Famed muralist Orijit Sen designs Indian Summer public art project on a TransLink bus

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      Delhi-based graphic artist Orijit Sen has been wowing Indians for years with his murals, posters, and his graphic novel, River of Stories. It depicts resistance to a massive dam project in the western Indian state of Gujarat.

      A smaller version of Sen's massive 20-metre by 75-metre Punjab mural was unveiled at last year's Indian Summer festival.

      This year, it's on display again at the Surrey Art Gallery until August 2.

      This isn't the only opportunity to catch work by the versatile Sen.

      Orijit Sen's Punjab mural reveals how people live in Northwest India.

      He's also created a public-art project on a TransLink bus entitled "Sound Horn OK Please".

      It's designed to look like Indian lorries that travel across South Asia.

      Presented with support from Tourism India, the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association, and Vancouver Biennale, the bus will be on the roads from now until August 1.

      If you photograph it and send it over Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook with the hashtag #IncredibleISF, you're eligible to win tickets to events at the Indian Summer festival, which continues until July 19.

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      Is this the new design after TransLink is dissolved?

      Jul 12, 2015 at 10:54pm

      Good choice - zero emissions electric trolleybus. I like it.

      Let's call the new transit organization: Metro Vancouver Transit (MVT). I hear rumours that the axe is about to fall on TransLink, soon.

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