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Satyendra Pathak
Doha
In a bid to raise awareness about road safety in the country, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) has roped in graffiti artists to illustrate major causes of road accidents on damaged cars at the ongoing Qatar Motor Show 2018 in Doha.
The ministry has set up a booth as part of the show where five damaged cars are being prepared to deliver messages of safety to visitors through painted illustrations by graffiti artists.
Talking to Qatar Tribune, Mubarak al Malik, one of the graffiti artists, said,"Graffiti on damaged cars can be a powerful medium to explore issues that are the major causes of accidents. The nature of graffiti is such that it will take the message literally to the people. Damaged car is an unconventional place for art to be placed, and by doing so, the message stands out and hits the viewer in an extraordinary way. In an age of information overload and blurry visual landscapes, we need to find alternative ways to get important messages across to the masses."
Art has the power to transform minds more than any other medium, Malik said, adding relevant issues around the concept of traffic accidents have been explored to represent on either side of the five cars.
"All the five cars will be ready with the artwork in two days. As we use various kinds of sprays to paint the cars, we do not stretch our work time beyond a limit. We work four hours daily," Malik said.
A ministry official present at the booth said all these cars will later be installed along the Sealine Beach in Mesaieed.
Besides these five cars, the official said, 15 more damaged cars will be prepared by graffiti artists to be displayed along the beach.
"This will be a unique way to raise awareness about road safety among people," the official said.
Qatar has witnessed a remarkable decline in road traffic fatalities in the last few years and this initiative would further encourage motorists to respect the rules and to stick to speed limits.
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