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Dialogues of Being : Prophecies, Rituals, and Memories of Everyday life

Curated By Satyajit Dave

Dialogues of Being: Prophecies, Rituals and Memories of Everyday Life. The exhibition explores the ontologies of the quotidian. Western traditions of inquiry have an extensive deep dive into Everyday Life and its relation(s) to the idea of space -from ephemeral to physical to mental to social. Here the theorisation of the Everyday 'mundane' objects, events, and rituals become an important nodality for continental theorists. However, a re-contextualisation of the everyday (quotidian) in a non-occidental ontological framework, allows to open the conversation of rituals towards a new social dimension. The practices in the exhibition showcase a strong relational, iterative, and cyclical process of action-reflection. Through the ideas of ambiguity, alienation, of sacred and profane, projects of attention, and the loss of rituals, they build a conceptual tension while generating a discourse through articulating ideas in social spaces. Aspects of ritual, reflection in action, imaging the self and surrounding through the act of making or act of doing becomes a crucial dimension to understanding what is now being explored in the Quotidian Tasks. Through the act of framing, in-situ, various traditions of creative expressions, the exhibition proposes a framework for understanding the everyday via a more relational, notional, and ephemeral idea space building further upon and eventually moving beyond Lefebvre's notion of spatialization of social relations. The idea of space, far from being confined to physical dimensions, permeates all aspects of our Quotidien existence. From the physical environments we inhabit to the personal, psychological, emotional, and social realms we navigate, space shapes our experiences and interactions on a fundamental level. The exhibition through the works explores the multifaceted nature of space allowing us to cultivate environments that promote well-being, nurture meaningful relationships, and foster a sense of belonging in our everyday lives. By acknowledging and exploring the idea of space, the works provide for valuable insights into our own existence and the profound influence it has on our overall human experience. These exhibiting practices crave an independent niche within the larger epistemic concerns of their time. Their sense of being is drawn from an innate explorative concern, wherein the work becomes a means to achieve an explorative impulse and not a means to an end. The show brings forward upcoming & lesser-known practices, placing them alongside established names having similar tone and direction. These practices reflect a votive respect for the process and its relationship to spatial conceptions. This relationship is reflected either visually, or the manner of working, or the literal act of making. The attempt here is to build and foster practices that realise myriad forms of material, conceptual, and technical sensibilities. It's rare to see a show today that has these numbers of painting and drawing practices being exhibited. The epistemological concerns of drawing and painting have been fundamental to human evolution. This show is a humble attempt to celebrate this concern. Furthermore, the exhibition stands as a testament to Gallerie Splash's commitment to working closely with practices from modern, contemporary, and Indian living traditions. - Satyajit DaveShow less

On view: 23 - 29 June 2023, LTC, Bikaner House, Pandara Road, India Gate, New Delhi

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Dialogues of being: Prophecies, rituals and memories of everyday life, curated by Satyajit Dave, Bikaner House, Delhi

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