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| Details: | Echoing the lines of Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s poem, Ek Din Yun Khizan Aa Gai (When Autumn Came), in this solo exhibition Anila Agha addresses the violence and destruction of natural environments such as plants, trees, and entire ecosystems. In Faiz’s poem, the birds are a metaphor for the human condition and for the continual alienation of marginalized communities—their dreams disintegrating; their voices withering in their throats. Here, injustice perpetuated against the land stands in for the oppression of man. In a similar vein, the centerpiece of this exhibition is a laser-cut steel cube, Rainforest. The piece, which is its own room within a room, portrays a lush, tropical, and immersive environment. A rainforest is typically cacophonous with the sound of many animals and birds. With the immediate threat of rainforest deforestation and the loss of avian habitats, birds are in the process of being silenced.
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| Audience: | All Welcome | | Category: | Exhibit | | Submitted by: | contributed |
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