atul bhalla

You always step into the same river.

Looking for Lost water (Explorations at the cradle)

ATUL BHALLA

2018

The work would attempt to examine water as repository of history, meaning and myth within the Johannesburg gold mining context taking references of land and water relations from historical contexts

The occupation, exploitation and commodification of land, water and its resources has been reverberating across generations to now pose concerns of and to future life in the area will be the focus of the work. The emphasis on natural resource ‘greed’ and what is ‘need’ to protect areas and resources would be nuanced within the work.