<p>Pattnaik, who hails from state’s beach city of Puri, 56 km from here, has won the contest for the fifth time.The theme of this year’s festival, running June 6-August 29, was ‘Head in Sand’. Pattnaik said he created a “crying” three trunk and three monkeys saying that climate change is an inconvenient truth.<br /><br />The image bears the messages “You don't listen”, “You don’t talk”, “You don’t see”, “Don’t put heads in the sand, act now”.<br /><br />“The sculpture I created got maximum votes from the audience,” Pattnaik, who received the prize on Saturday evening from Anja Smolle, the festival’s producer, told over the phone from Berlin.<br /><br />“Artists from 10 countries participated in this competition,” Pattnaik, the first Indian to win the contest, said. Pattnaik had earlier won the award in 2003, 2004, 2007 and 2009.</p>
<p>Pattnaik, who hails from state’s beach city of Puri, 56 km from here, has won the contest for the fifth time.The theme of this year’s festival, running June 6-August 29, was ‘Head in Sand’. Pattnaik said he created a “crying” three trunk and three monkeys saying that climate change is an inconvenient truth.<br /><br />The image bears the messages “You don't listen”, “You don’t talk”, “You don’t see”, “Don’t put heads in the sand, act now”.<br /><br />“The sculpture I created got maximum votes from the audience,” Pattnaik, who received the prize on Saturday evening from Anja Smolle, the festival’s producer, told over the phone from Berlin.<br /><br />“Artists from 10 countries participated in this competition,” Pattnaik, the first Indian to win the contest, said. Pattnaik had earlier won the award in 2003, 2004, 2007 and 2009.</p>