SHRINE EMPIRE
presents
Hostile Witness by Baaraan Ijlal
Baaraan Ijlal
The series, Hostile Witness (2014-present) is about silenced narratives. It explores the lasting phenomenon of mute spectatorship and its normalization at the expense of extreme violence.
Informed by a list of historic, fragile architectural structures that are not officially listed as monuments, and often have active communities living in and around them and lived histories, the artist began her own research. Repeated visits to the site involve conversations with those she encounters around/at the building to unearth the living memory and stories from the space. These stories are meticulously inscribed, layer by layer in a narrative form on to digital prints of their facades.
As in all her other works, narrated testimonies of living individuals entirely inform her process. The artist and the audience become witnesses to these accounts
Zoom talks | 16th April
Conversation between the artist and architect Martand Khosla with Principal Designer, Iram Sultan Design Studios - Iram Sultan
Artist Shruti Mahajan and Architect Ravindra Gundu Rao with writer, curator - Mayank Mansingh Kaul
Zoom talks | 21st April
Conversation between the artist Parul Gupta and architect Madhav Raman with Founding Partner, Red Architects - Rajiv Parekh
Artist Ayesha Singh and Architect Abhimanyu Dalal with Founding Partner, Red Architects - Rajiv Parekh
Thank you to our strategic partner FCDI & Media partner Elle Décor.

