Gen Z artists send out a message from Mada Square in Thiruvanmiyur
Student activist Samrutha SB organized a public art exhibition in Chennai featuring works that critique systemic social injustices. The initiative was inspired by her experiences with campus protests and institutional responses at Azim Premji University.
Why it matters
The event reflects the growing trend of Gen Z using public art as a medium for political expression and dialogue regarding campus and social governance.
On July 25, when those supporting the protest launched by Cockroach Janata Party in New Delhi were rejoicing over the resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan as education minister, a teenager from Chennai was quietly assembling 11 aspiring artists whose craft is a commentary on systemic injustices.
Eighteen-year-old Samrutha SB is a student of BA Social Science at Azim Premji University in Bengaluru. In Chennai for her semester break, Samrutha decided to bring these artists with their works that open up avenues for conversations on fractures in social structures.
Samrutha SB, who conceptualised and executed the public art exhibition, is a student of BA Social Science at Azim Premji University
The trigger to do something to create a democratic space for dialogue and collective art stemmed from an experience she encountered in college.
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