The ‘people as a sovereign body’, through a mutually agreed-upon set of laws that correspond with a common set of restrictions, act as protection against violations of individual liberty and despotic power. Without the presence of such a common body, individuals are deprived of such protection. Those in power may command under a […]
27 min. 58 sec. 2017 Intra-Chronotopos is marked by the interrelation of understanding place and time, i.e., a particular place at a particular bracket of time, in the comprehension of everyday life in the jute mill. Chronotopos literally translates into time-place, deriving its roots from the Greek ‘chronos’ meaning time, and ‘topos’ meaning place. Henri Lefebvre […]
This place has an overwhelming significance of blackness in it, not merely in the way it exists as a material site but also in our perceptions of such a place. It lies in a state that is taken with a keen sense of finality, which hinges on an assumption that presupposes the certain demise of […]
The construction of skyscrapers, roadways developmental projects, malls and high-rises or of apartments in quiet neighbourhoods in the city of Kolkata and the developing suburbia: the image of the city in construction which adorns the landscape of the city is, quite literally, built by migrant labourers, who are mainly masons by profession. The influx […]
‘Retention’ employs Video, Sound and Old photographs to re-explore and reinvent history as conveyed through close introspection of a place, an object or entity which comprises what we refer to as the ‘history’ of a time. This close introspection of a place, an object or entity not only evokes in us a sense of the […]
This light installation, which is primarily about revealing illuminated lines in a dark enclosure, relates itself to the psychological experience one goes through during the state of Insomnia. The intense dark space in the room and the radiating colors of the softly yet sharply beaming lights create a space which embodies a deeply personal […]
Nisha, a teenage girl, has created a room of her own. Deriving a world from her imagination, we create an imaginative space – an otherworldly world – that is very much her own and render this space with form, sense, shape and colour. This transformation of place replaces her world with a dreamlike world where […]
Vertical City explores the auditory experiences, both mundane and essential to the emerging urban city life of Kolkata. It creates mental images of the city through fragmented sonic experiences gathered from a repository of a complex sound world deeply synchronized with our everyday life. Technical Assistant: Debashis Dutta Duration: 6 min. 17 sec. 2015
Boom Bang is a video performance which captures the continuous process of dissolution and re-generation of our dreams and hopes in the course of actual politics. Duration: 3 min. 2011
Place is the most unique experience of space. It is man’s deepest experience of an environment. A place has a character of its own and the connections of any particular place with certain emotional qualities give rise to a variety of senses and stands. The forms, textures, smells, sounds or light of a particular place […]
‘Swimming Around’ presents a series of cityscapes with a fish bowl placed in different locations of the city at different times of the day. With the fishes ceaselessly swimming round and round the glass bowl in front of the urban backdrop, ‘Swimming Around’ tries to explore the ultimate claustrophobia, monotony, alienation and stagnancy we achieve […]
Every nature has a character of its own. The forms, textures, smells, sounds or light of a particular place effects our emotions, senses, imagination and thought process and subconsciously develops an illusion that inspires a deep relation with nature dissolving our presence in reality and permitting us to travel to an unreal world. Gora, an […]
The fairytale-ness that characterizes our work is patently derivative. The fairytale atmosphere creates mysteries, world of layers, favoring inspiration and contemplation. It speaks the symbolic language and dramatic projection in symbolic images of the life of the psyche. We place a person, or a motif, or some symbol in place of another and create disturbances […]
Hand Painted Photography – Space and Place are the “basic components of the lived world” within the perspective of experience. We are almost always oriented to place, space and time. The series explores the experiences and reflections of a particular space, place and certain emotional qualities associated with them as a central theme. It is […]