(India)

7 ft of land, 2024
00:05:18, HD, 16:09
MOV, Color, Stere

During a recent visit to Delhi, I encountered the ruins of Zafar Mahal in Mehrauli—the last monumental remnant of Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar’s era.

Now a decaying structure, it reflects the systematic neglect and erasure of Muslim architectural heritage under contemporary Indian governance.

7 ft of Land arises from the historical resilience of Muslims in India against systemic violence and discrimination.

These sites are more than historical landmarks—they are cultural and linguistic sanctuaries.

The performance intervenes through acts of walking, tracing, mapping, and documenting the ruins, collecting remnants as a counter-narrative.

By reclaiming these spaces as memorials, the work asserts form over imposed meaning, offering an architectural record that may seem illegible to the dominant gaze, but remains profoundly legible to the community it belongs to.