27 WORDS: A USER'S MANUAL

2011-12-29T09:51:00.000-08:00

The architecture of words is mysterious; they conceal as they reveal, they fall apart and reconfigure, they constrain and they liberate. They are missing links and they are empty spaces. In all these paradoxes, they are the story.

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Exhibit 320 | F-320, Lado Sarai, New Delhi

The immediate recollection of a use of text came with my early morning tea from the newspaper I just picked from outside the door. Almost completely covered with text, it was covering a lot of stories happening all around us. The second thought was that of how the entire city is waking up with it, making the day better, worse or least affected by the same. These multiple stories kept getting stacked at the corner of a room. Those stacks represented the whole set of events that happened in the past few months. Like a diary of the nation, n bits from all over the world. Many stories disappeared half way through until someone new digs it up. Many stories were of catastrophes all around the world, n many led to the destruction as well as creation of many individuals and groups. Though our name n details are not there, somewhere or the other, they made it up as part of our lives. They kept getting stacked in layers like the building we see around us, the building we live within. These buildings just kept growing day by day like the stacks of paper in the corner of a room. N within these stories we live. We manage to figure our lives through the narrow lanes that are created from the shadows of these stories. I present you the very first thought/ a feeling that passed me while being through these multi-story bombardments of text, which was lying right next to that cup of tea.

Multi-Story

2011 , (60" x 27" x 54"- approx)

Newspapers, resin, coffee table,

coffee cup & a broken saucer

updates....

2011-12-17T10:10:00.000-08:00

the explorations on the metropolis continues.....

From Delhi, To Mumbai, with lots of love...

2011-10-30T09:57:00.000-07:00

From Delhi, To Mumbai, with lots of love...

just got some pics from my dearest friend/co founder of

manta ray comics, pratheek george thomas aka pgt..

A lill piece of under water for manta ray's to swim around

in mumbai comic con express. Job Done!

really enjoyed how it came out in mumbai..

(also really missed being there...)

Manta Ray Comics @ Comic Con Express Mumbai

2011-10-22T09:35:00.000-07:00

did the backdrop for the manta ray stall at
comic con express, Mumbai

it was fun working on it since its a lot of colors n the brief
was to create an 'under water scene' out of paper.

size: 16 ' x 8 '.. was a big factor that gave me the kick to do it... ;)

Comic con is currently on in mumbai ( 22nd n 23rd Oct '11)

do drop in if ur free...

some pics from the making...

and some details.....

more updates can be seen at

https://www.facebook.com/mantaraycomics

ENJOY

POST TONGUES

2011-07-02T00:38:00.000-07:00

sometimes when i recreate a certain feeling within,

it seems contagious ;)

above n below, some upcoming work in process

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"Chaos Within.."

10' x 10', 2011

torn archival paper

yups.. the one i made for the paper tongues was not on archival.

it was an exploration. but for the final, i had to recreate the installation in archival paper.

when a lot of chaos is been created,

i spend time to explore the beauty of conceptless

the exercise keep me continuously occupied as well as

make pretty good stuffs for home decor :)

PAPER TONGUES @ Exhibit 320

2011-06-27T00:23:00.000-07:00

Paper tongues - a group show curated by ranjita chaney @ Exhibit 320

participating artists : Pratul Dash, Ravi Kumar Kashi, Sachin George Sebastian, Sandip Biswas, Sunil Padwal.

About my work in Paper Tongues: -

It's been almost a year that I've been working on this idea of Metropolis and City-Planners. Being in a city and going through its changes, am in search for a reason as to why several others and myself are being attracted to the city. Even though it has a monstrous approach to people, it wears a beautiful outfit to attract everyone to live within, a sort of carnivorous plant types. The beauty you see from far is deceptive. One gets trapped within, only to feel the monstrosity of the metropolis.

In continuation to this exploration I bring to you this chaos in a camouflage of these beauties.....

( detail )

cities as wild flowers growing up rapidly,

looks pretty from far,

but you come close only to realise

the suffocation and chaos happening around.

(detail) the pure act of pollination resulting in new wild flowers..

these 3 works from my previous collection was also included in this show.

