POEM

Heartbeat pounds to the beat of drums,Feet keep time, ears tell mind, that this music is way to fast,Cymbals clash, mallets bash, against the heads of drums,The world seems to spin, as the band begins, and joins the percussion line,Suddenly the music stops, signaling the end of the song,Please tell me why, it feels so wrong, when the sounds of the pumping drums are gone?

CATALOGUE

this is the double-spread.

this is the front and the back cover.

In my catalogue, i tried to incorporate both the elements of design viz, minimalistic as well as the curvelinear style of kerala face painting which also goes with the rhythm and the flow since my topic is based on Percussions. One of the important things i noticed about the kerala artefacts and artforms is that, it is very SYMMETRIC which can act as a strong design element in designing stationary for a client. For the poster as well as the catalogue, i made a colour palette using a kathakalli poster. hence the colours added are not random.

Poster

HOW TO ADDRESS THE INTERNATIONL-NATIONAL-LOCAL AUDIENCES AT THE SAME TIME?

I was impressed by the kathakalli dance colours and the kerala murals. so i tried to incorporate the bright colours in the poster.The biggest problem i faced was how to get the feel of kerala? and that is when i started noticing the line quality, the thickness,the colour etc. in kerala artworks and artefacts. The lines they use are very bold and curvilinear. That is why the use of curvilinear form is very intentional and not random.
From what was mentioned in the class earlier, the display in the museum was to be made keeping in mind the international-national-local market, audience and the standards. That is when i redesigned the poster using minimalistic elements. you can notice the stark difference in both the posters.

this was the sketch made for the poster.

DISPLAY

The initial stage of the process of the course was to collect material for the museum. That meant a lot of research. so, after two days of research; I decided my topic to be Panchavadyam.
The aim behind the display was to almost re-create the the feel and the energy of the Panchavadyam. But at the same time, also compel the viewer to have a sort of interaction with the object at display.
The display was hence made not static but interactive. The display is more of a performance than a display.
There are 4 stages to the display.
Stage 1:

• viewer is led to a dark room.

Stage 2:

• There is a plasma screen on the front wall.


• There will be display of showcase of instruments used in Panchavadyam in the centre of the room.



• The original instrument will be displayed on the upper surface of the showcase whereas the components of the instruments will be on a display inside the showcase alongwith captions just giving away the name of the instrument and the component.



• On the plasma screen, the footage of the making of every instrument in panchavadyam will be screened.



• the footage will be around 1 minute long.

Stage 3:

• At this, stage the room becomes dark again.



• This is just to evoke a feeling of curiosity in the viewer's mind.
  

Stage4:

• suspended in room are the instruments scaled uptp around 5 times their normal size.



• the suspension will be similar to the formation of Panchavadyam in Thrissur Pooram festival.



• The main attraction of the festival are the decorated elephants with parasols. Hence there will be a back projection of the elephants on the front as well as the either sides of the wall.



• the room will be equipped with a surround sound system.



• The Panchavadyam percussions will be played.