It Matters Art Exhibition

  • Event: Closing Opening: Group exhibition, all in blue.

  • Special Note: This is the last opening in this space. Attendees are encouraged to wear blue clothes to be in the theme.

  • Opening Event: Thursday, January 22.

  • Opening Time: 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm.

  • Exhibition Dates: January 22nd to January 30th.

  • Gallery Hours: Open every day except Tuesday and Sunday, 9:00 am – 5:30 pm.

  • Instagram: @auroville.curated.

ABOUT TIME: A Travelogue in 24 Time-pieces

By Kiran Kumār

  • Date: 31 January 2026.

  • Time: 7:00 PM.

  • Venue: CRIPA Auroville.

  • Description: A travelogue unfolding through anecdotes, analyses, rememberings, rumours, documents, and dreams.

  • Context:

    • The work explores bodies of dancers across the Kaveri delta in peninsular India and Central Java in Indonesia.

    • Composed as 24 “time-pieces” in confidence for W.G. Sebald (1944-2001), revisiting themes of memories, histories, biographies, fictions, and photographs.

    • This is one installment in the long-term research project ‘Epistolary Ancestries’, a corpus of ten open letters addressed to adopted ancestors.

  • Support: Supported by CRIPA Performing Arts.