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Installation: Calcutta Lights Artist: Nandita Palchoudhuri

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Elvet Bridge

Calcutta Lights is a fusion of iconic images from Durham Cathedral with the Giant Gates that span the roads of Calcutta during the Durga Festival. Two imposing archways decorated with intricate interpretations of the Sanctuary Knocker and Rose Window will be created at either end of the Elvet Bridge, recycling the bamboo used earlier in the year for the Bambuco bridge which spanned the River Tyne in NewcastleGateshead. The spectacular front panels were made by a team of artisans working in Chandannager in Eastern India and have been created from 120,000 hand-wrapped bulbs attached to a delicate bamboo framework.

Nandita Palchoudhuri is a social entrepreneur working internationally in the field of Indian folk arts, crafts and performances. She creates new artistic applications and creative expressions using traditional skills that not only regenerate the craft and provide sustainable livelihoods for the artisan but which also address contemporary social needs. From the wealth of Indian techniques and traditional practices she designs and delivers installations; exhibitions; educational workshops; seminars and demonstrations.

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