Gardens may be considered to be an apparatus by which to view the self, navigate the world; laboratories in which to test the relationship between man and nature.
Even so, there is a dire shortage of literature mapping gardens, or speaking of their implications in India. This, coupled with the fact that, for a long time, landscape design and garden design are seen as completely independent of one another, has had a telling impact on the perception and significance of the garden.
This understanding led to two years of travelling to all parts of the country to see the various forms of gardens. Tracing Narratives – Indian Landscape Design defined its role as such – to make the idea of the garden an important component of discussion within the Landscape Design profession.
Over the span of a year, the exhibition travelled to 12 locations across the country – becoming a tool for discourse. Each space it occupied became a collaborative effort to understand the multiplicity of the form of the garden, and reinforce its significance.
