Dream Villa – Dayanita Singh

In Dream Villa, Singh explores how the night transforms what seems ordinary by day into something mysterious and unsettling. This series of color photographs presents a landscape that exists as much in the artist’s imagination as in the real world. Singh travels to many different cities, never knowing where Dream Villa or its inhabitants will present themselves. It is a place where nothing is quite as it seems – it comes alive at night, when all is lit by artificial light and the moon is just ornamentation. The book is bound in a flexible plastic soft cover. It has four color plates throughout its 136 pages, and measures 10 x 20 cm.

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Publishing is also a significant part of the Dayanita Singh’s practice: in her books she experiments with alternate forms of producing and viewing photographs. Here, Singh’s latest is the “book-object,” a work that is concurrently a book, an art object, an exhibition and a catalog. Learn more about Singh and her artistic practice on her website.

Sourced / excerpted from this artist’s website. (2022)