Shanthamani M, Arnika Ahldag, Vaishnavi Kambadur
An intimate virtual walkthrough of Past Continuous, MAP’s latest digital exhibition which explores the ever-changing cityscape of Bengaluru in a series of photomontages, by the artist Shanthamani M and curators Arnika Ahldag and Vaishnavi Kambadur.
An opportunity to hear more about the curatorial process and the experience of curating a show on a city, while ironically being stuck inside their homes, this walkthrough will explore the question that really interests them – who is a local. Learn also about the artist’s process, journey and personal narratives of putting this work together.
Past Continuous looks at the geography of the city from the early 2000s, through its fissures and junctions. The exhibition examines people within demographics/spaces, machines, streets, mundane objects, murals, deep lakes and tall trees, abandoned, and asks if the artist is showing us how the city has developed over the years.
Shanthamani M’s work visualises a moment in time, of artists coming together and documenting their surroundings, the people who inhabit neighbourhoods, vanishing skill sets, nature, and the metropolis ever changing. In a way, the work also encourages artists and photographers to work locally at a time when travelling is limited and might be for a long time.
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