Submerged Testimonies

Medium – Acrylic on Canvas

Size – 6.5X 3.4 Ft

This archival image work (Submerged Testimonies) based on photomontage painting revisits the struggle and resistance surrounding the construction of the Tehri Dam. By merging documentary imagery with painterly intervention, the work captures the collective defiance of local communities, their protests etched against a backdrop of looming environmental transformation.The interplay of historic photographs and expressive colour choices underscores the tension between memory, displacement, and the irreversible reshaping of landscapes.

₹1,65,000

Creator’s Profile

Pratham Kaushik works at the intersection of ecology, memory, and politics. His practice responds to the silent and visible violences inflicted upon landscapes and the communities that inhabit them. Through acrylic paintings, he visualizes acts of protest, deforestation, displacement, and environmental grief, tracing how ecological loss shapes collective memory and political agency. Each work seeks to archive not only ecological histories but also the social and cultural ecosystems intertwined with these threatened landscapes, positioning art as both witness and resistance.

Submerged Testimonies

Creator’s Profile

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