Fever, Fever
Fever, Fever interrupts a tale of assassination, escape and sacrifice from the classical epic Mahabharata
Art in the age of collective intelligence & If the world is a fair place then..
Two works- Art in the Age of Collective Intelligence & If The World was a Fair Place
Luminous Will
Luminous WillSolo ExhibitionSchool of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (2015) Does history repeat itself, or simply rehearse its moves in anticipation? Can we read chronicles in terms of deferrals and déjà-vu rather than in terms of climaxes and closures? Luminous Will refers to an eponymous work by Raqs Media Collective, where the hands of […]
Plaques for Coronation Park
Circular plaques created as a part of Coronation Park (2015). They have inscribed statements adapted from George Orwell’s parable about the brittleness of Imperial authority, ‘Shooting an Elephant’ (1936)
A 200 Hour Studio in Providence
Take on Art “Studio” March 2015 Issue 17
The Namak Haram’s Philosophy, Revised & One meter of truth (knowledge)
The Namak Haram’s Philosophy, Revised Shown at: ‘Words, A user’s manual’, Gallery 320, New Delhi (2012) Treated Photographic Diptych96.6 inches x 24.4 inches Every book demands another, but not all of them get written. Every debt demands to be paid, but not all are redeemed. Then there are the debts that we owe to the all that we read, […]
Future Plans
In the world of labour, men and women, animals and devices come together and diverge in all sorts of interesting ways.
The Museum of Lost Constellations
The Museum of Lost Constellations is an attempt to recover thirteen of them into memory through a set of objects that recall the names and lore connected to each lost constellation.
The Ecliptic
The Ecliptic reimagines the passage of time through a bespoke clock that blends inscribed words, shifting light, and syncopated electrical impulses
A Day in the Life of Kiribati
A Day in the Life of Kiribati gives the time of Kiribati, the first land on Earth to switch the calendar over to 2000, and which could be the first place on this planet to disappear with rising sea levels because of global warming
Art as place: A proposition
The three curatorial projects City as studio, Art as a place and Common ground conceived between 2009- 2014 are an extension of Raqs’s engagement with the creative community that reimagine the questions around cultural infrastructures.
One Meter of Truth
One Meter of Truth (Emotion)Shown at: ‘Asamayavali/Untimely Calendar’, National Gallery Modern of Art (2014) Steel table with wooden top, printed canvas 58”x 58”, 1m steel measure During a rehearsal process for a work being made with theatre artists, Raqs began to seek a language for states of feeling, and the body, that were at a […]
It’s Possible Because It’s Possible
It’s Possible Because It’s Possible Shown at: Centro de Arte Dos de Mayos (CA2M), Madrid (2014); Museo Universitario Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico (2015); Fundacion PROA, Buenos Aires (2015) It’s Possible Because It’s Possible is the fruit of a collaboration between Museo Universitario Art Contemporaneo (MUAC), the Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo (CA2M), and the Fundacion […]
Asamayavali/Untimely Calendar
Asamayavali/Untimely CalendarSolo ExhibitionNational Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi (2014) Media rich, concept driven, formally multi-faceted, playful, urgent, replete with philosophical density – this is the kind of art that addresses all our faculties – intellectual, emotional and sensory. A visitor to this exhibition is invited to be a witness, to see himself and […]
Yaksha Yakshi
Reserve ArmyShown at: MuHKA, Antwerp (2008) | ‘The Audience and the Eavesdropper’, Phillips de Pury, London and New York (2008-09) | Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna (2009) Human-sized sand finish fibreglass sculptures, cash, and barbed wire ornaments, printed vinyl screen335 x 214 cm The sculptural installation The Reserve Army examines the intersection of a personal artistic practice […]
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