Art against addiction: New mural in Byappanahalli addresses drug issue
The Rotary E-Club of Bangalore has collaborated with local police and artist Sayam Porey to create a mural in Byappanahalli. The project, titled 'Talking Walls,' aims to raise awareness about the dangers of drug abuse through visual art.
Why it matters
It highlights the use of public art as a community-based intervention strategy to address social issues like drug addiction.
It began with a tour through an alley in the vibrant city of Ghent, Belgium, a few years ago.
Nivedita Dutt, a director at the Rotary E-Club of Bangalore, the first Internet-based Rotary Club in Karnataka, was visiting her son there when she encountered that “alley full of graffiti on both sides. And it was fabulous,” she remembers. “Coming back to India, it struck me that we could also do a similar sort of thing.”
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