Time & Location
16 Jan 2026, 10:00 am – 25 Jan 2026, 10:00 pm
Bengaluru, 262, Kamaraj Rd, Shivaji Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560042, India
About the event
An Inquiry on the Ornament is a site-specific sculptural installation that contemplates contextual narratives that contemporary architectural ornaments can embody. Rooted in archives of ornamentation on facades of buildings as evidence of migration, invasions, revolutions, reverence, power, and their existence today as monuments or ruins, Singh’s project considers whether the personal can decolonise the reliance on appropriative or aspirational narratives in design.
While examining global sites of governance and/or ports with colonial pasts, the first response in this project is an engagement with Sabha BLR’s facade through conversations with people who work and live at or near it, in relation to its distinct history. Sabha is housed in a 160-year-old heritage building that once served as a school, but was abandoned over the past decade. Located on Kamaraj Road, the site was restored in 2020, and is surrounded by neighbourhoods that people have migrated to from various adjoining states since…