‘Contagion’ features 16 interactive exhibits and more than 40 live programmes
A house is marked for victims. Officials carry out searches, isolating infected people. Authorities attempt to disinfect a man by spraying a chemical from a hose. Beds in hospitals are well distanced from each other. A mass of people depart the city on foot with their belongings. A man lies on the graveyard, hugging a tombstone.
Ranjit Kandalgaonkar’s sprawling interactive drawing — showcased at Science Gallery Bengaluru’s online exhibition, ‘Contagion ’, from April 30 onwards — shows a city disrupted by a disease.