Art behind #viral astronaut brides: I’ll make the world my gallery | Trending

Come wedding season and Indians can’t keep calm, as they love to splurge on exquisite designer wear. On social media, however, the wedding craze has permeated even the realm of space as art Jayesh Sachdev’s concept of brides adorning astronaut gear goes viral. He created this using Artificial Intelligence (AI), which he treats “as a method of creating functional art”.

One social media user called the artwork ‘TV bahu in NASA’.

The 43-year-old art, who shuffles between Pune and New York, feels “inspiration is all about experimentation”. This is what made his recent Instagram post — portraying astronauts in bridal attire — amass more than 13,000 likes. Sachdev confesses, “I had not expected such a huge response from my bridal series! Someone called it a ‘TV bahu in NASA’. In fact, before this, I posted my work on the cats in bridal couture, which received over five lakh reactions and some of the most hilarious comments!”

The artwork portraying cats in bridal couture received over five lakh reactions on Instagram.

It wasn’t, however, just the social media reactions that touched Sachdev, who informs that some comments are also from those persons working in NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Adminration). “One worker commented on the post sharing how women from NASA are underrepresented, and my artwork resonated with them. Then somebody from MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) who is researching AI, reached out to me. It’s heartening to see such response, as it makes me feel there is a real impact from what is being put out there.”

A worker from NASA reached out to Sachdev, saying his art resonates with them.

Sachdev’s shares how “Senior designers from across the world including Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, and USA have reached out” to collaborate with him, after reading his post. “It’s quite exciting how this led to newer opportunities come my way,” he says, revealing how he started fiddling with AI just a month back. “Back then I couldn’t have anticipated where this has reached today. I’m still sitting on some 200 posts, and would share them very soon,” he informs.

The series depicting monkeys in bridal couture was called out on social media, for being rac.

But, not everyone sees art in the same perspective. In Sachdev’s case, too, the artworks have received a sizeable share of trolling. “Most people saw it in good light, but others trolled the astronaut brides saying it’s backward. Among those who commented, one wrote: ‘When you are ambitious but society wants you to get married’. It’s actually all about your perception. My previous post about depicting monkeys in high couture was also called out, and labelled rac. I ask why is it rac? The intent was never in that direction! People just have a strange way of responding to things,” opines Sachdev, saying, “My job is to make art, and I will make the world my gallery.” Author tweets @KritiKambiriFor more stories follow Facebook and Twitter