City’s Lungs

Created with mixed media, the sculpture of a rabbit and a golden lotus named “City’s Lungs” is inspired by the diversity of the people in the Samyan community and the problems of air pollution in the city center, using legendary motifs to convey the ideas. The sculpture presents the rabbit in the moon, which is a pareidolia imagined from the craters on the moon’s surface and is present in the beliefs and legends of many nations around the world, similar to the diversity of people in the Samyan area. In Indian mythology, Chandra, the moon god, holds a rabbit in his hands. “Rabbit” is sasa in Sanskrit; hence, the moon is called Sasin, meaning having a rabbit. Sasin is also the name of Chulalongkorn University’s School of Management.
Regarding pollution, the World Health Organization (WHO) has reported that air pollution causes 7 million premature deaths per year, and the most dangerous air pollutant is the 2.5-micron particulate matter concentrated in the city centers. The golden lotus suggests the beautiful flower, with its of air-purifying properties, and represents the beautiful culture of the old community that is developed into a modern district, a center of business and a city of the future.