Anirudh Singh Shaktawat

He/Him

Situated in the Aravalli ranges of south Rajasthan, my place centric practice responds to the daily experiences of changing water levels, excessive humidity, and disintegrating hills of the Anthropocene. Embedded in research on devotional practices and conceptions of nature, my works produce affective states which entangle materiality in processes of exchange with the environment.

My sculptures are made with building materials that engage in mediation of heat, moisture, and light. Their compositions refer to liminal spaces like thresholds, courtyards, ghats (riverbanks), and dams which enable interaction with these elements. Effectively, the works bounce between the bodily, domestic, infrastructural, and environmental scales. Currently, my practice explores the metaphorical, material, and sensorial properties of water which generate muddled sensations and conceptual states that diffuse the edge between the body and its environs. Stains, spills, and seepages break the physical and imagined boundaries between the interior and exterior; as water seeps into walls and moisture permeates skin, the porous concrete becomes the epidermis and walls become the surrounding hills.