What the Material Knows | Opens at 6 pm, 23rd July 2026 (Thursday) | Open till 26th July 2026

[1Shanthiroad Studio]

What The Material Knows

Opening at 6 pm, 23rd July (Thursday)

On View till 26th July, 11 am - 7 pm

Materials that don't behave the way you'd expect. Some pieces are settled, some still changing — drying, fermenting, reacting —
For as long as the show runs. It's what was found when the material was caught mid-process, at whatever stage it was in.
Material holds memory before the artist adds any of their own. It moulds the maker as much as it's moulded — sometimes a collaborator,
doing half the thinking; sometimes an escape, a way of thinking with the hands when the head runs out.
Nothing here explains itself fully. What happens when you let the material do the talking?

epoch Studio/Lab is an artist-initiated project by Bharathesh GD, dedicated to fostering multidisciplinary dialogue and reflective engagement.
Functioning as a nomadic platform without a fixed physical site, it develops through collaborations with existing institutions, organisations, and spaces.
Conceived as both a studio and a laboratory, epoch Studio/Lab facilitates hybrid discourses and experimental practices,
Creating a dynamic context for collective inquiry and cultural exchange.

"What The Material Knows" is the final stage of a 15-day artist-mentor residency and open house 

Sketches from the Road — held at AASPADA ART SPACE.

Through discussion, dialogue, and studio visits rather than a fixed brief, this is where that residency arrives: the 1st edition of Collective Enquiries.

https://epochnomadicartlab.co.in/

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1Shanthiroad Studio/Gallery