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New Colaba exhibition traces the connection between humans and Earthly elements
Updated On: 31 March, 2024 08:07 AM IST | Mumbai | Gautam S Mengle
An America-born artist explores relationships between human beings and the elements, through her latest exhibition in the city she grew up in
The two boulders with holes cored out are Neha Choksi’s way of exploring the concept of “violence” by humans against the elements
I love going to beaches,” artist Neha Choksi tells us. “I’ve spent hours sitting at the beach and often seen children digging into the sand. It led me to wonder why they do that.” Little did she know that she would one day connect her idle ruminations with the concept of excavation—quite literally the practice of digging into the ground—through art.
Porous Earth is the 50-year-old artist’s latest exhibition that was unveiled at Project 88 in Colaba on Thursday. It has five pieces, including a music score that lays down a set of instructions for the viewer on how to embrace the experience. “I have deliberately not issued a press release or revealed much about it. I want people to engage, to imagine, to walk through the work. Apart from the first one, also titled Porous Earth, the exhibition comprises pieces named Holdings, Held, Untimely and Are Violences Ancient?” she tells us.
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