ALL THAT WE SAW 2022

A series of image-less photographs drawn entirely from the artist's imagination and memory. This work seeks to invoke the largeness and the quietness of a photograph by focusing on the ways in which we remember them. ALL THAT WE SAW extends the photograph beyond its visible level, its popular effect, into the recesses of our collective and individual minds to inquire how photos take root. It also attempts to explore how language is intimately connected with the cultural codes through which we understand images, and ways in which visual culture structures our perception.

In this series of image-less photographs, that extend across 100 pieces, the viewer is imagined as a witness of images, a mental archivist, a contemplative node in the memory of a collective, and as a participant in the act of restoring the image.

Note: The text above was written by the Artist. No modification was made by COCA.

Amitesh Grover

India

https://amiteshgrover.com/all-that-we-saw

Amitesh Grover is an award-winning artist and director, who is known for his innovative and experimental approach to art. He is recognized for his work that spans performance, photography, text-based art, and theatre. He has shown his work at prestigious venues in England, Canada, Australia, Germany, Japan, Switzerland, Dubai, Lithuania, China, and in major festivals in India. He is one of the rare non-photographers to be commissioned by the Chennai Photo Biennale and he holds the honour of being commissioned by Australia's Sydney-based 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art. He is the recipient of Bismillah Khan National Award, MASH FICA Award, Charles Wallace Award (U.K.), Prohelvetia South Asian Artist Award (Switzerland), Forecast and several international residencies.