HYDERABAD, India, Nov. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — As a part of IIIT-Hyderabad’s Silver Jubilee celebrations, the institute hosted Alliance Française of Hyderabad’s nationwide Wall Art Festival on campus. French artists Kid Kreol and Boogie painted a piece of IIIT-Hyderabad’s iconic Himalaya block spiral staircase themed across the Indian ocean.
This is the twond version of the Wall Art Festival celebrating the unimaginable potential of creative collaborations between the French Embassy in India, the French Institute in India, the community of Alliances Françaises in India and their companions. From 7 November – 2 December 2022, all 5 invited wall artists (Kid Kreol and Boogie, Olivia De Bona, Neethi and Mr. Poes) will journey throughout 13 cities – from Jaipur to Pune passing by Delhi, Ahmedabad or Kolkata, from Chandigarh to Bhopal passing by Chennai, Trivandrum, Hyderabad, or Pune and can contribute with Indian artists and college students to make these cities and public areas extra vibrant and delightful, via the imaginative and prescient of visible artwork.
The accomplished art work at IIIT-H campus was inaugurated by Sri Jayesh Ranjan, IAS ,Principal Secretary, Dept. of IT and Industries, GoTS and President of Alliance Française of Hyderabad Executive Committee together with company of honour Shri Prshant Lahoti, proprietor of Kalakriti Art Gallery and recipient of the award ‘Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres’ from the French Government for his contribution to the sphere of Art; well-known artist Mrs Anjani Reddy, and Isabelle Collin, Co-CEO of Dennisco and spouse of the Honorary Consul of France in Hyderabad.
Commenting on the occasion, Prof P J Narayanan, Director, IIIT-H mentioned, “Arts have formed a core part of IIIT’s curriculum and activities with enthusiastic participation from our students and the rest of the community. Community-driven art lives on many walls and benches and the several unexpected places on campus. I am pleased to see this Wall Art work in collaboration with the Alliance Française by expert artists from France and our students, in part to celebrate the Silver Jubilee year of IIIT-Hyderabad. Their fabulous work will inspire students and other visitors for years.”
Kid Kreol expressed his amazement on the shattering of stereotypes throughout this go to that he as soon as had about India. Kid and Boogie expressed admiration for the ambiance and expertise of the scholars at IIIT-H.
About IIIT-Hyderabad
The International Institute of Information Technology–Hyderabad (IIIT-H) is an autonomous analysis college based in 1998 that focuses on the core areas of Information Technology, reminiscent of Computer Science, Electronics and Communications, and their functions in different domains via inter-disciplinary analysis that has a better social affect. Some of its analysis domains embody Visual Information Technologies, Human Language Technologies, Data Engineering, VLSI and Embedded Systems, Computer Architecture, Wireless Communications, Algorithms and Information Security, Robotics, Building Science, Earthquake Engineering, Cognitive Science, Computational Natural Sciences and Bioinformatics, Education Technologies, Power Systems, IT in Agriculture and e-Governance.
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