Art Displays
Open House 89
Organised by a group of artists and designers working in North Bengaluru, to showcase their work with local and city-wide audiences. Read about all artists here.
A silent lament
A mourning altar for the life forms that are lost, unnoticed, unrealized. The phylogenetic distance makes some not understood, forgettable, and forgotten. Can the course of conversation be inclusive?
The living kingdom is made of many from tigers, elephants, and peacocks to tiny lush mosses, greening grass, and floating cyclops. While thinking of climate change and extinction, we think only of the big and visible and not the others. This set of portraits of different lifeforms reminds us of what we have lost and an opportunity to grieve them.
Data on lost species was taken from IUCN.
Finger painted using coarse charcoal on watercolor paper.
A twist in time
The beginning of our time is the end for another. We extend their existence through the restoration of ashes and stones. Is what we understand the same as what we imagine?
Through the story of flight and feathers, across dinosaurs and birds, one questions how we produce knowledge of a time that precedes us. The interpretation of the present relies on the past, and that of the past relies on the present. The connection is visualized through the form of the Mobius strip. One could potentially ‘read’ this at any starting point, from any direction.
This work is a transmutation of a zine previously made. See here.
Made in white clay with Nandita Saha.
A lit-up book
Early explorations in bookmaking with light and shadow play.
The drawings are inspired by the anatomy of the ear and associated nerves and brain regions.
Zine displays
In an attempt to bring science directly to the public, I bring science communication zines to Indie Comix Fest in Bangalore. Besides presenting at book shops, conferences, and other events, comix fest is unique as it brings a broader city as an audience. This allows for direct interaction and feedback from the audience.
