Immersive Experience
Client project for Method Kala Ghoda
Softwares used:
TouchDesigner
Even though I primarily work in the digital medium, I appreciate and love all types of art and enjoy visiting local galleries and museums to get inspired by my fellow artists. On one such visit to Method Kala Ghoda, a contemporary art gallery, I struck up a conversation with Sahil Arora, the founder and curator of the gallery and expressed my appreciation for the work they were doing and my desire to collaborate on any future projects. This brought about the following two collaborations with incredible artists, Rohan Joglekar in November 2022 and Ashna Malik in May 2023.
I was tasked with creating an immersive projected experience spanning three walls on the mezzanine level of the gallery using four commercial projectors. The artists would be providng the wide screen video and any accompanying audio that would play seamlessly across the walls of the gallery.
Tripper Troopers - Rohan Joglekar
The installation features the Tripper Troopers, a series of surreal characters created by Goa based artist Rohan Joglekar (@rohanjog) and are part of his larger “Happy In The Hippocampus” collection of works.
The “Happy In The Hippocampus” collection is a surreal universe created by Rohan that features landscapes, emotions and characters. The characters in this representation of the artist’s dream states are titled “Tripper Troopers”. Juxtaposed by vivid and evocative backgrounds, the tripper troopers are imaginary characters that are in a state of self reflection. A state in which they apologetically question their decisions that result in pleasure, gratification and self actualisation while questioning their role in the larger universe of reality.
The Tripper Troopers represent an investigation into the disconnected dynamic of dreams and reality.
Lines of Inquiry - Ashna Malik
We are more than physical bodies living this life, yet the veiling power of our limited perceptions leads us to believe only in that which is understood through the most commonly agreed upon senses. We rely on sight, sound, smell, feel, and tough to interpret the world, and as a result, we limit our ability to discern truth. We end up with a distorted, surface glimpse of something far greater than we can possibly interpret using the physical.
Through paintings, interactive projections, and laser cut wall sculptures, Ashna’s (@ashnamalik) work nudges the viewer to question the nature of their own reality. What do they see and how do they understand it? In the patterned layers, Ashna pushes us past the surface view of life and into the depths of malleable, cosmic unknowns. During this journey, she urges the viewer to stop taking “truths” for granted and to start seeing the infinite possibilities. By probing beyond appearances we see the unifying, infinite power within us and connecting everything around us.