Chaos Within...

torn paper collage, 10' x 10'

Sachin George Sebastian 2011

in the midst of the chaos,
we lie down feeling safe,

with all the chaos within,

to wake up our own self.

It was quite a successful exploration to see the scale to which i can do with paper. The visual showcases a man (myself) lying down in a foetus position with all the chaos around as a womb.

"The Untitled's" :- from the series -Metropolis and City Planners

2011-06-23T14:49:00.000-07:00

some of works i have done

from my last years group show "circa - part 1" till this year's.
there's so much more to be done in this series,

but i guess things will happen on its own time n space..

The above two are 5' x 5' in size.

It was quite some task to cut out each of the people and building n

the rest of details within. but the sight of framed artwork

right in front makes it all worth.

Trust me watching them in real scale n texture

is nothing like what you seeing now.

do click on the images for a larger view ;)

below, four of them are just further explorations

on a smaller scale, (3'x3'),

u can see that slowly the consequences of metropolis and city planners

- chaos, deforestation and pollution hubs etc are slowly crawling in..

the artworks are currently showcased at Exhibit 320, Lado Sarai, New Delhi

coming very soon..

( sorry about the delay, I've been quite busy n still collecting good images from the show..)

mans world magazine

2011-06-08T08:44:00.000-07:00

it was a quick excersice n a good time working with rin jajo from mans world magazine photographer saurabh dua. i had to do 8 sets out of paper for a photoshoot for the aprill 2011 issue of the MW magazine.

few pictures from the making ...

and few images from the final in print...

coming soon...

time's '10 : '11

2011-01-07T09:51:00.000-08:00

jus few updates...

gotta "stidio space" of my own, its the next room...

more than the space, the feeling is awesome.

so few images from '10 - '11

The Diwali Night ( 2009 )

2010-12-01T03:53:00.000-08:00

THE DIWALI NIGHT
(un-published)

a pop up festival

Sachin George Sebastian

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few pages from the book...

its all in the air .... ... .. .

2010-10-31T11:39:00.000-07:00

happy to announce

"Spice Mobile has released what it terms, India's first 3D phone christened View D."

it was one of the most hectic project, but i guess the outcome was worth it.

some pics step by step that happened ..

yups .... 27 :)

page_01

also i realize that the time-line does cut short the detailing on colored dummy/final..

jus gradients in final (...my bad:( ...)

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page_02

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page_03

(something that sounded soooo important throughout n had to undergo so many changes...)

well i agree, 3rd page so far is bad,

even the movement didnt happen that much when u pull that arrow on R.H.S

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Page_03 (option02)

it was all worth the next try.. it just became better n better,,,

n eventually i made something that surprised me...

btw...... did it with the production house little lamb films ... hats off to buddy....

( will update the video as soon as i hunt it down from net :)

Metropolis and the City Planners

2010-10-30T06:20:00.000-07:00

updates after Circa 2010

Metropolis and the City Planners

Sachin George Sebastian

39" x 39" x 4", hand cut on paper

The beauty of conceptless

2010-10-18T07:47:00.000-07:00

some works on paper-
some are just random cuts,
some are from where i started,
some were for someone else,
some are saved pieces from the bin,
some were mind savior's on time,

and they all moulded me,

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Circa 2010 @ Exhibit 320

2010-08-04T03:41:00.000-07:00

thanks to everyone who dropped in and to all who gave the support. the show was a success. well... about the artwork, its simple - population > industrialization > chaos. . . from one thing to the next, the story goes on. . . to be continued,

sachin george sebastian, untitled, triptych, paper cuttings, 28" x 23.5" 2010

and some details.....

ART MAKERS circa 2010 the next level -1

2010-07-10T02:11:00.000-07:00

well... 3 of my work (1 set), an evolved version of 'news updates' would be showcased at exhibit320 (www.exhibit320.com) from 16th july to 4th aug... and since on off delhi till 16th, i would be missing the opening night... nywys.. do drop in n lemme know wht happened :) c u soon.. hopefully will keep updating my blog/work more often now on.... cheers

about a journey......

