Indigofera — Structures of Touch

This installation interconnects two independent dot systems: Tangaliya weaving — a 700-year-old technique from Gujarat, now protected under Geographical Indication status — and handmade Braille inscription.

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In Tangaliya, raised dots are built directly into the textile structure through supplementary weft. In Braille, raised dots construct language through touch. By aligning these systems, the work proposes the dot as a shared architecture of transmission — material, linguistic, and cultural.

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Suspended in space and readable from both sides, the installation forms a 360° tactile field. It rejects hierarchy between front and back, sight and touch. Meaning shifts according to the body that encounters it.

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Natural indigo anchors the work in agricultural labour and global dye trade history, linking soil-based production to contemporary spatial practice.

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The installation examines how systems of knowledge — textile, linguistic, and agricultural — are preserved, protected, and circulated across borders