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Nalini Malani 納里尼．馬拉尼
Utopia 烏托邦
1969–1976
Malani made the animation Dream Houses, the projection on the right, in 1969, a time of national optimism when India was under the leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru, its first prime minister. She built a miniature city in cardboard and filmed this abstract urban landscape, experimenting with form, colour, and technical applications. Seven years later, Malani made the black-and-white film shown on the left to contemplate on unrealised possibilities. A young woman looks over the suburbs of Bombay (now Mumbai). Together, the two works combine to form Utopia, a reflection on hopeful promise and profound disappointment.
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