“I WISH TO BE HERE”
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Exhibition
A reverence for the living, the essence of soil is a vibrant material.A celebration of the beauty found in the decay, fragility, and incompleteness of ever-changing life and nature. Even inert matter made of earth seems like a breathing body. The physicality of the artwork awakens the bodily consciousness of the viewer. Formation and erosion embody the passage of time.
The art practice of Murshed Jahangir explores the concepts of matter, existence, time, and environment. It is fundamentally an inquiry into the interrelationship between life and nature that is alive. With the help of molds of ready-made industrial objects, he produces forms and objects of soil--a philosophical dialogue of confrontation, metamorphosis, and coexistence between mechanical structures and the natural nature of the earth begins.
Sound—appears at the intersection of everyday life, labour, time, technology--as a testimony to an immersive mind-body experience. Sculptures and objects enter into conversations with one another and with space and time. A silent theatre unfolds, where material, form, texture, light, and air interact, drawing the viewer into a sensory realm.
The entire installation becomes “plateaus of impermanence,” where erosion, transformation, and traces of physical and mental labour converge. Where the object (earth), the process (sound), and the space (installation) together touch upon the complexity of existence. Soil is not merely a substance—it is a living entity; the sound of machinery is not just noise—it is the pulse of creation; and decay is not destruction—but the majesty of change. Permanence is not everything; in impermanence lies the true impetus of life.
In this search for “stillness in a restless world,” is the transience of soil a mirror to the transgressions of our own existence?”
- Kala Kendra
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