From Vishwajyoti Ghosh’s project titled ‘Bengali Spring’ From Vishwajyoti Ghosh’s project titled ‘Bengali Spring’In 2014, Delhi-based artist Vishwajyoti Ghosh embarked on a project under India Foundation for the Arts’ (IFA) Archival and Museum Fellowship. However, when he began to sift through the material, Ghosh came across something that was way more interesting — the works of Nripendra Kr Basu. A Bengali intellectual, Basu wrote books on eroticism, sexuality and relationships, with an educational slant and a sense of scientific authority. Ghosh terms this transition from the original idea to the final work as: ‘From moral science to science of love to moral science of love’. Using this material, Mukherjee has also designed a board game and a connected interactive map that traverses the city’s changing landscape over the last few centuries.

Source: Indian Express May 24, 2017 19:30 UTC