ONAM PUNK

TEAM:
Uday Shankar Rajeev, Nihad P K, Hanzel P, Arjun Dhananjayan, Nandakrishnan U, Iwin Anickal, Hrithwik Parambath, Nasih Ameen, Fadil MT, Adithyan Nair, Siddharth Suresh, Akash J

Onam is a harvest festival celebrated in Kerala, India. During Onam, School of Planning and Architecture Vijayawada celebrated the festival with a stage installation called Onampunk. The stage design was inspired by the visual language of Cyberpunk 2077, combined with the cultural identity of Kerala. The main element of the stage was the Theyyam face, inspired by Theyyam, the traditional ritual art form of northern Kerala. The stage was designed as an open, interactive performance space and placed between the college and hostel to create maximum visibility and accessibility. Instead of strong physical boundaries, the audience itself formed the edge of the performance space. This allowed people to become part of the performance rather than remain only spectators.