{"id":5807,"date":"2015-12-05T07:27:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-05T07:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/works.raqsmediacollective.net\/?p=5807"},"modified":"2025-08-06T10:12:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T10:12:26","slug":"coronation-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/works.raqsmediacollective.net\/index.php\/2015\/12\/05\/coronation-park\/5807","title":{"rendered":"Coronation Park\u00a0\ufffc"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"899\" src=\"https:\/\/works.raqsmediacollective.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/de2d1701-dd49-480f-8112-f61466454aef.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11322\" style=\"width:861px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:21px\"><strong>Coronation Park<\/strong> <strong>(2015)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:21px\"><em><strong>Giardini, &#8216;All the World\u2019s Futures\u2019, Venice Biennale (2015);  \u2018Twilight Language\u2019, The Whitworth, University of Manchester (2017); &#8216;Everything Else is Ordinary&#8217;, K21, Museum for 21st Century Art, Dusseldorf (2018)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><em>Eight sculptures (resin), nine plinths (wood and bitumen) and nine plaques (faux black marble)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><em>The King without a Face, 4\u20194\u201d x 4\u20193\u201d x 12\u20198\u201d; The Viceroy\u2019s Better Half, 3\u20194\u201d x 2\u20195\u201d x 7\u20196\u201d; Truncated Mid-Section, 3\u20193\u201d x 3\u201910\u201d x 7\u201911\u201d; Empty Robe, 3\u20197\u201d x 3\u20191\u201d x 10\u2019; The Grip, 3\u2019 6\u2019&nbsp; x 2\u20199\u201d&nbsp; x 7\u201911\u201d; The Bending Man, 3\u20191\u201d x 3\u20194\u201d x 7\u20196\u201d; Boots, 1\u20196\u201d x 11\u201d x 1\u20199\u201d; Sword, 6\u201d x 3\u20198\u201d; The Empty Plinth<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:23px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:17px\"><em>Coronation Park<\/em> offer nine meditations on power&#8217;s deepest anxiety: the inevitability of abdication, which always shadows its claim to permanence.<br><br>These formations, presented as defaced, truncated and interrupted sculptures &#8211; are reminiscent of, or abstracted from, erstwhile Imperial statuary.<br><br>In this case, they also reference an actual site of some dereliction and neglect called Coronation Park, located at the outskirts of Delhi, where the Imperial Durban of 1911 was held to pay homage to the British Monarch and his consort when they visited the citadel of their Indian Empire. Today this site is the last refuge of abandoned and dethroned statues of monarchs and viceroys that once graced places of prominence in India\u2019s capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:17px\">In <em>Coronation Park<\/em>, Raqs makes nine quasi-doppelg\u00e4ngers of these Imperial residues stand on, beside, and in one instance, go AWOL from, their plinths.<br><br>Sometimes the sculpture offered up for consideration is just a pair of high boots that end in legs that fade away into mid air, or the hint of a fist clasping the hilt of a sword, an empty cape minus its body, or a frozen, faceless apparition. As synecdochic fragments, or parodies, of ceremonial regalia, these residues of authoritative stances and accoutrements of dematerialized power commemorate neither victory nor endurance &#8211; but stand as patient witnesses to hubris.<br><br>The plinths themselves are emblazoned with circular plaques on which are inscribed statements adapted from George Orwell&#8217;s parable about the brittleness of Imperial authority,&nbsp;\u2018Shooting an Elephant\u2019&nbsp;(1936).&nbsp; One of the plaques says : \u201cIt was at this moment, as he stood there with the weapon in his hands,&nbsp;that he first grasped<br>the hollowness, the futility.\u201d<br><br><em>Coronation Park<\/em> was first seen interrupting the boulevard in the Giardini in the 56th Venice Biennale (\u2018All The World\u2019s Futures\u2019) in 2015 , tricking some visitors into believing that the sculptures had always been there. That is one of the things that power tries to do &#8211; pretend &#8211; to its own eternity. Since then, wherever it goes or finds itself installed, Coronation Park remain an opportunity to reflect on this delusion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:17px\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons has-custom-font-size is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\" style=\"font-size:15px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-fill\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/works.raqsmediacollective.net\/index.php\/2017\/07\/23\/plaques-for-coronation-park\/11549\/\" style=\"border-radius:26px\">Plaques for Coronation Park<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:17px\">***<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:17px\"><strong>The King Without a Face<\/strong><br>Begin, provisionally, at the last square. Like a chess game in reverse. The dark pawn is<br>about to be crowned, and the pale king is<br>in check.<br>The Face of the sovereign gets rubbed off the coin with use. That can also be history.<br>Skip a turn and stand still, for now and for ever<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:17px\"><strong>The Viceroy&#8217;s Better Half<\/strong><br>Sometimes, just standing is the best move.