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Installation titled Structures of Memory: Modern Bengal by Indian artist Vivan Sundaram (b.1943, Simla), site-specifically installed at the 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 reference to draw parallels both conceptually and visually. Using the original space as platform, it functions as a site specific interactive and participatory work. Actor's Charade is a section of Structures of Memory: Modern Bengal which consists of several components including; clay figures from Kalighat, following characteristic gestures of famous Bengali actors in key roles with text written on their bodies, and played on an audio recording. 
 
 
 
 

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Structures of Memory | The History Project

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1998

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India

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Mix-media/Multi-media

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life size figures

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artwork documentation

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Structures of Memory: Modern Bengal (Exhibition view of Actor's Charade)