Le Feuilletage #14 | Ripples in the Pond with Bharat Sikka

https://youtu.be/u5JhVKT4Kww?si=FIwY-PWks5tSTq00

In Ripples in the Pond, Bharat Sikka offers a sensitive exploration of Makharda, a peripheral township near Calcutta, where different temporalities and social worlds intertwine.

Through a photographic approach rooted in time and observation, the artist highlights the connections between memory, modernity, and the slow transformation of the landscape.

The project is grounded in a personal return — both physical and emotional — inspired by the 1980s Indian television series Malgudi Days, which portrayed the quiet life of a small town. This reference is not merely nostalgic; it provides an aesthetic framework for exploring the semi-rural imagination of the place.

The ponds, recurring throughout the work, play both a concrete and symbolic role: as real bodies of water and metaphorical surfaces, they reflect the tensions between past and present, dream and reality, rural life and emerging urbanity.

Talk in English followed by a book signing.
Paid entry. Tickets available online.

Le Feuilletage is an event format created by the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson dedicated to the photobook.
It invites a photographer to revisit the genesis of one of their works — from image selection to sequencing and book design.

With the support of SAIF.