Hauntological Proposition February 20, 2009

Tasveer presents an exhibition of photographs by Shahid 2. Datawala. In Shadowboxing,’ Shahid Datawala finds himself delving into the pith of Mumbai’s schizophrenic architectural agglomerations. In this suite, he binds the unrehearsed melancholy of modern ruins with the girth of the much-accessorized, nouveau riche building projects. With this juxtaposition he decidedly sidesteps the clutches of impecunious nostalgia and barrels straight into the terrain of Hauntology. Datawala treats the Hantom-like presence of these recent ruins or architectural debris as a Hauntological proposition that is steadying its jab in the Sweltery wings and waiting to be recalled. (Sundays Closed).