Kalapi Buch

Procuring Nirvana through Muzitecture In conversation with Ar. Kalapi Buch enowned artists from all over responsibility that the sculpture must the country, showcased their be an outcome talents by creating inspirational inspiring the world community as well R displays through an array of as the generations to come. impressive and versatile designs Thus, conceptually, since our present making the Art-illation inspiring & work is largely creative in collaboration with IIID amalgam of Indian classical music and Mumbai at the iDAC EXPO Mumbai architecture which we have termed it 2022. One such intriguing installation as 'Muzitecture', we started delving was by Ar. Kalapi Buch, Co-Founder- into the very core of genesis of this Sfurna Designs of Gujarat, who was entire cosmos which our sages and kind enough to elaborate about it in a rishis, the wise men of our country one-on-one interaction with GLITZ. h a v e u n f o l d e d What inspired you to design this millenniums ago and pervades in each human born in this land in innumerable installation and what is the concept behind myriad ways. One of the fact unraveled this? being that the universe is a vibration We have proposed this particular and these vibrations are an outcome of sculpture to the CPWD department as sound. This part of the competition to design an ' Omkar' from where the genesis of iconic structure commemorating the entire cosmos has come into being. 7 5 t h a n n i v e r s a r y o f I n d i a n They further went onto quantify this Independence, the Amrit Mahotsav. sound into 12 distinct melodic sounds This is the miniature of the sculpture called ' swaras' from which all the music we have proposed. Considering that of the world the proposed sculpture/installation elaborated. These swaras being- had to have a shelf-life of 2000 years, Ga Ma Pa Dha and Ni we strongly felt that it is our T July 2022 of Indian wisdom derived from the Kritika Juneja Ar. Kritika Juneja an Architecture Journalist with GLITZ architecture & t h e m y s t e r y interiors magazine and Founder Arch Valor, has an aim to bridge the gap between creator and the creations, thus uplifting art, architecture and critics primordial sound is and Tete-a-Tete with architects is yet another step to develop a cross- cultural dialogue and bring the local architects, artists that exists has been across the globe and their Sa Re philosophies to light. along with the Life begins from nothingness and other five vikrut swaras . Thus, in merges back in total there are these 12 melodic Retrospectively, life sounds that a human ear can clearly completeness and merges back in make a distinction of. Using this completeness. In musical understanding, we began to emergence and merger, life presents make a visual representation by itself in its myriad plotting these swaras sequentially in Tensigrity, a fine a helically enlarging pattern. 'opposite values are complimentary', Further, we have used 3 octaves is the pattern that results when push what we call as saptakas – mandra and pull have a win-win relationship saptak (lower octave), madhya with each other. This push and pull is saptak (middle octave) and taar shown through the saptak (higher octave) making in consequentially raising the sculpture total of 36 notes. We did 36 in air. This phenomenon is related to sequentially increasing circles those few who elevate themselves representing each note, further and attain a magical radially divided them into 12 parts, state of balance, peace and attain representing the 12 swaras , and the highest state then started drawing lines on the possibility in liberation, respective intersection of these enlightenment; as expressed in our swaras i.e. connecting Sa of circle to sculpture “Transcending Sa of radial line, then Re to Re and so Tensigrity”. on resulting into three expanding spiraling helical. This helical, on being flipped, resulted in a contracting spiraling helical. And to our sheer amazement, we realised that the reason for this powerful experience was that this form replicates DNA, the very basis of creation. Further, we observed that nature gathers the particle when they are touched by sound to form the beautiful geometry of conch or a shell too. This geometry is very much embedded in our being, and in our genetics, and so we were deeply moved by this geometrical form. This is the most primordial three dimensional geometrical form i m p l y i n g a b o v e a l l t h e urdhwagaman of energies towards the higher state of consciousness. We developed the sculpture further taking cue from the shloka: What do these three circles nothingness. represent? Please elaborate on your begins from criteria for selecting the sculpture's materials. between this The three rings symbolize the dimensions. tricolor of Indian national flag, and example of the central sculpture represents the Ashoka Chakra.