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This is the first in an ongoing series of explorations on the changing rhythms of urban life, especially in India. In the era of `development` and `progress`, where a predominant and aspirational middle class is shaping the face of India, this work explores the role of the burgeoning construction industry and westernized concepts of `ideal`, `weekend` homes propagated by it. It is shot at a model/sample row house at a popular hillside holiday destination near Mumbai. It mimics the luxurious fantasy furnished and perpetuated by advertising. However, sudden movements or breaks serve to disrupt and make one question this fantasy.

Chinmoyi Patel works primarily with new media and currently teaches part time at Department of Fine Arts, South Gujarat University, Surat, India. She graduated with an MFA from Goldsmiths, University of London in 2009. In 2013 she organised (with Emma Hunt) and participated in the Paradise Lodge International Artists Residency in Mumbai/Lonavala. She has been artist-in-residence at Ondarte, Mexico (2012); Changdong Art Studio, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul (2011) and Green Papaya Art Projects, Manila, Philippines (2011). In 2011 she was a finalist for the Celeste Art Prize. She has participated in several screenings and exhibitions, including OMG! Elephant in the Room!, Galleria M, Calcutta (2014); The Moving Image Project, UK (2014); Continuum, Video Art Network, Lagos (2013)/Belgrade Art Fair, Serbia (2012); Paradise Lodge @ Studio X, Mumbai (2013); AR Festival, Paju, South Korea (2012); “Shall We?” (Solo Project), Green Papaya Art Projects, Manila (2011); Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid 2010, Centre Pompidou, Paris; ”Home”, Air Space Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, UK (2010); Bloomberg New Contemporaries, Rochelle School, London/Cornerhouse Gallery, Manchester (2009).