Mumbai-based artists group CAMP brings pair of large-scale works to Melbourne

Melbourne’s RMIT Culture's Design Hub Gallery is showcasing two monumental works “Bombay Tilts Down, 2022 and A Photogenetic Line, 2019”, by Mumbai-based artist studio CAMP in an exhibition curated by Dr Shweta Kishore, RMIT University.

Artist Ashok Sukumaran with his work - A Photographic Line, 2019 at Design Hub Gallery, Melbourne Source: SBS / Anita Barar

Speaking with SBS Hindi, CAMP’s founder artists Ms Shaina Anand and Mr Ashok Sukumaran shared their creative process.

Spread over 6 screens, Bombay Tilts Down, 2022 (13 min. 14 sec) is a looped, experimental film with two alternating soundtracks. It was filmed with unusual equipment and angles of a CCTV camera from a single point on a 36-floor building in central Mumbai while being watched by people in the city below.

Installation view, Bombay Tilts Down, 2022. CAMP, To See is to Change, Design Hub Gallery, Melbourne, 2024. Photo by Christian Capurro. Source: Supplied / RMIT Culture / Christian Capurro.

“It's footage from one CCTV camera installed on a roof. Filmed during the pandemic, it explored the vertical landscape of the place over months. You see old wealth and new. You experience the changing history of the place”, explained Ms Anand.

CAMP studio Mumbai Artist Ms Shaina Anand Source: SBS / Anita Barar

Photogenetic Line (2017), a 100-foot-cutout photographic montage assembles photographs from the archive of an Indian national newspaper called The Hindu with their original captions.

Mr. Sukumaran describes the creation as "where one photograph calls the next" in a sequence based on a series of rules, featuring small and big historical events.

Installation view, Photographic Line, 2019. CAMP, To See is to Change, Design Hub Gallery, Melbourne, 2024 Source: Supplied / RMIT Culture/ Christian Capurro

Explaining the concept behind the art work, Mr Sukumaran said, “Each image has a story to tell. Archival images help revisit history with a new perspective. It is always interesting to find meaning in those which perhaps were hidden earlier or lesser known.”

Outlining the aims of the exhibition, Dr Shweta Kishore said, "We want to create a cultural dialogue between innovative Indian artists like CAMP and Australian audiences."

CAMP Studio Mumbai's installations are on display at the RMIT Culture's Design Hub Gallery, Melbourne until 27 April 2024.

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