2010-01-16T03:31:00.000-08:00

Some of my old paper art from which i eventually came up with 'How Long? How Far?, so the concept is almost similar..... Each work is a single A3 sheet cut n folded. what i loved most is how they play around with the light falling on them....

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....and some of the explorations which were excluded from the final set...

News Updates...

2009-12-07T01:15:00.003-08:00

A thousand people were born and another thousand died,

And the rest of the world is in total chaos.

someway or the other,i feel we are all really part of those pages turned everyday...

this will be complete with one more piece, about the background of 95% of images we see in those pages... but something just didn't make me do that yet.....

wish i knew what it was.. but i know its gonna happen soon :)...

International Artist Residencey @ Khoj,Delhi

2009-10-09T06:22:00.001-07:00

Title:How Long? How Far?

Size:12'x2.5'

Handcut on single sheet. i was lucky enough to be a part of Khoj during this residecy. the whole theme was to expiriment with 'the idea of a book' well the first two weeks went completly blank and then...

the bain wave happened at the middle of one night. "How Long? How Far?..tht was it...

The brainwave - was to showcase the evolution of landscape around me as i moved ahead from places to places for education and work, "survival". and the main thing was to show the architectural bombardment in the name of development. i found it like an irony with the meaning of development...The struggle for survival is moving everyone from rural to urban landscapes.

That is why I call this How Long? How Far? ,mainly like a question within myself and to the humanity around, that how long and how far are we going to operate in these spaces in the name of ...

From these thoughts, i began my work on a single scroll beacuse am talking about a continues evolution without boundaries than a page by page formats.......and since i am talking about landscape, the idea was to carve out a landscape from the scroll.... so the concept is from the side view, where its like a pulse recorder. as the artwork moves towards the cityscape, the pulse gets higher and higher...

....and.... some images from the open day...

and some details ....

..........coming soon....>

.............5 weeks of residency and a week before that- a book i made during the end of this residency..................

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Origamic Architecture II

2009-02-07T00:30:00.001-08:00

STREETS of ORIGAMI ARCHITECTURE 1

2009-02-06T21:52:00.000-08:00

Paper cut illustration

2008-09-19T07:56:00.000-07:00

A paper cut illustraton made for PWC with Lopez design.

(Still don't have good images:(

work in progress

Final @ PWC Banglore

Concept is developed from their logo, Astrix ( * ) and tag line, connective thinking.

Used MC Escher's morphing and multiple perspective

concept to depict it.

The centre astrix morphs to different elements and merges

into the illustration which has same island shown

from three different points of view.

The illustration was worked at the scale of 1:8 and hence was super intricate to work on. The dragon fly u see in the first image will come inside a nail size.

A Christmas Dream

2008-09-14T05:26:00.000-07:00

The very first book i started working on, well...

the same story, but the quality jus getting lill better.

The story goes on as a narrtion of a small kid about his adventures during Christmas time.

last page, wher the kid reaches home.

2nd search - Ramayan

2008-08-16T09:21:00.000-07:00

Well.... some of the explorations on making a pop up book of Ramayan

Vanvass

Return to the Castle (2nd Exploration)

Return to the Castle (3rd Exploration)

The Big Flight

though this is where i started, the whole ramayan from, i'm little upset that this main page is going to be only a smaller page within a page..... but i guess it was worth it.....

more been worked out structuarly... if time n god allows,..... i will..

"Currently the book is parked and am on a search for a publisher. Well... most of the website contacts bounce back. So pls let me know if anyone has some right contacts.Thank You."

origami architecture

2008-03-26T02:59:00.000-07:00

Origami Architecture was where i started the journey in childhoold.Its basically cutting and folding a single sheet and no pasting is allowed on the structure. I was really amazed on this fact from very childhood onwards, seeing them on some greeting cards somewhere.

Initial Explorations

Fortress

i love it more when its viewd from behind

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Destination Wdding
exploration for a wedding card with different themes every day
Developed for EDC

other Explorations

2007-11-01T04:52:00.001-07:00

India through currencies

One of first good pop up which i made. This is the one that
brought me some confidence to carry further.