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 Imposter in the Waiting Room
The Imposter in the Waiting RoomShown at: Bose Pacia Gallery, New York (2004) | National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) (2014) Installation with video, photography, performance, text, sound and print The Impostor in the Waiting Room is a consideration on what happens when modernity encounters its shadow. As a group of practitioners who navigate routes […]
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.
The Wherehouse Project
Lecture Performance with And Company & Co. Das TAT, Frankfurt (2004)
Sarai Reader 04: Crisis/ Media
The Sarai Reader 04 takes on open questions to map new territories of thought about media practice. It brings in the question of responsive ways of going media that are not captive to “events and issues” but that actually expands communicative potential in society. The book argues for reclaiming critique, an autonomy of decision against […]
Dreams and Disguises, As Usual.
Text by Raqs, Published in ‘Impostor in the Waiting Room’, the publication accompanying the eponymous exhibition, Bose Pacia Gallery, New York, 2004
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
Sarai Reader 03: Shaping Technologies
In Sarai Reader 03: Shaping Technologies, technology takes the centre-stage as a multi-faceted constellation of ideas, images, reflections, debates, histories and provocations. The book reframes “technology” not as a distant expert domain but as a lived, contested field. It charts the series’ trajectory from its encounter with free‑software publics to urban infrastructures to ask how […]
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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