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Imaginary Truth
07 Nov, 2025 - 08 Dec, 2025
Nungambakkam
We live within systems born of belief. Lines on maps, borders, laws, gods, religions, and rules shape lives, channel power, and define opportunity. Some arise from material realities, while others endure as ideas, repeated and carried forward until they come to feel inevitable. Idealism imagines these forms, envisioning what could be, while materialism reveals their presence in the tangible world. Between these forces exists a constant duality, a subtle space where meaning is neither fixed nor neutral, but lived, felt, and enforced.
A border traces the edge of this fragile duality. It can divide, protect, or expose. Unlike mountains or rivers, natural features that separate people and land, a border is a human construct made real through collective belief and persistent practice. When imagination solidifies into expectation, and belief shapes real-world outcomes, what was once uncertain gains authority. In the space between thought and reality, between idealism and material presence, we begin to see that what surrounds us is never only what exists, but also what we have chosen to make true. In the end, could all constructs be nothing more than imaginary truths?
Saravana Parasuraman and Aneesh Kalode Rajan
Visual Artists