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Architecture of Memory

Date :1 November 2025
Time:2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Venue : KNMA, Saket

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About the Event

Artist in Me workshop

Facilitated by Parul Sharma

Everyday spaces often hold fragments of our stories — the rhythm of windows along a street, the texture of a peeling wall, or the shadow of a tree on concrete. These ordinary details can open doorways to memory, imagination, and emotion.

In this workshop, participants will explore how built spaces shape the way we remember and feel. The session begins with a guided walkthrough where participants sketch and note elements that capture their attention — facades, textures, colours, and light. Back in the workshop space, these impressions will be transformed into three-dimensional artist books, built through cutting, folding, layering, and composition.

Each participant will create a sculptural form that embodies a personal “architecture of memory” — a work that reflects the dialogue between space, self, and time. The process encourages a deeper engagement with our surroundings, inviting participants to see space not just as structure, but as a vessel of lived experience.

Takeaways:

• Explore how spaces can evoke emotions and recollections.
• Observe, sketch, and translate visual impressions into form.
• Learn creative construction techniques using folding and layering.
• Build a sculptural artist book inspired by memory and place.
• Reflect on how the act of making transforms experience into visual storytelling.

Artist Bio

Parul Sharma (b. Delhi) investigates the physical and psychological complexities of urban spaces through drawing, sculpture, and stop-motion video. She holds an MFA (2020) and a BFA (2018) in Painting from the College of Art, Delhi.

Her recent exhibitions include FROM POINT TO INFINITY: locution in dot line & space (curated by Rahul Kumar, Shridarani Gallery, Gallery Art Incept, 2025); Contemporary Arts -Global Trends, practice presentation at a symposium, VAST Bhutan, Thimphu (2024);Crossroads (curated by Prima Kurian, Gallery Art Incept, 2024); and India Art Fair 2024. Other exhibitions include Visual Artist Scholarship Holders (Sahitya Kala Parishad, Triveni Kala Sangam, 2024); The Love Songs of Errantry (curated by Prima Kurian, Bikaner House, 2023); World Within, World Without (Bikaner House); and India Art Fair 2022 with Gallery Art Incept.

In 2021, she completed a residency at FRISE Künstlerhaus, Hamburg, where she presented her solo exhibition An Introspection of Architectural Spaces, supported by Hamburg's Ministry of Culture and Media

While you're here, we invite you to also explore KNMA's ongoing exhibitions — please touch gently: zines, comics, ephemera, jo ġāyab hai, aur hāzir bhi - book sculptures of Saba Hasan ; Extraordinary Line; and Moomin 80 - The Door is Always Open, the first-ever Moomin presentation in India.