Exhibition view: Prajakta Potnis, 'Where Should the Birds Fly after the Last Sky?', Project 88, Mumbai (9 January–28 February 2025). Courtesy the artist and Project 88. Photo: Anil Rane.
At Project 88, Prajakta Potnis' exhibition, Where Should the Birds Fly after the Last Sky? (9 January–28 February 2025), explored the night sky as both a witness to humanitarian crises and a shelter for those displaced by such events. The title, drawn from a poem by Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, seemed to allude to the atrocities in Gaza while addressing a broader global crisis marked by attacks on aggrieved bodies and their homes. One poignant work featured the illustration of a bulldozed house. The image evoked the arbitrary destruction of homes under India's current political regime—often referred to as the 'Bulldozer Raj'—which has disproportionately targeted Muslims and marginalised communities.
