Structures of Memory: Modern Bengal — Hand-Push Inspection Trolley for the Track, Mounted with Miniature Steel Boat
Installation titled Structures of Memory: Modern Bengal by Indian artist Vivan Sundaram (b.1943, Simla), site-specifically installed at Victoria Memorial Hall, Calcutta, India, in 1998.
Hosted in the colonial monument located in the center of Calcutta, the multimedia installation includes several elements brought together in a single standing historical structure. The installation uses historical textual and visual references to draw parallels both conceptually and visually. Using the original space as a platform, it functions as a site-specific interactive and participatory work.
Hand-Push Inspection Trolley for the Track, Mounted with Miniature Steel Boat is a section of Structures of Memory: Modern Bengal.
Other credits:
Boat design by V. George
Exhibition history: ‘Structures of Memory: Modern Bengal,’ site-specific installation at Victoria Memorial Hall, Calcutta, 1998.
Structures of Memory | The History Project
Online
1998
India
Site-specific installation
Trolley: 152.4cm x 91.44cm x 30.48cm, boat: 152.4cm x 76.2cm x 60.96cm
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