Mimesis

Ashvita’s is pleased to present Mimesis, a new body of work by Thukral & Tagra that emerges as a residue and extension of their ongoing series, Arboretum - a contemplative journey through communities of trees, memory and living archives. Moving from organic ecosystems to digital terrains, Mimesis explores how lived moments are translated into pixels, bars and fragmented visual units. Through hundreds of painted canvases composed of imagined data forms, the works examine how the speed and abstraction of digital systems can be grounded in the slowness, tactility andmateriality of painting.

“We wanted to imagine infinite units, each representing a lived moment. For us, time, data, context and urgency often become ways of seeing. These unique bars read like data sets, each marking the present, while carrying traces of the practices that have shaped our journey over time.” - Thukral & Tagra, 2026

Living across online and offline realms, our experiences are increasingly archived, measured and reshaped through algorithmic rituals. In this evolving digital condition, Mimesis asks what it means to inhabit worlds built through data, repetition, and mediated images. Can pixels become the new atom of memory and emotion? Can systems of code hold traces of intimacy, absence, surveillance or care? As technology thrives on acceleration and art insists on slowness, the exhibition opens a space to reflect on how we see, feel, remember and remain human within increasingly digital lives.