<br>Especially if it is a last stand.<br>Solitude will have at least a leg, maybe two,<br>to stand on Fine legs too<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:17px\"><strong>Truncated Mid-Section<\/strong><br>At a certain indeterminate but proximate <br>stage of game. it becomes difficult to <br>digest the rules. The players get forgetful. <br>Histories infect each other like stomach bugs. <br>In Delhi, we call it Delhi belly. <br>Memory, said St Augustine, is the stomach <br>of mind. Then history must be the <br>stomach of power. What happens if<br> that distended belly gets an ulcer? Sometimes, <br>the surgeon&#8217;s knife excises the stomach to get rid of the canker.<br>Left with empty treasure chest, a story <br>gone bust, you can either draw from the bank, <br>or ask for a loan from another player.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:17px\"><strong>Empty Robe<\/strong><br>The other players change the game. No more <br>monopoly. <br>Now we play strip poker. Time shows its cards, <br>and someone has to pay.<br>Except that in this game, nakedness is best <br>seen as emptiness. It&#8217;s the opposite of the well-<br>known children&#8217;s story. <br>The tailor&#8217;s stitched so well that they took out <br>the tailor&#8217;s dummy and let the robes flutter all <br>by themselves. And then there was a gust of <br>strong wind. <br>The emperor had only his clothes. There was <br>nothing to the rest of him. <br>That was all.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:17px\"><strong>The Grip<\/strong><br>In the matter of letting go. which is the very <br>opposite of getting a grip, one has to obey every <br>relevant thermodynamic principle. In the end, <br>every substance, even constituted power, dis-<br>olves into wild energy. <br>Learning to be a good loser is as difficult as <br>learning how to win. Abdication is as tough <br>a games as Coronation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:17px\"><strong>Boots<\/strong><br>Try and play the adversary&#8217;s hand Step out of <br>your boots and into his shoes. <br>Sometimes the fit is remarkable. You can play <br>against yourself just as easily you would for<br>yourself. <br>The highest goal of the self is usually a self-goal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:17px\"><strong>The Bending Man<\/strong><br>Defeat comes hard-coded in the victor&#8217;s stance.<br>The winner bends to receive the medal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:17px\"><strong>The Empty Plinth <\/strong><br>Back to square one. No winners, nothing to lose<br>Nothing but the future remains of the past. AN<br>empty garden, a vacant game, awaiting play.<br>Your turn..<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:14px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:21px\"><strong>Coronation Park<\/strong> <strong>(2015)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:21px\"><em><strong>Giardini, &#8216;All the World\u2019s Futures\u2019, Venice Biennale (2015)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:17px\">Raqs interrupted the Giardini within <em>Coronation Park<\/em>, an assemblage of plinths, sculptures and plaques that invoked the aesthetic of public garden sculptures. The sculptures are fragments of ceremonial regalia, residues of authoritative stances, and the accoutrements of dematerialized power \u2014and they commemorate neither victory nor defeat. They offer nine meditations on hubris.<br>&nbsp;<br><em>Coronation Park<\/em> echoes and amplifies<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>the accidental epiphany that Raqs<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>experienced a long time ago about the<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>nature of power at the eponymous derelict quasi-ceremonial space where relics of the British Raj are kept for the consideration of an absent public at the outskirts of Delhi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignwide has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/works.raqsmediacollective.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Coronation-Park-Raqs-Project-88-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"852\" data-id=\"5809\" src=\"https:\/\/works.raqsmediacollective.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Coronation-Park-Raqs-Project-88-1280x852.jpg\" alt=\"\" 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https:\/\/works.raqsmediacollective.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/DSC6237-48x32.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:19px\"><strong>Coronation Park (2017)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:21px\"><em> <strong>\u2018Twilight Language\u2019, <em>Solo Exhibition<\/em> at The Whitworth, University of Manchester (2017)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><em>(4 sculptures displayed)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:17px\"><em>Twilight Language<\/em>&nbsp;signals a lighthouse semaphore for all that is lost and found between errant longitudes, infected histories and contagious futures. This is the time when everything changes; memorials defect, communards bake biscuits, moths mutate, divers rise, clocks speak in tongues. Animals, machines, and humans recover grounds of equality and conversation. 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