Kalimpong

Kalimpong is an artist project in book form by the London-based artist Shezad Dawood. Set in Kalimpong at various moments from 1912 to the present day, Dawood's project is part fact, part fiction. There are explorers and spies, poets and travelers, lovers and strangers, princesses and humanoids, all strangely connected across the globe through this curious Indian town. To develop the story, Dawood invited a number of international writers and cultural commentators to contribute texts, opting for an "exquisite corpse" method, whereby writers recommended or responded to other writers, resulting in some surprising twists. The publication accompanies an immersive virtual-reality work of the same name by the artist, which premiered at Timothy Taylor gallery, London, in the fall of 2016.… (more)