Cenotaph (A Deed of Transfer)

2007
Set of 20 lenticular prints
17.5 x 26 in./ 44.5 x 66 cm. (each)

Cenotaph (A Deed of Transfer) captures the changing skin of a contested urban space, documenting the aftermath of a demolition drive on a Mumbai street when a row of decades-old pavement dwellings was torn down. Walls at the site of the demolition carry traces of the destroyed tenements that appear like floor plans projected on to a vertical wall. The uncanny shifting planes of the work animate these remnants, returning a sense of three-dimensionality to the flattened homes.