What Do Birds Dream at Dusk
What Do Birds Dream at Dusk
Artists: Mithu Sen
If the very act of seeing is shaped by power, narrative and omission, What Do Birds Dream at Dusk unsettles what we take for granted about vision and visibility. The exhibition foregrounds blindness as a political condition—not merely a lack of sight but a result of selective seeing, curated truths and collective denial in societies where media, militarism and comfort distort perception. It invites viewers to question who controls what is visible and what remains unseen, and to confront the erasures embedded in how narratives are constructed.
Mithu Sen’s practice dissolves conventional boundaries between viewer and artwork to explore the politics of vision and perception. Drawing inspiration from works such as Pieter Bruegel’s The Blind Leading the Blind, her mixed-media installation engages with theoretical texts and uses Braille, layered imagery and performative disruptions to challenge assumptions about seeing, knowing and understanding.
The exhibition offers a rare chance to unlearn the visible and attend to what is normally overlooked or obscured by design. Through darkened chambers, disrupted pathways and visceral encounters, What Do Birds Dream at Dusk transforms spectators into active participants and encourages a deeper reflection on the power structures that shape how we perceive the world.