Listening Air – Shilpa Gupta presents an immersive constellation of sound, objects, and drawings that reflect on mobility, risk, and resilience. The exhibition invites viewers to contemplate the unseen rhythms and quiet resonances that shape our inner worlds – an ode to the persistence of hope, memory, and renewal that hum beneath the surface of daily life.

At the centre of the exhibition is Listening Air, a kinetic sound installation in which microphones-turned-speakers orbit through a darkened room, carrying voices of solidarity that have migrated across landscapes and generations. Accompanying this work is Sound on My Skin, a 35-minute motion flapboard that transforms an object of transit into a poetic field of shifting text prompting viewers to question power, truth, and fear. For this space, the artist has conceived a new site-specific, interactive wall-based installation, Breathe, which invites viewers to create their own frottage drawing to take away.

Listening Air by Shilpa Gupta
Ginger House Museum Hotel, Jew Town Road, Mattancherry, Kochi
13 December 2025 – 31 March 2026

This exhibition is presented with lead support from RMZ Foundation and the joint support of Vadehra Art Gallery, Chemould Prescott Road, and a crowdfunding initiative of art lovers.