Up Close: Amar Kanwar
By Alex Yiu
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AMAR KANWAR, The Peacock’s Graveyard, 2023, still from 7 screens: 28 min 16 sec, dimensions variable. Courtesy the artist and M+.
Having become accustomed to consuming short-form content on social media, submerging oneself in long-duration video works can often induce a certain restlessness. But watching The Peacock’s Graveyard (2023) by New Delhi-born filmmaker Amar Kanwar, which combines a series of fleeting moments displayed across seven loosely assembled screens in a soundproofed pitch-black room, was a captivating experience.