raqs media collective. coordinates of everyday life in delhi, 2001-02. 28.8n 77.15e:: 2001/02. bruxelles, 2003.
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englisch, flämisch, französisch. gefaltet 30 x 22 cm/ ca. din a0. mehrfach gefalteter poster-katalog. raqs media collective: monica narula, jeebesh bagchi and shuddhabrata sengupta. installation on the co-ordinates of everyday life in delhi, at the roomade office for contemporary art, brussels (2003) with video screens, sound, print, and stickers (3 videos, 1 floor vinyl, 10,000 stickers for city walls) 'in listing a set of latitude and longitude measurements, bracketed by two calendar years, this installation names a citycalled delhi and a time that feels like the first two years of the twenty-first century. in doing so, the syntax of space-time coordinates also connects the city as a locationto the abstractions of other spaces and times.these co-ordinates become a frame within which the work witnesses the experience of living in delhi in terms of the constant conflict over control of space and over the different meanings that accrue to space. the installation presents each unit of space—public or residential—as being open to a variety of conflicting claims made by inhabitants, transients, users, owners, and planners.' (raqs media collective). exh.: 21.3.-5.5.2003. gut bis sehr gut erhalten.