Installation titled Structures of Memory: Modern Bengal by Indian artist Vivan Sundaram (b.1943, Simla), site-specifically installed at Victoria Memorial Hall, Calcutta, India, in 1998.
Hosted in the colonial monument located in the center of Calcutta, the multimedia installation includes several elements brought together in a single standing historical structure. The installation uses historical textual and visual references to draw parallels both conceptually and visually. Using the original space as a platform, it functions as a site-specific interactive and participatory work.
Print from the Sky is a section of Structures of Memory: Modern Bengal which consists of a 19th century cast iron printing press from the collection of the Victoria Memorial holding down a 70 ft. plastic scroll of photocopied and laminated magazine covers.
Exhibition history: ‘Structures of Memory: Modern Bengal,’ site-specific installation at Victoria Memorial Hall, Calcutta, 1998.
Hosted in the colonial monument located in the center of Calcutta, the multimedia installation includes several elements brought together in a single standing historical structure. The installation uses historical textual and visual references to draw parallels both conceptually and visually. Using the original space as a platform, it functions as a site-specific interactive and participatory work.
Print from the Sky is a section of Structures of Memory: Modern Bengal which consists of a 19th century cast iron printing press from the collection of the Victoria Memorial holding down a 70 ft. plastic scroll of photocopied and laminated magazine covers.
Exhibition history: ‘Structures of Memory: Modern Bengal,’ site-specific installation at Victoria Memorial Hall, Calcutta, 1998.
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Structures of Memory | The History Project
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1998
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India
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Site-specific installation
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Plastic scroll: 2133.6cm, printing press: 91.44cm x 60.96cm x 91.44cm
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