Anindita Banerjee: গল্পের সেতু – Story Bridge

গল্পের সেতু – Story Bridge is an exhibition of new works by Anindita Banerjee that have been commissioned by Platform Arts.

“Soon after my arrival as a migrant, my Baba said to me on Skype ‘ekbar Story Bridge ta dekhe ashish to, shotti Howrah Bridge er moton kina’ (go visit the Story Bridge and tell me if it actually looks like the Howrah Bridge). My first reaction after visiting the site was that while the architecture is possibly the same, the Story Bridge is a smaller, cleaner, more toy-like version of the Howrah Bridge, much like some of the migrant experiences of finding Home in a new country—inauthentic, sterile, toy-like!”

This work is a nostalgic response to the duplicate architectural plans of the Story Bridge in Brisbane and the Howrah Bridge in Kolkata, through the lens of a migrant on unceded lands.