Plants, Play, and Positionality: A conversation with Ladakh-based eco-artist Anuja Dasgupta [REDWeb]

[Pooja Kishinani]

Dear All, 

Our latest article on RED features Ladakh-based visual artist Anuja Dasgupta, whose practice sits at the intersection of eco-art, ethnobotany and community-based projects.  

Plants, Play, and Positionality: A conversation with Ladakh-based eco-artist Anuja Dasgupta

Using plant-based emulsions, cameraless photography, and repurposed wood, Anuja Dasgupta creates art that refuses to represent the land, choosing to let it speak for itself. In this conversation, she shares how her practice evolved from photography to environmental art. She also reflects on colonial archives, the representational politics of botanical imagery and how her art attempts to counter the persistent misrepresentation of Ladakh as a barren, empty landscape.

Read the full interview here: https://radicalecologicaldemocracy.org/plants-play-and-positionality-a-conversation-with-ladakh-based-eco-artist-anuja-dasgupta/ 

In solidarity, 

Pooja 

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Pooja Kishinani 

Curator, Radical Ecological Democracy 

Coordinator, The Emergence Network (ten)

Member, Kalpavriksh Environment Action Group