Between memory and history

"BETWEEN Memory and History" is an interactive work comprising audio segments titled "Voices of Reflection" and the films titled "Images of Images and Images in Images".

It is about reviewing artistic representations of certain events/holocausts and the dwindling, but tenacious, presence of the past in individual and collective memory. In the process of making this work, artist Navjot has engaged herself in questioning her position as a witness from distinct levels.

The exhibition has ribbons with superimposed text which are incorporated from various national and international publications. These include creative writing, historical documentation, catalogues of artists, journals, psychoanalytical studies, etc. related to the subject. The viewer is free to untie, read and take away the ribbons.

This work was installed at the Tate Modern, London, as part of "Century City Project" and is further extended at Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai (June 16 - July 2).

For further information please contact the gallery: ph: 022- 4910728/29, 4918218; E-mail: sakshigallery@vsnl.com

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