Collaborations2 - Parul Gupta

Drawing Lab I 2016 I 2020

Set of instructions –

Gupta executed a drawing on paper in 2013 which runs 26’ long horizontally. Later in 2016, she converted that drawing into a “set of instructions” by breaking it down in a basic language involving numbers. From there on she has been inviting practitioners of numbers/ architecture, music and other creative forms to respond to these “set of instructions” as per their interpretation and in their chosen media.

Continuous vertical parallel straight lines till 26 feet.
All lines of equal length – 40 cm each.
300 lines in 1 feet = 7800 lines in total.
Number of breaks in between the continuous vertical lines = 19.
The breaks are at different intervals and in the form of horizontal lines.
1st break in the form of horizontal line starts at 44th cm from the initial 1st vertical line and 8th cm from top.
2nd break – 44cm + 33cm; top – 32cm
3rd break – 44cm + 33cm + 37cm; top – 16cm
4th break – 44cm + 33cm + 37cm + 38cm; top – 38cm
5th break – 44cm + 33cm + 37cm + 38cm + 30cm; top –14cm
6th break – 44cm + 33cm + 37cm + 38cm + 30cm + 58cm; top – 28cm
7th break – 44cm + 33cm + 37cm + 38cm + 30cm + 58cm + 38cm; top – 20cm
8th break – 44cm + 33cm + 37cm + 38cm + 30cm + 58cm + 38cm + 45cm; top – 30cm
9th break – 44cm + 33cm + 37cm + 38cm + 30cm + 58cm + 38cm + 45cm + 32cm; top – 6cm
10th break – 44cm + 33cm + 37cm + 38cm + 30cm + 58cm + 38cm + 45cm + 32cm + 62cm; top – 12cm
11th break – 44cm + 33cm + 37cm + 38cm + 30cm + 58cm + 38cm + 45cm + 32cm + 62cm + 18cm; top – 26cm
12th break – 44cm + 33cm + 37cm + 38cm + 30cm + 58cm + 38cm + 45cm + 32cm + 62cm + 18cm + 48cm; top – 10cm
13th break – 44cm + 33cm + 37cm + 38cm + 30cm + 58cm + 38cm + 45cm + 32cm + 62cm + 18cm + 48cm + 21cm; top –24cm
14th break – 44cm + 33cm + 37cm + 38cm + 30cm + 58cm + 38cm + 45cm + 32cm + 62cm + 18cm + 48cm + 21cm + 74cm; top – 2cm
15th break – 44cm + 33cm + 37cm + 38cm + 30cm + 58cm + 38cm + 45cm + 32cm + 62cm + 18cm + 48cm + 21cm + 74cm + 18cm; top – 36cm
16th break – 44cm + 33cm + 37cm + 38cm + 30cm + 58cm + 38cm + 45cm + 32cm + 62cm + 18cm + 48cm + 21cm + 74cm + 18cm + 42cm; top – 4cm
17th break – 44cm + 33cm + 37cm + 38cm + 30cm + 58cm + 38cm + 45cm + 32cm + 62cm + 18cm + 48cm + 21cm + 74cm + 18cm + 42cm + 41cm; top – 22cm
18th break – 44cm + 33cm + 37cm + 38cm + 30cm + 58cm + 38cm + 45cm + 32cm + 62cm + 18cm + 48cm + 21cm + 74cm + 18cm + 42cm + 41cm + 24cm; top – 18cm
19th break – 44cm + 33cm + 37cm + 38cm + 30cm + 58cm + 38cm + 45cm + 32cm + 62cm + 18cm + 48cm + 21cm + 74cm + 18cm + 42cm + 41cm + 24cm + 57cm; top – 34cm.
Continue the movement till the end i.e. 26 feet and then reverse back the process, again going back to vertical straight lines.

Drawing Lab1 I With Hemant SK I 2016

1After320 I New Delhi

Title- PGX [ parul gupta xerox ]

Medium - Executable Code

“The composition takes an instruction set by Parul Gupta and attempts to recreate the essence of her original composition through an executable set of commands in Processing. Beyond recreating just a high-fidelity version of PG’s original work, this version attempts to compress certain aspects and expand certain other aspects of the time dimension in slow sequential decay through the noise function”

Hemant SK

Drawing Lab 2 I With rED Studio Architects I 2020

rED Studio I Mumbai

Metaprism I 2021

Metaprism I With Ar. Madhav Raman I 2021

Shrine Empire Gallery I New Delhi

Metaprism is a collaborative work between Parul Gupta and Ar. Madhav Raman. The work was made out of conversations between the two for a group exhibition “Spatial Dialogues” between artists and architects.

The initial conversation between me and Madhav raised the immediacy of questioning material, technologies and media. The dynamics which has anchored “Metaprism” are the engagement with geometrical forms and light which are precincts in our individual practices, elaborate material exploration and the site conditions. The material here- glass/mirror- holds the “phenomenological reflexivity” and has the agency to anchor the viewer and shift the focus from object to subject.

"Beginning as an exercise in interrogating material and spatialising geometries, the process Parul and I undertook culminates in a geometrisation of light by forming a pure material binary between the reflective and the transparent. "Metaprism" can also be read within our individual practices of ongoing explorations in media/material clarity, alignments to site-specific contexts, territorialities and subjectivities. The work is intended to draw infinite, site-specific geometries from its exterior and fracture them into infinite volumetric speculations within itself.“