10 Chancery Lane Gallery is honoured to present the first solo exhibition of emerging Indian artist Nandan Ghiya, Photoshop V 1 & 2. This exhibition is an on-going interactive installation art project aiming to bring out the “Indroid”, a coined word merging “Indian” and “Android”. “Android” in Greek means “man” plus “similar to”. The artist describes “Indroid” as “the next-generation Indian who 1. May not bear any particular economic, geographical or cultural attributes, 2. Has variable age, gender, profession, etc., 3. Is a multi-identity organism that can be accessible at numerous locations simultaneously, 4. Is usually a 32 Bit pixel composite, 5. Is a by-product of globalisation, capitalism, technology and other agents of the system.”

Inspired by the nearly bygone tradition of studio photography, Ghiya invites participants to pose against a constructed space, which has been created using pixelated vinyl-print cut-outs of photography studio objects like a chair, a flower bouquet on a stool, a backdrop or a carpet. Photo documentation is taken, then manipulated on a computer and printed with an instant photo-printer.

Being Hindu, the artist believes in deep-rooted ancient values and philosophies that consider reality as merely individual perception and projection. Any arrangement of form and space defines individual, cultural, geographic or economic identities. Physicality is free from the five senses of humans. The interaction of the participants within the constructed space is an interpretation of the artist as he weaves the ever-expanding sensory world he experiences as an artist into reality. By manipulating these associations, Ghiya tries to surface the Indroid from within the modern-day Indian generation.