February – March 2012
Artists Proposed
Charmi Gada Shah,
Maadol Mukherjee, Soazic Guezennec, Grandmother India, Mukul Deora, Pat, Vivek
Vilasini, Ratna Gupta, Ali Akbar Mehta, Munir Kabani, Rajendra Kapse
In a city like Mumbai, there are
many times when we experience a moment of beauty, the observation of a detail
or a revelation within, but this moment of sudden clarity is immediately
vaporized by the distraction and chaos of an accelerated life. In growing
cosmopolitan environments survival and competition hypnotize the mind into
mechanized robots and it becomes increasingly exasperating to cope with an
internal emotional calling. This unnoticed compromise becomes a way of life,
leading to a vapid existence in search of the ‘soul’ of the universe.
With incessant redefinition of
technology, fashion and media, we are becoming victims of this system, which
feeds into mind space until we no longer have the inclination to pause and
absorb a moment of penetrated truth.
Our vanity, desires, our abstract
intelligence, our tendency to simulate, our habits and our passions have been
evolving relentlessly, and it is the engagement in art where we undo the
external influences and decipher the language of this clarity.
Without a warning, this moment
appears with an element of contemplative surprise, which feels like slow motion
in fast paced environs, and passes by so quickly before it could be shared with
a witness.
“Did Anyone Notice.?” And before you turn back, it’s gone.
To stop and think. To absorb.
To notice.
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