‘Kaalchakra’ explores the relevance of cyclical time in understanding existence. What if time doesn’t move forward, but turns? What if experiences, emotions, and memories aren’t linear threads, but seasonal returns that shape our sense of self within a continuous, living rhythm?
This exhibition draws from South Asian cosmologies and ecological rhythms, where time is understood as a cycle rather than a line. In these traditions, the Kaalchakra, or the wheel of time, is an ever-turning force that echoes the rotations of the Earth, the phases of the moon, and the pulse of breath and blood. It resists the modern notion of time as linear, where events, memories, and experiences have clear beginnings and ends.
In trying to control and measure time, we have fallen out of sync with the very cycles that sustain us. This dissonance is felt in our bodies, our ecosystems, and our collective psyche.
Kaalchakra proposes a return to rhythms that inhabit every organic system, in the hope of reconnecting with our internal cycles. Twenty-four artists respond to these ideas through sound, sculpture, installation, and image. Their works evoke the textures of rain, heat, decay, stillness, and bloom. This framework, unfolding over a continuous 24-hour loop, invites the viewer to experience time as breath, as tide, as repetition with variation. Art and design serve here as engines to activate these enduring ecological rhythms. Rather than presenting time as something to chase or conquer, this exhibition offers it as something to inhabit. To live cyclically is to allow space for return: emotions, memories, and selves. Kaalchakra does not seek resolution.
About the Exhibition
Curators: Daksh Goel, Oishi Roy Dutta
Exhibition Design: OSA Studio
Artists: Adriette Myburgh, Afrasinei Alexandra Maria, Alejandra Miguel Dada, Anais Öst, Ankita Kashyap, Ece Batur, Hamza, Harith Wilson, Jasmine Dhika, José Cárdenas Lorca, Junghun Lee, Kai Yan Cheung, Lang Jin, Marleigh Belsley, Meet Ahluwalia, Nikhar Yadav, Ross Deeley, Sadie Amelie Rees, Sakshi Sharma, Sham Salim (Aslam Sham Architects),
Shubhangam Singh, Shubhangi Saxena, Victoria Kosasie, Yihan Pan
Exhibition Details
Private View
14th September 2025, Sunday — 3:00 pm – 8:00 pm
15th September 2025, Monday — 9:00 am – 8:00 pm
Asylum Chapel,
Caroline Gardens, Asylum Rd,
London, SE15 2SQ
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About the Curators:
Daksh Goel
Oishi Roy Dutta
Daksh Goel is an architect and designer exploring the intersection of nature, materials, and technology. He is the founder of OSA Studio, an architecture firm based in New Delhi, India. His work has been featured in over 25 publications, and his recent project, The Bee Initiative, was exhibited at Somerset House, London. Inspired by ecological behaviours, such as how bees construct hives or how materials evolve, his work blends organic forms with tools like 3D printing and laser cutting.
Oishi Roy Dutta is a multi-medium artist and art director based between London and New Delhi. Her practice explores the human experience within rapidly shifting technological, emotional, and socio-political landscapes. She has worked across global art institutions, grassroots initiatives, and luxury brands, with projects including The Nourishment Project’s opera NIRAKAR, Sunita Shekhawat, India Art Fair, and collaborations with emerging musicians and fashion houses.
