Toofun Mail 2002-2003

Toofun Mail

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Discarded household objects, electric motor, lights, metal fabrications and paint. Contrary to its name it moves very slowly. The train, started from the fascination with the small roadside workshops� adaptability to use simplest machines to achieve complicate results. The train is made of assemblage of various pots and pans and have an electric motor. It moves on a circular track and switches on and off other activities. The train itself has parts that are motorised and move making a steady rhythmic beat. Train is the first colonial machine to come to India apart from printing press. It has a spell of power. To make it with a know-how which does not need an expert and making it small, almost like a toy, kind of neutralise it.

Size: about 12x12x9 feet.






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