‘Practice’ is the daily ‘work’ (verb) of art. It represents the sum of all moves—practical, conceptual, affective, cognitive, philosophical, analytical, and aesthetic—that occupy or de-occupy the state of our triangulation at any given moment. Contingent by nature, this practice shifts shape, surprising itself as much as it surprises others. Like a mycelial inhabitation—indeterminate and unbounded—it keeps expanding.
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Erosion by Whispers
Erosion by Whispers is an intangible presence of words, whispers and rumours across our dense urban infrastructure suggesting that fragility is as much part of the experience of cities as the claim to endurance is built into their design.
Lost new shoes
Lost New Shoes confronts the notion of the ‘citizen’ by looking at the absence or void where a person may be
Phantoroman: Preface to a ghost story
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 shadows.
A Measure of Anacoustic Reason
A Measure of Anacoustic Reason Shown at: India Contemporary, Venice Biennale (2005) | Thermocline of Art, Zentrum fur Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe (2007) | There has been a change of plan, Nature Morte, New Delhi (2006) Installation with 1 projection, 4 screens, 4 dialogues, 4 lecterns, 4 benches with embedded speakers, lightbox A Measure of […]
The Wherehouse
The Wherehouse is a constellation of images, objects and annotational possibilities designed to posit a speculative archaeology of/for the present moment
The Network of No_Des
Network of No_des uses driftwood from web searches, messages in data bottles, re-mixed fragments of Hindi and Bengali film scenes and research notes from Sarai’s exploration of new media street culture in Delhi to present an array of associational possibilities.
Utopia is a hearing aid
Utopia is a Hearing Aid features images of the ear superscribed repeatedly with the statement “Utopia is a Hearing Aid”
A/S/L (Age/Sex/Location)
In this installation transcripts of chat sessions constitute an electronic patchwork that also includes real and simulated audio recordings of conversations between call centre workers and their clients, images of a female larynx, the text of a re-worked Upanishadic dialogue, and video recordings of a spoken English class in Delhi
TAS (Temporary Autonomous Sarai)
Commissioned by the Walker Art Center and funded by the Foundation, Temporary Autonomous Sarai is an installation and interdisciplinary collaboration between RAQS Media Collective (New Delhi) and the architectural firm Atelier Bow Wow (Tokyo
5 Pieces of Evidence
5 Pieces of Evidence reflects on missing persons, urban myths, transitoriness, maps, and global networks
n°28
Documentary images of accidents, smog, crowds, police check posts, evictions, phone booths, bus stations, cyclists and communication infrastructure are positioned in counterpoint to legal excerpts and administrative notes
N- Dl Jn. (New Delhi Junction)
A sound work about moving into, and circulating within the city of Delhi – a magnet as well as a springboard for daily migrations. Delhi is a city that wakes up to new arrivals everyday
OPUS (Open Platform for Unlimited Signification)
OPUS (Open Platform for Unlimited Signification) Software | 2022 OPUS (Open Platform for Unlimited Signification) was an online space for people, machines, and codes to play and work together – to share, create and transform images, sounds, videos and texts. Opus was an attempt to create a digital commons in culture, based on the principle of […]
Coordinates Of Everyday Life
In listing a set of latitude and longitude measurements, bracketed by two calendar years, this installation names a citycalled Delhi and a time that feels like the first two years of the twenty-first century
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