[-empyre-] Laying the foundation for The Dawn of Aquarius: Art, Intuition and Technology

[arshiya lokhandwala]

If there has been any take away from 2020 it is that things can't continue
in the way they had been, and we as humans need to wage wars on race,
global warming, women’s issues amongst the plethora of other things that need
to change. Much has been spoken about living the new normal, but what
exactly is that ? As suggested by you Tim, the Age of Aquarius aspires to
serve as a beacon of hope, amongst the artist’s particularly the older ones
who have experienced the flower/ power period, but it bought its share of
unresolved dilemmas for them as well.


In the exhibition, several artists such as Alke Reeh’s carefully
embroider delicate
motifs on a plastic bag, demanding the obsolesce of materials such as
plastic amongst others that are ecologically devastating for the
environment, on a similar vein as architect Asim Waqif work measures the
urban footprint of the city of Delhi. Several of the works including Shelly
Bahl, Palden Weinreb, Darshana Vora, Jaret Vadra seek spiritual solace or
new definitions to create a meaningful world.  Paraphrasing Tim’s
suggestion and tweaking it a bit the eternal optimist in me suggests: how
might we consider imagining the certainty of the future we would want to
live in? And what might that look like ...
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