Practice is the daily ‘work’ (as verb) of art. It represents the sum of all the moves – practical, conceptual, affective, cognitive, philosophical, analytical and aesthetic – that occupies/de-occupies the state of our triangulation at any given point of time. Being contingent, this practice is a shape-shifting thing, prone to surprise itself as much it surprises others. Like a mycelial inhabitation, indeterminate and unbounded, it expands.

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1980 in Parallax

Raqs Web 6 April

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Exhibition at Jencks Foundation at The Cosmic House, United Kingdom (2023) Raqs finds correspondence with Charles Jencks’ work as designer, critic, historian, concrete poet and artist, and with his Post-Modernist manifesto and former home turned […]

soDA Magazine Story

Raqs Web 3 November

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soDA magazine 19, Zurich (2002); Casebook (2014, AGYU Canada), Raqs presented the concept of “Event-shaped Hole” which translated into the essay The Event-shaped Hole and the Photographic Image in The Nordic Journal of Aesthetics, 2021 […]

Intimate Intimidation

Raqs Web 24 June

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Intimate Intimidation Readymade canopy, radiation hazard sign inscribed as a pattern in salt on the floor (240 x 240 cm) The Laughter of Tears, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Germany (2021) Every willful misstep, every greedy grab, is an intimate […]

The Coarse Fabric of Being Human

Raqs Web 14 June

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The Coarse Fabric of Being Human 22 hand-tufted carpets 61 × 76 cm each The Laughter of Tears, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Germany (2021) The only actually shared sensation is the present continuous tense. It reconstitutes, everyday, […]

A Gathering of Birds

Raqs Web 24 April

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A Gathering of Birds Audio loop with 3 Speakers Duration: 32:41 In the sonic range of the flight-path of a gathering of birds, we momentarily transmit to each other. We surpass contours of containment, and […]

Unledgered

Raqs Web 20 April

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Unledgered Installation Portals, Stories, and Other Journeys curated by Michelle Wong Tai Kwun Contemporary, JC Contemporary, Hong Kong (2021) The exhibition was based on Asia Art Archive’s research since 2014 into the personal archive of […]

The Course of love

Raqs Media Collective 10 October

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The Course of Love Sculpture using faceted Lenticular panels, with Found Boat Setouchi Triennale | Honjima (2019) Setouchi Triennale | Honjima wataru funa-bito / the boatman lost the rudder. kaji-wo tae / the boat is […]

Toxicity in Equal Measure

Raqs Web 17 March

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Toxicity in Equal Measure Layered sheets with perforations on felt, leather, rubber, copper, steel, cardboard, fabric and acrylic, with gold impressions. 22 frames, 1 ft. X 1 ft. each Project 88 | Mumbai (2018) A […]

Re Run

Raqs Web 2 March

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Re-Run | 2013 Video loop ‘Extra Time’ at Chronus Art Center, Shanghai (2013) | ‘Untimely Calendar’ at NGMA, New Delhi (2014) | ‘Raqs Media Collective’ at K21, Dusseldorf (2018) Henri Cartier-Bresson took a photograph of a bank […]

Alive, with Cerussite and Peppered Moth

Raqs Web 11 August

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Alive, with Cerussite and Peppered Moth 3D printed PLA plastic, cast polyester resin, plywood and video projections Architectural Collaborators: Palak Jhunjhunwala and Stratis Georgiu Exhibition History: Whitworth, Manchester (2017) Mathaf, Doha (2018) Palais de Tokyo, […]

Utsushimi

Raqs Media Collective 11 June

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Utsushimi (2017 – ongoing) Double Image / Token / Emanation Materialized Architectural Drawing in Illuminated Wireframe Site specific installation at Suzu City, Oku-Noto Triennale, Japan

Asankh/ Countless

Raqs Web 6 December

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Asankh/ Countless | 2014 Digital Print on ACP, acrylic (6 x 4 ft.) | Untimely Calendar, solo show at NGMA (2014) The material infinitude that makes up the real world, Raqs argues, is a swirling, […]

A History of Photography

Raqs Web 21 February

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Six photographic prints 2 x 2 ft. each Exhibited at Untimely Calendar, NGMA, New Delhi (2014) Reading the censored letters of soldiers from the Indian sub-continent writing home in the First World War becomes a […]

The House Of Everything And Nothing

Raqs Web 7 March

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Text, Illumination and Surface Modification of an Abandoned House 24 Jor Bagh, Delhi (2013) The House of Everything and Nothing is an exploration of the infinity of worlds that Raqs Media Collective inhabit. In 2013, […]

Time Capsule from 2011 (TO BE OPENED IN 2061)

Raqs Web 12 December

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Time Capsule from 2011 (TO BE OPENED IN 2061) Aluminum box with contents (39 x 29 x 32 cm) 6th Momentum Biennial, Moss, Norway (2011)

How to get from here to there

Raqs Web 12 December

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How to get from here to there Photographs mounted on acrylic glass, neon | Series of 6, each 64 x 94 x 10 cm Surjection, Art Gallery of York University, Toronto (2011) Seven photographic prints trace the […]

More Salt In Your Tears

Raqs Web 9 December

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More Salt In Your Tears Site-specific installation in the Baltic Sea with stainless steel, steel cable, wood, concrete anchors Contemporary Art Archipelago, Turku, Finland (2011) More Salt In Your Tears is a text sculpture composed of […]

A Dying Man Sings Of That Which Felled Him

Raqs Web 18 May

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A Dying Man Sings Of That Which Felled Him Installation with rebar, furniture, closed circuit video Sub-contingent, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin (2006). Bombaysers de Lille, Maison Folie Moulins, Lille (2006-07) “A dying man sings […]

3 Caveats On A Barewall | 3 Caveats To Be Worn Casually Installation of bilingual wall texts and wrist band inscriptions Sub-contingent, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin (2006) “3 Caveats…” are a set of inscriptions […]

Phantoroman: Preface to a ghost story

Raqs Web 14 November

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Preface to a Ghost Story, 2005, is a series of black-and-white vignettes that tell the tale of an ‘unknown citizen’ who has leaped to his death, leaving behind a make-do archive for a gathering of […]

A Measure of Anacoustic Reason

Raqs Media Collective 16 September

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A Measure of Anacoustic Reason | 2005Installation with 1 projection, 4 screens, 4 dialogues, 4 lecterns, 4 benches with embedded speakers, lightbox | Exhibited at India Contemporary, Venice Biennale (2005), Thermocline of Art, Zentrum fur […]

N- Dl Jn. (New Delhi Junction)

Raqs Web 3 November

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Location: 28Â° 28′ N, 77Â° 15′ ETime Zone: – | – | UTC/GMT +5.30 HoursAirports: 1Inhabitants: 10,009,200 (Delhi), 16, 713,200 (Including Agglomeration) 24 x CD Players, Headphones and 24 x 5 Minute Audio Loops/MP3 | F.0037.0000 […]

Coordinates Of Everyday Life

Raqs Web 25 October

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Coordinates of Everyday Life | 2002 3 videos, 1 floor vinyl, 10,000 stickers for city walls Co-ordinates 28.8N 77.15E. Installation using video screens, sound, print, and stickers Exhibition history: Documenta 11, Kassel, Germany (June-September 2002); […]