Selected Works
Discover the artistic journey of Kuntal Barai, whose practice has been deeply rooted in the chaotic energy and relentless pulse of Dhaka City and its infamous traffic.
Sight and Sounds
These consist of an amalgam of things that go into life in Dhaka, the cars, the dreary landscape, and the unkempt nooks and crannies where life still pulsates with hope against despair and the usual drudgery of daily routine.
Explore This SeriesArchitectures of Disaster
These are images akin to a series of landscapes -- that too of the terminal age. Though rather than the dystopia associated with terminality, the works address how vehicles -- the ultimate modern machines have a life of their own while on roads during their lifetime and in the events when accidents turn them into mere debris.
Revived: Timeline
Nature seems elusive in a city where development has reached a terminal stage. Rain, sun, and the changes in the seasons are all encountered in fragments. Still, we are overwhelmed when clouds gather on the distant horizon, wind blows, and we wake up to the presence of nature in many ways than we ever dreamed of. This is about how we grow in sensitivity with the sequence of nature.
Timeline
Nature seems elusive in a city where development has reached a terminal stage. Rain, sun, and the changes in the seasons are all encountered in fragments. Still, we are overwhelmed when clouds gather on the distant horizon, wind blows, and we wake up to the presence of nature in many ways than we ever dreamed of. This is about how we grow in sensitivity with the sequence of nature.