Music as the Medium

Interestingly,Singh’s installations don’t exist in a defined physical form,and are a play between sound,space and projected light. “My installations try to bring out the nuances of an architectural space. Depending on a particular space,I add site-specific sounds and pre-recorded music,coupled with projected light,” says the artist,who,in Silent Spinnings,used fabrics,textures and hues of Lila’s outfits to create his work. “The clothes in the boutique had a very definite pattern of colours — and I enhanced this pattern through digital projection and music,” he explains. Singh’s next show,a part of Red Earth’s annual Monsoon Festival,will be in August at Alliance Française once again. “The theme of my upcoming work has more of a regional focus as I am going to explore monsoon as an Indian phenomena,” he says.

Talking about his previous installation at Alliance Française,which was his first exhibit in Delhi,Singh says he worked with a particular stone cladding in the courtyard by making colourful digital projections on it. A black cloth screen was placed all around the courtyard,including on the roof. However,there came a sudden thunderstorm,which took the blackout cloth away. “We had a completely new and refreshing view,” says Singh,who finds immense pleasure in the fact that the end product in his installations is always determined by the unexpected elements present on site.