Mital’s artwork “The Road to Bareilly, Pt. I” is part of a new series of video works exploring themes of diaspora and immigration. The work follows the artist\u2019s trip with his family to visit his mother’s hometown in India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In this work, Mital explores perception through the lens of personal interrogation. In the videos, Mital’s mother, who has now lived in the US longer than in India, reflects on her experience in Bareilly – the town where she grew up. She considers how it\u2019s been transformed from the jungle she once knew into a busy, crowded metropolis. Mital reflects on the same sentiment, but also attempts to reconcile his associations to India with his fractured Indian American roots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n