INSTALLATION
Islands in Flux
Pankaj Sekhsaria
Curated by Jaya Ramchandani
Venue: CENTRAL LIBRARY, PATTO
Time: 10:30 – 20:00
When you live on an island, awe, fear and humility at the beauty and impermanence of nature are everyday emotions.
In his photography exhibit, Pankaj Sekhsaria, a researcher-writer, activist, and photographer, brought out the fragility of the Andaman and Nicobar islands’ unique landscape. The photographs showed the islands and the sea surrounding them in a constant state of flux, caused by tectonic movements, which although not frequent, affect the islands on a large scale.
The fine silk prints moving gently in the breeze, heightened the sense of delicate fluidity and change that is at the heart of island ecosystems. Their size also gave viewers a sense of the dimensions and scale of an earthquake and a tsunami and their impact on human infrastructure and wildlife.
Pankaj Sekhsaria
Pankaj Sekhsaria is a researcher, activist, writer, photographer and an academician. He has worked for nearly 20 years with the environmental group, Kalpavriksh, mainly on matters related to the Andaman & Nicobar Islands, where he is also the editor of a newsletter on wildlife. He has written extensively on issues pertaining to wildlife and tribal rights (particularly in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands) for the Indian press. His debut novel, ‘The Last Wave’ set in the Andaman Islands, was published in 2014. In 2016, he put together his first photo-exhibition on the islands. The exhibition is a consolidation of 20 years of pictures taken there, and in a sense, runs parallel to his novel. His doctoral thesis is a sociological study of research and innovation inside nano-science and nanotechnology labs in India. He currently serves the role of senior project scientist at the DST Centre for Policy Research at the Department of Humanities and Social Science, IIT-Delhi.
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