Q Why Goa as the theme of your exhibition? And why now?
A Well, I moved to this village in Goa, I have bought a house there. So I was inspired by the space. It's an agricultural community and compared to urban spaces, this is a very rooted place. Very organic, alive. Personally too, it was a time of great change. I became a father. All that affected me. So this is a very personal project.
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What is it about Salvador Do Mundo that captured your imagination?
Salvador Do Mundo is a small village in Goa, away from the tourist belt. My wife and I moved there two years ago. "The Road to Slavador Do Mundo" is the story of this mystic village, where the normal way of life seems mysterious and intriguing.
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Salvador do Mundo, literally translated into English as 'saviour of the world', is the name
of the small Goan village whose inhabitants and landscape have found themselves the
subject of Bharat Sikka's current solo exhibition at Nature Morte in New Delhi.
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A little girl wheeling her bike through dense foliage is dwarfed by the huge poplar trees around her. She could be lost in the woods or playing truant from school. It's a rather mysterious, open-ended image, which sets the tone for photographer Bharat Sikka's latest Solo, "The Road to Salvador do Mundo".
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This is basically a project about the road, the way to Salvador do Mundo, in and around and what I see. It's a village in Goa, literally "Savior of the World" in Portugese. Like in Delhi, you have Shahpur Jat, Mehrauli, which are villages, right?
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