This installation is a transversal exploration of boundaries, transitions, relations in which I am looking at the geography of Pune as a city planner, an architect, a visitor, and an artist. Spending time in Pune has been an opportunity to apply this unique point of view to the city and its inhabitants, and to document the results.

Our past, present, future, and possible lives are among us. Every change in our life leaves behind a chrysalis; a trace of our previous incarnation. These chrysalises are ephemeral, and soon vanish. The strings that support them are also supported by them; they concretise our invisible connections to one another and to the outside world.

The viewer creates their own experience by shining a lighton what they choose to see. The shadows cast on the wall become manifestations of every individual gaze, changing with the movement of the visitors. The variable dimensions of the shadows refer to the allegory of Plato’s cave — after all, isn’t our reality just the exterior projection of what’s in our minds?