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Big Top

Bengaluru, India

Multitude Of Sins presents BigTop, a farm-to-table eatery born from
the brewing cauldron of nostalgia and travel, and christened as The
Circus Canteen. The circus is seen as an event of fanfare, wherein
troop members put together a spectacle far removed from the
clutches of the mundane.

BigTop has been conceived with unconventionality helming the
process. Each element, from surface finishes, custom lighting, and art
installations, to furniture, has been curated from a city-wide waste
donation drive; treasures wrought from salvage markets and dumping
yards with less than 10% of the material being freshly sourced.

Graced by the artistic community of Bangalore Creative Circus, this
venue is emblematic of unshackled creative expression that manifests
as hues, textures, and bespoke upcycled installations. Each table
encapsulates a transportive experience, ensuring that the waste dons
a reimagined sculptural presence entwined with utility.

The series of arches at the entrance is composed of scrap metal
bathed in a lively teal hue. The passageway axis is dotted with grunge
The entrance door engages the sensory experiences of touch and chandeliers consisting of bike chains and metal filings, flanked by
sound as it leaps into a rabbit hole of memory. The existing site upcycled vehicle headlights that pose as luminaires. The overarching
door was retrofitted to give it a renewed lease of colour and
The billing counter stretches itself along the expanse of the passageway elemental play. A radial octet of hand horns occupies the centre flooring is an ensemble of discarded display samples pieced together in
and culminates as a live salad counter on the far end. while bicycle bells stipple the scarlet door.

The billing counter is a classic The other coral table is detailed with electron-
steampunk piece brought to life ic regulators and jazzy iridescent CDs as a
by ingeniously collaging arbitrary celebration of the 60s golden Disco era.
junk upon the front elevation of
the counter in collaboration with
Mechanimal.

One of the tables on the the upper deck washed in a lively coral hue
has been detailed with defunct sanitary pipe sections and electronic
regulators. An ‘elbow’ light fixture conjured to life by the studio
illuminates these tables. The industrial lighting fixture hoisted over
the nooks is a composition of sanitary pipes and hexagonal mesh
that wraps itself delicately around an exposed warm light tube on the
interior.

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