The fire of 2016 that ravaged the Natural History Museum, which was set up by Indira Gandhi in 1972 to record and celebrate indigenous flora and fauna, is the anchor around which Sahil Naik builds his solo show, Specters, Specimens and Ships in Doubt (held at Experimenter, Ballygunge Place recently). Naik questions the process of recording history itself — who decides what to record; how much truth is there in what is recorded?
The Telegraph : Found & lost
January 20, 2024