Sudarshan Patnaik, an Indian artist who notably recreated the Taj as an “ultimate sand castle”, is cocky about his next endeavor (via the BBC):
(Patnaik) has built a huge sand sculpture of a rooster on a beach in Puri city, a resort in Orissa state, to create awareness of bird flu…
It took him five hours and eight tons of sand to create the sand rooster.
As Abhi already posted, the deadly H5N1 avian flu virus was discovered in Maharashtra a few days ago. I’m curious as to how well this sandy approach will actually work:
“This sand sculpture is basically to create awareness about bird flu because a lot of people don’t even know about this disease. And a beach is a place where a lot of domestic and international tourists come,” Mr Patnaik told the Reuters news agency.
Patnaik, who made a similar artistic statement after the tsunami, isn’t stopping with just a rooster– hens and eggs are planned, as well.
Super cool….he’s very creative but I don’t know about the method of bringing attention to this issue. Speaking of doing unusual things, a Brooklynite was in the paper today. This man, father of 4 has built a small sailing ship from scratch and is going to sail from Senegal Africa to Brooklyn Bridge to bring awareness to AIDS.
I think it’s nice he’s doing something. Everyone should use their particular talents.
agreed. it’s wonderful that he’s showing he cares. that’s what’s most important.