Close-up of tall dry grass and leaves in black and white.
Close-up of tall dry grass and leaves in black and white.

Words for Other Worlds 

A textured surface, possibly a concrete or stone wall with various cracks and markings.

In collaboration with The University of Trans-Disciplinary Health Sciences and Technology (TDU) and Socratus Foundation for Collective Wisdom

South Asian Scripts
Close-up of a person's arm and hand holding a fishing net or rope near water, with grass or reeds in the background.
Installation
Installation
Mixed Media
Mixed Media

An installation that explores language as a form of climate knowledge and kinship. Drawing from words and oral expressions rooted in South Asian ecologies, the work reveals how linguistic and ecological systems are bound in relational dependency, how each depends on the other to endure.

Through immersive soundscapes of the sea and its fisherfolk, the rustle of leaves, the breath of wind, layered with phrases that speak of place, alongside cyanotype images, the installation forms a slow-moving archive of memory and relation.

By making audible the relationships embedded in language, the work asks: what disappears when a word for the sea, the wind, or the rain is lost? And how might remembering these words help us reimagine care, continuity, and coexistence in a changing world?

The work was created in collaboration with Fellows of the Coexistence Consortium Fellowship 2024.

Two visitors wearing headphones watching a projected screen displaying Malayalam text and a close-up of a praying mantis during the Words for Other Worlds installation by Lagori Collective, TDU.
Two visitors wearing headphones reading accompanying text during the Words for Other Worlds installation by Lagori Collective, exploring South Asian ecological language and climate knowledge.
Visitor wearing headphones facing a projected Malayalam text panel during the Words for Other Worlds immersive installation by Lagori Collective, TDU.
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