Zuleikha et Manish Chaudhari / Raqs Media Collective
Seen at Secundrabagh
© Ossements déterrés à Secundrabagh (Sikandar Bagh) Photographie sur papier albuminé (détail) réalisée en 1858 par Felice Beato, témoin de la révolte des Cipayes (1857-1858 – Indes brit ©
Seen at Secundrabagh
From and with Zuleikha and Manish Chaudhari
and Raqs Media Collective
Sound, Priya Sen
Animation, Ikroop Sandhu
Production Assistant, Shrey Prakash
Production Zuleikha Chaudhari Productions (Delhi)
Coproduction Kunstenfestivaldesarts (Bruxelles) ; Festival d’Automne à Paris
Corealisation Le CENTQUATRE – Paris ; Festival d'Automne à Paris
With the support of Prakriti Foundation
The starting point of Zuleikha Chaudhari’s new work is a war photograph taken in 1858, shortly after the East India Company mutiny – a key moment in India’s colonial past. Chaudhari combines her stage directing skills to Raqs Media Collective’s more theoretical approach. Together they explore the image in depth, revealing its artificiality.
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