Nandita Raman “Do Not Forget Me”

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[Image: Nandita Raman "Manik da’s Camera" (2013/2014) from Film Studio Series]

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sepiaEYE presents its first solo exhibition of Nandita Raman entitled, DO NOT FORGET ME which features works from series, Film Studio (2014) and Cinema Play House (2006-2009).

DO NOT FORGET ME borrows its title from a short story by Alexander Kluge (Cinema Stories, 2007) about a German actor’s desire to be loved and remembered forever. The muted color works in Film Studio touch on the objects that produced lasting memories: cameras draped in faded fabrics, well-worn ladders— shrouded remnants of a once teeming industry left in the dust. Raman’s photographs of these objects, tools, and spaces that at one time rendered the imaginary visible, serve as mnemonic devices that spark anecdotes and recollections of the history of Indian cinema.