River Sutra

Gigi Scaria has made a five-storey,24-feet-tall aluminium tower that ­collects water from the Yamuna,filters it and flows it back in the manner of a fountain. “It is a symbolic gesture to ­purify the river,” says the Delhi-based artist,who has named his installation “fountain of purification”.

Atul Bhalla,on the other hand,wants visitors to think about the river. His tents and LED signages have questions written in Hindi on them. They read,in the voice of Yamuna,“Meri jagah kya hai?”,“Mera kartavya kya hai?” and “Meri haar kya hai?”,for example.

Asim Waqif tries to show “the commodification of a natural resource” by stringing together plastic bottles fitted with LED lights on the bank of the river. “In the evening,several passers-by are attracted by the light,” he says.

Curator Ravi Aggarwal says that ­besides highlighting the perennial pollution issue of the river,the exhibition has attracted visitors to come and see the beauty of the Yamuna. “We complain about the filth in the river,but there are parts of it that are beautiful. We want people to ­acknowledge that,” he says. The exhibition ends on November 23.