Around Town: Glow-in-the-dark tetrapods light up Girgaum Chowpatty
Simply called ‘Tetrapods’, the installation is a homage to the geometry of the four-legged structures that protect Mumbai’s shoreline.
The ‘Tetrapods’ are made by Kyrgyzstan-based light artist Ivan Kalinichev, and Mumbai-based streetwear designer and artist “SAGE”. (Photo: Floating Canvas Company) Lighting up the beach, a set of 32 tetrapods have arrived at Mumbai’s Girgaum Chowpatty. Unlike their heavy-duty cousins that line Marine Drive, these new arrivals are a more whimsical lot. Together, they form a light-based public art installation that opened on October 22, ahead of Diwali.
Simply called ‘Tetrapods’, the installation is a homage to the geometry of the four-legged structures that protect Mumbai’s shoreline. First laid in the late 1990s along Marine Drive, tetrapods have been integral to this city built through coastal reclamation. An estimated 6,000 tetrapods are found at Marine Drive alone. They became synonymous with the city and often feature in films, photographs and sketches of Mumbai. This light-based installation comes as the latest interpretation.
The glow-in-the-dark tetrapods are open to the public from 6 pm to midnight till October 28. (Photo: Floating Canvas Company)
The installation is intended to travel across locations in Mumbai as a lead-up to Floating Canvas Company’s upcoming “Mumbai Light Festival”, scheduled for March 2023. (Photo: Floating Canvas Company)
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