This project was born from the need to get out of photography and work with the language of light, sound, and text installation only. The venue of the hotel has always inspired me to heavily interact with the corridors, and manifest my imagination through massive transformation of the actual structure. Inspired by my last work made in TIFA, ‘Camera Obscura’, I have used the same process of blocking light at the workshop. This time, in room no. 31, I have explored an ongoing food and photography project, ‘Daughters of Solstice’, without the lens. I used ‘channis’ (seives), lights, and darkness to create a sensual experience of a celestial atmosphere. Transforming the entire space into a vacuum of thought and expression, with planetary sounds, ice, and one tiny ring of light entering a blacked-out studio. The Sun, the Moon, and the reigning deities are presented in this experiential work. The illuminated crescents of light share aspects of a particular female energy that has travelled from the Sun to the Moon for the entire duration of the workshop. Inspired by Lalita Maha Tripura Sundari from Shri Vidya, I continue to share knowledge and raise the question of roots, rituals, and cultural identity in the Pune version of ‘Daughters of Solstice’, in March 2015.