggage is ever smoother and easier.

    The carpet flooring must be more expensive yet luxurious, but smooth walking specially for the elderly people with carry on baggage could be more smoother and easier than the carpet flooring. This is just a simple observation. We may be wrong, but this is purely our observation.

    Mumbai airport by the looks during the night as well as the night is truly a Meseum, and therefore any kind of seasonal festival planned for the benefit of the passengers would be an ideal opportunity. The shopping areas are well planned and people are very courteous to the passengers. Mumbai airport facility has truly proven to the world of Tourism that we have a quality and comfort to offer, and tourists whether they are local or the foreigners deserve the best of service. Mumbai airport is a golden corridor of display, and the roadways to and from the domestic airport and beyond is equally good and smooth.

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  • Evans Christopher Sumitra, Udupi/ New York, USA.

    Tue, May 16 2017

    I fully agree with your comments.

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