Journalism of Courage
What is an artist's idea of dystopia? A new exhibition explores unique versions of dystopia in the digital space. The exhibition by Terrain.art, a blockchain powered art ecosystem features works by emerging digital artists from India; As We Rise 5, Aditi Aggarwal, 2020 (Source: Aditi Aggarwal)
Titled Dreams.exe, the exhibition which is on till September 20, 2021 brings together artists grappling with a reality that seems to be in constant flux; Anisha Baid, Wild Life 03, 2017 (Source: Anisha Baid)
The works formulate visual and conceptual explorations using the digital as a means of interruption and intervention, while challenging existing hierarchies under the new global order; Discarded, But Not Quite 1-14, Annette Jacob, 2020 (Source: Annette Jacob)
Fool Meme 1, Sultana Zana, 2021 (Source: Sultana Zana)
At a time of grave uncertainty - existential, environmental, social, and political - the artists brace us with a prelude of thousand dystopias to come, mentioned the press note; Kolvicto Deco Houses series, Moksha Kumar, 2016-21 (Source: Moksha Kumar)
All works in this exhibition both digital editions and their physical counterparts, are registered NFTs or non-fungible tokens, a unique digital asset designed to represent ownership of a virtual item; Memory Mutation 04, Subhojyoti Sen Sarma, 2021 (Source: Subhojyoti Sen Sarma)
Scale as Such (Fragmented) 5, Sudhir Ambasana, 2020 (Source: Sudhir Ambasana)
Artists featured in the exhibition include Aditi Aggarwal, Aiman Verma, Anisha Baid, Annette Jacob, Joe Paul Cyriac, Moksha Kumar, Pranay Dutta, Prerit Jain, Sayak Shome, Subhojyoti Sen Sarma, Sudhir Ambasana, Sultana Zana, and Yasha Shrivastava; Strange Beings, Aiman Verma, 2020 (Source: Aiman Verma)
As per the press statement, the newly emerging NFT space in India encourages transgression of traditional boundaries in art, reflected in the ways of thinking and making considered by the artists of Dreams.exe. Aparajita Jain, director and founder of Terrain.art said, “We are excited to open up the Terrain.art platform to young, emerging artists who are taking steps into the digital world. The possibilities are exciting, and we look forward to energising the space with immersive conversations.”; Untitled 3, Yasha Shrivastava, 2021 (Source: Yasha Shrivastava)
