The amalgamation and creation of a substantial dialogue between two very important mediums of artistic interpretation, like music and visual arts, is perhaps an essential impetus behind the birth of this project. This has been my yearning for a long time. The process of materialising this urge needed a relevant reference and a practical outlook. Being a music lover and an ardent listener, I was browsing through various songs that could be my references, and after a prolonged struggle for existence, my idea attained realism. ‘BLACK HOLE SUN’, this very song, aided me big time as I conceived the idea of showcasing the mental landscape of four contrasting minds with regard to a single subject through two distinctly different mediums. Personally, I felt that the content of the song, as composed by Chris Cornell, is very significant for the current status of our contemporary society, as it very surreally talks about an optimistic plea and the craving of someone who desperately hopes for the rejuvenation and independence of mankind from the hands of various social evils, which sadly but very truly govern us today. Contemporary society coexists with these evils, and their relegation is a must for the betterment and peaceful existence of humanity and the society of which we are all part of. I believe it would be genuinely interesting for people to see the abstract reality of our society, and the exhibition would perhaps become a mirror in which we could see the practical scenario of our own existence and our civilization.

This project has been conceptualised around this song from 1990’s ‘BLACK HOLE SUN’ composed by the eminent musician Chris Cornell. The existence of black holes in space,in the centre of most galaxies, is known to us. Cornell in this song has composed a dreamscape of his own where he has portrayed ’Black Hole’ as a symbolistic element and reversed its role as a rescuer rather than a tormentor. Black holes are such a region in space through which nothing, not even light, can pass through. An optimistic request to the Black Holes to use their gravitational power and depth to attract and absorb all social, personal, and other evils that have an authoritative existence in our society towards them and wipe them out of the world can be felt very vividly in this song.