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Drawings of a Conversation<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shown at: Project 88, Mumbai(2012)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n


A set of 4 framed black and white prints on archival paper
31\u201d x 31\u201d each (79x79cms)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2011-12, while exploring the interwoven nature of ideas, processes, and dialogues, Raqs invited self-taught computer programmer Suraj Rai to map a snapshot of their collaborative thinking. He plotted the signal traffic between the three Raqs computers as they worked together in their Delhi studio on a single afternoon. What emerged was a speculative meshwork\u2014an intricate pattern tracing the flow of conversations, data, and exchanges, capturing a moment of intellectual and creative synchrony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drawings of a Conversation<\/em> distills this invisible yet dynamic interplay into a series of prints. The networked lines reveal the structure of an ongoing dialogue\u2014an abstract yet precise rendering of thought in motion. Each print becomes a record of presence and exchange, a visual echo of the conversations shaping the collective\u2019s practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For \u2018The Great Bare Mat and Constellation<\/a>\u2019 this meshwork of lines became the basis for a drawing for a carpet (Design: Amitabh Kumar). The meshwork enveloped a house in \u2018House of Everything and Nothing<\/a>\u2019 (Outset, New Delhi, 2013), and for \u2018The Autodidact\u2019s Transport<\/a>\u2019, the lines encased a metro carriage (design Mansoor Ali). The meshwork manifested as a video for \u2018Diagram for the Last International<\/a>\u2019 (edited by Rajan Singh and Manas Jyoti Baruah).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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