Multiplay 02: Soft Systems

The idea of hosting conversations through play has been central to Thukral and Tagra’s thinking and practice in the past few decades. They often ask themselves on how to map art’s shifting relationship between the idea, the space, and the viewer. What spatial conditions can dismantle the existing norms of making and viewing an exhibition? Multiplay explores these questions with artists who have generously agreed to step out of their comfort zones to imagine a fresh set of situations. They invite us to model clay portraits in the dark, listen to the sounds of trees and birds, do book massages, and rest for resistance.

Image Credits: Ala Younis, Friendship Garden: Playgrounds, Courtesy of Serendipity Arts

Artists: 
Chunky Move 
Jayasimha Chandrashekar 
Alke Reeh
Bwanga Kapumpa 
Teja Gavankar 

Chunky Move’s exhibit is supported by Asia TOPA, Arts Centre Melbourne, Asia TOPA, Arts Centre Melbourne,  the Centre for Australia-India Relations — Maitri Grant Program — an Australian Government initiative.