10. Between Dog and Wolf

The title of the show is derived from a lecture delivered by Trinh T Minh-Ha, where she explores ideas around the transformative potential of an artwork and in our ways of seeing and experiencing them. She talks of “the hostility of the market” in wanting to know intentions and preconceived notions, but it is in the impasses, the blind procedures, the happy accidents, the time wasted, the unhappy discoveries, the useless moves, and of always knowing what was intended even if it doesn’t manifest, that a potential lies.

The show tries to articulate these ideas as a hyphenated imaginary—an imaginary that like the saying entre chien et loup (between dog and wolf) is located in not knowing the exact nature of what one sees or experiences. Here, the hyphens are located within the conditions of a home—not one that alludes to the nostalgia or the emotion of a ‘Home Sweet Home’ but instead of the tedium of isolation, of it being cannibalistic, of its sentience, of the uncanny.

The show was curated by Meenakshi Thirukode in collaboration with INSTITUTING OTHERWISE and India Art Fair.






Link to Trinh T Minh-Ha lecture: Between Dog And Wolf | Free ...https://soundcloud.com/oneperson/between-dog-and-wolf-trinh-t