Known for his critical engagement with, and his poetic approach to, the politics of power, truth, and evidence, Amar Kanwar has long utilised documentary and archival materials in his work. His multilayered films explore the often-imperfect nature of knowledge and experience; with lyrical generosity, they offer ways with which we could reset and navigate within their limits.

In this forty-five minute talk, conducted in English, the artist will speak on his decades-long artistic practice and his enduring interest in time. Accompanied by images and elements from films such as A Night of Prophecy (2002) and installations such as The Lightning Testimonies (2007), The Torn First Pages (2004–2008), The Sovereign Forest (2012), and Such a Morning (2017), Kanwar presents learnings from his experiments with time and image-making over the years.

The talk will be followed by a dialogue between the artist and the audience, moderated in English by M+ Curator of Moving Image Chanel Kong.