Where my childhood was unspent.
Master’s Final Exhibit
2017
The
theory of the ‘Third Space’ which is attributed to Homi K. Bhabha, talks of
hybridity as synonymous with normality, stressing on the fact that inherent
national identity is often questionable, owing to the waves of foreign rulers
and powers.
This theory has been explored by many others as well, in fields of
language, stylistic alterations in art, culture, etc.
One such strand of
thought explores the idea of the third space within the construct of what
biodiversity is today. It is accepted by quite a majority that the Anthropocene
is the epoch that we now reside in. That being said, there is an understanding
that the point where the manmade and the natural meet, can now be termed a
‘third space’. True biodiversity may no longer reside in the depths of the
ocean or in the untouched groves in the Amazon, instead what is to be protected
are these points of mutual adaptation and existence;
canalized river and its relationship with the barrier itself, for
example.
Representing the
possibilities of evolution and growth where nature begins to answer back, a
dialogue with these spaces become markers of an entirely different sort of
urgency.
This exhibit, along with (An)archive and Alternative Botanicals, acted as a presentation of research and starting points, both as visuals and as text, which explored the ideas of what a third space is, and in turn acted as the first step for future projects.
Monuments of Memory I and II
Digital prints, acrylic and mirror
Kochi, India and Venice, Italy
2015-2017



Monuments of Memory III
Digital prints and found objects
Ahmedabad, India
2017


Where
my childhood was unspent
Found objects and paper pulp
Vadodara
2015-2017





