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Memory in Flames: Knowledge, Power and Regeneration in Ranbir Kaleka’s Forest

Author(s) Dr. Sonu Pareek
Country India
Abstract This paper offers a multidisciplinary interpretation of Forest, a video painting by Ranbir Kaleka, examining its complex engagement with memory, knowledge, power, and regeneration. Blending the stillness of painting with the temporality of moving image, Forest constructs a symbolic landscape in which books, a lion, fire, human figures, and emerging urban forms interact within a cyclical narrative of destruction and renewal. The forest operates as an allegorical archive—an embodied repository of cultural memory—while the burning of books evokes the fragility of knowledge in times of ideological violence and civilizational crisis. The retreating lion and self-flagellating figure introduce questions of authority, guilt, and moral responsibility, suggesting that the erosion of knowledge is inseparable from human agency. Yet the subsequent emergence of flowers and a renewed lion complicates the narrative, foregrounding resilience and the regenerative potential inherent within both nature and culture. Drawing upon visual studies, memory theory, ecological thought, and philosophical reflections on cyclical time, this paper argues that Forest transcends medium-specific analysis to become a meditation on the precarious continuity of civilization. Ultimately, Kaleka’s work invites viewers to confront the vulnerability of cultural archives while affirming the possibility of renewal within historical rupture.
Keywords Ranbir Kaleka, Video Painting, Contemporary Indian Art, Moving Image Installation, Memory and Landscape, Visual Culture, Perception and Temporality
Field Arts > Drawing
Published In Volume 7, Issue 1, January-February 2026
Published On 2026-02-25
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