Overview

Curated by: Puja Vaish

‘Ancestors’ presents an immersive experience staged as a make-believe crypt of a post-human future. Rahal references folklore, science fiction, literature, urban legends, mythologies, and video games to portray a futuristic ethnographic display of objects. The Museum becomes a site for building stories that describe the world, its inhabitants, and its belief systems, through a consideration of the ecological, human, and digital imprints that are left behind.

This exhibition is presented on the occasion of the CSMVS Museum’s centenary.

Rahal was the recipient of the first Sher-Gil Sundaram Arts Foundation (SSAF) Installation Art Grant in 2019. This project was made possible by the support of the SSAF.

“Ancestors”,  Jehangir Nicholson Art Foundation, CSMVS, Mumbai. https://jnaf.org/exhibition/ancestors-sahej-rahal/