A disorientating and absurd world, where the boundaries between fact and fiction blur, and the undercurrents of hysteria, rage, euphoria and violence lurk beneath the surface, erupting in ever more frequent outbursts. The Lost Head & The Bird explores a frighteningly fast-changing, post-truth world where actions are fueled by appeals to emotions and facts are increasingly ignored.

 

“I think of the work as a balloon into which I keep blowing air. What one sees is just the skin of the balloon that keeps stretching. But at some point if I don’t stop blowing air into it, that balloon will burst. What I want to do with the work is to take you to that point right before, from where you might start to anticipate the bursting of the balloon.”

 

Sohrab Hura is an artist and filmmaker living and working in New Delhi. While the core of his work lies in photographs, he tries to break that form regularly and extend it into film, text, and sound. Under his self-publishing imprint UGLY DOG Sohrab Hura has published five books and in 2019 he won the Aperture – Paris Photo Photobook of The Year Award for his book “The Coast”. His films have been presented internationally at film festivals. His films have won awards at the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen and Videonale Bonn.