Credits: Shadman Shahid
Gazing: An act of defiance
Fr 14 Nov 2025 17:30 – 18:00 - Conservatoire Hall KC (4th floor Amare)
The colonial era of the British Raj in Bengal coincided with the emergence and proliferation of photography. During this time, the British used the camera as a tool for conquest and colonisation, creating biased images masquerading as factual photographs. These images were used to construct self-serving grand narratives that continue to exist within public and private archives, perpetuating post-colonial hegemony. This research evaluates the potential of gazing facilitated by photographic fiction as a method to defy the publicly recognised authority of colonial archives. The artistic work re-examines, re-contextualises, and re-sits the existing archival photographs and collects and visualises sublated perspectives.
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