Thursday 13 November, 2025
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.
In Ripples in the Pond, Bharat Sikka offers a sensitive exploration of Makharda, a peripheral township near Calcutta, where different…
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