City Uprise

In City Uprise, Gigi Scaria focuses on architecture to explore the human impact of rapid and relentless urban change in India’s capital region. The work comprises a series of shots taken by the artist, who is originally from a southern Indian village, as he ascended the famous Agrasen Ki Baoli stepwell in New Delhi. Beyond a wall of the historic structure, a cluster of modern high-rise buildings appears to emerge organically from the ground. With the stepwell forming a boundary between the viewer and a fugitive, constantly changing horizon, Scaria reflects on the sense of alienation and instability encountered by many on the margins of city life.