Festival of Ideas
The Living Canvas 

Artist: Vinod K A
Faculty: Gulshan
Participants: Aditi Taksh / Aman Nair / Ishan Chandan / Devesh Chandra / Jaden George Thomas / Jahanavi Goel / Jayanthi Roshni / Khushi Agarwal / Kshitij Patel / Nidhi Tendulkar / Parameswaran B / Prakriti Mukherjee / Raj Kumar Sharma / Rakesh A / Rehan Kaliyadan / Ryanna Khanna / Shresth Meharia / Shriya Ulangwar  / Saee Vaidya / Vani Panwar

The students travel from the distant future of 2232 A.D, a time where people live in harmony with nature, producing their own food in backyard gardens, and eradicating dependence on industrial agriculture. AI has revolutionised the way they live, taking over jobs and making lives easier and more efficient. They have been sent back in time to uncover the secrets of this world, understand the emergence of food forests and the impact of AI on humanity. They carry artefacts from the future, relics of a world yet to come and explore the world to find other travellers like them and wonder why they were sent back at all.

Artist Bio: Vinod KA is a faculty member and head of studies at UIIE, SMI. He is interested in re-telling stories by understanding different perspectives and weaving them together using multiple media.He is  interested in mixing media and crossing disciplinary boundaries, and is constantly seeking to learn and experiment with new and emerging technologies.