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Dayanita Singh Dancing with My Camera

GROPIUS BAU

ayanita Singh’s survey exhibition “Dancing with my Camera” put movement at the heart (2001) about a eunuch who recounts her transgender journey through letters accompanied by Singh’s black-and-white portraits. Playful and thought provoking, Singh’s mini meta-museums probe notions of display. Two foldable screens in dark teak wood,  (2013) houses 162 unconnected images spanning three decades, while (2017) combines nine discrete series in the form of accordion photo-books in handmade cloth boxes, as publication and storage unit merge.

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