An audio installation at Adalaj Ni Vav

An audio installation of twenty five minutes took the viewers on a complete ride to personification of

Adalaj Ni Vav

(Adalaj Vav).
The

Stepwell

(Vav), narrated its own story, through visual artist,

Kakoli Sen

.
This art installation was an initiative to preserve the heritage of our country and bring it into public realm.
Kakoli, is also trying to reflect upon the women part attached to these unique structures as these were the spaces where the world of women and water converged. It was a space that women could visit freely, not just to collect water but also for socialising and recreation. Secluded below the surface and away from the male gaze, women could gather and be themselves.
Historical monuments testimonies to a perfect union of functional utility and

aesthetic beauty

. Until one stumbles upon the spectacular stepwells of Gujarat.
Stepwells; played a very important part in our

history

of India. This is an endeavor to save this category of architecture from slipping off history’s grid.
Adalaj Ni Vav is a monument which is preserved and taken care of is an example against the eclectic mix of stepwells which daunt the Indian Landscape are dilapidated.
margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 115%Kakoli is a recipient of Senior fellowship of Ministry of culture and her research was based on the stepwells of India. She is working on the stepwells since a decade.