Nanna(Mine)

2022

Various Objects

Photographs and Text

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What are the stories and memories held by a single object, a keep-sake, and do these stories change if they are told at home or viewed in a museum? What does it mean for them to occupy space in public?

 

For the women of Lingarajapuram, these objects are more than transient items. They carry living memories of a person and capture the time spent with them. A toothbrush, a vase, a lamp or a doll —all carefully tucked away, to be taken out occasionally in a moment of remembrance. 

 

The objects allow us a glimpse into the lives of the women at Namma Katte and extend their sharing process, beyond the space.