The Uncertain Tales

The arrival of a new year often brings wishes for peace, prosperity, and hope. Yet today, such aspirations are clouded by deep uncertainty and marked by rising religious bigotry, social and economic disparity, environmental collapse, and political unrest. Our visions of the future pause, stalled by the precarious realities of the present.

Uncertain Tales brings together works by emerging artists from across India who reflect and critically engage with this volatile contemporary moment. Their practices do not merely mirror their socio-political surroundings but interrogate them. With vulnerability and conviction, these artists confront the fragility of human existence, embracing uncertainty as a lens for introspection and resistance.

This pause, this conceptual retreat into uncertainty is not passive. It allows for deep reflection on inner fears, societal fractures, and urgent collective questions around love, friendship, resistance, and survival. As philosopher Slavoj Žižek reminds us, true courage lies not in dreaming alternatives but in facing the deadlock of our predicament head-on. Rather than offering speculative futures, the artists in Uncertain Tales articulate sharp, grounded critiques of the current condition. Their works confront systemic discrimination, isolation, and disorientation, acknowledging these as inherent to our reality. They ask us to remember, to question, and to act with awareness.

In a time of crisis, Uncertain Tales serves as both a warning and a map that captures the turbulence of our era while insisting on the necessity of introspection, compassion, and clarity in the face of uncertainty