Ishara Art Foundation is pleased to present Growing Like A Tree: Static In The Air, the second iteration of Sohrab Hura’s debut curation Growing Like A Tree.
The exhibition presents Hura’s navigation in the fields of photography and contemporary art through a tuning of sonic frequencies spanning South Asia and beyond. Resembling the act of switching radio-stations, Static In The Air takes a dynamic approach to exhibition-making through a series of curatorial interventions with 15 artists and collectives from Bangladesh, Germany, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
From September 11 to September 16, the former iteration goes through a relay of transitions where newly added works sit side by side with existing works, shifting in sound volumes and scales. Together they form a cumulative current of still and moving images, traces and texts that linger and transform. According to Hura, the reference to frequencies is a reminder of how the present cannot be cut off from the past or the future.
Static In The Air emphasises a traversing of the world through listening. It gestures towards echo-locations in the field of image-making practices across geographic borders, drawing new nodes, maps and interconnections. The curation embodies these ideas as it enfolds multiple narratives, layering the visitor’s experience of time and space across contexts.
The ensemble of artists and collectives in the second iteration include Aishwarya Arumbakkam, Bunu Dhungana, Farah Mulla, Jaisingh Nageswaran, Katrin Koenning, Kushal Ray, Nida Mehboob, Prantik Basu, Rahee Punyashloka, Reetu Sattar, Sarker Protick, Sathish Kumar, The Packet, Zainab Mufti, and a citation of Raqs Media Collective along with site-specific interventions by Sohrab Hura.
The exhibition is open from Saturday to Thursday, 10 am – 7 pm. No pre-booking is required. Wearing masks is compulsory for all visitors in compliance with health and safety regulations.
Photo: Zainab, from the series The Weight of Snow on Her Chest, 2019 – ongoing
Exhibition Transformations
11 September: Transformation 1 (Clusters)
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12 September: Transformation 2 (Collapse)
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13 September: Transformation 3 (Intimacy)
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14 September: Transformation 4 (Peaks)
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15 September: Transformation 5 (Kheyal)
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16 September: Transformation 6 (Valves)
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