Ruins of Egmore

The text is published as part of Perspectives, by IMART formerly MAP Academy, A unit of  Art & Photography Foundation, and a partner of the Museum of Art & Photography (MAP), (IN), 2025.

A brief about the text: At the Egmore Government Museum in Chennai, it is impossible not to be captivated by the sheer vastness and quiet grandeur of architectural heritage, particularly within the zoological and anthropological wings. The aged artefacts, the crumbling stairways, the soaring ceilings – all appear to have been untouched for decades; so fragile that no one dares to clean them. And yet, it is precisely this sense of decay, this refusal to be polished or restored, that seems to call everyone back to Egmore. It tells about the relationship between these ruins and the museum, and explores how these artefacts form a semi-crafted mise-en-scène, with the ruins situated somewhere between care and abandonment.

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