Monday 8 December 2014

Halloween Celebrations at ICAT, Chennai

We at ICAT, Chennai celebrated the day of the dead aka Halloween on 31 October, 2014. We conducted a Body Art competition for with the UG and PG students from of Advertising, Media Technologies, and Multimedia participating. About 15 teams comprising of 50 students in total participated in the competition. The event was a huge success with the students participating with great enthusiasm. The students did extensive research before painting to transform their friends into zombies, ghosts, and ghouls. Through their 2 hours work, the students presented their “works of horror” in true character.

Mr. Murlidharan Alagar was the Chief Guest for this event. He is a Software Architect Engineer by profession and recently made his passion – Art, his fulltime career. He is also the founder of the famed, “Chennai Weekend Artists” and “Chennai Weekend Clickers” groups. He is an Artist and Photographer par excellence. Mr. Murlidharan went through the body arts designed by the participants and was very impressed by the concepts, innovation, and effort put in by the students. The students presented their “works of horror” in true character.

He awarded the 1st place went to a team from the M.Sc. Multimedia department for their painting of a ghoul with big mouth, and the 2nd place was awarded went to a team from the M.Sc. Media Technologies department who had painted a thirsty Dracula. The entire event was conceived and organized by the students of the P.G. Diploma Advertising department. Overall, the event was a great success with enthusiastic participation, hard work and creative designs from the students.