Hekh launched the second edition of Call, on 29th November, 2025 at Shared Ecologies, Jangpura, New Delhi. The call entailed an introduction by Rahul Juneja, followed by activations by Smriti Rastogi, Funny Livdotter and Paribartana Mohanty.
Call #2 brings 15 contributors from India and around the world, to think of space-making as an artistic gesture- tracing, and manifesting extending paradigms of 'space', 'intelligence' and 'refuge'. What would it mean to create, and inhabit spaces that are at once porous and resistant, visible and invisible, fleeting and sedimented? As the artistic figure places itelf in a relationally evolving resonant terrain, different models and moves emerge to navigate scale, structures, durations, intensities, and intimacies amidst globally unfolding volatilities.
Funny livdotter presented their journey of making the Homografiska, the very first physical queer museum in Sweden. Located in a village 3 hours down south from Gothenburg, funny detailed the process, inspiration, stakes, as well as future visions for the museum. We are currently in the middle of developing a collaboration between Homografiska and Hekh.
Presentation by Funny Livdotter, around Homografiska; The first physical queer museum in Sweden
Paribartana Mohanty extended his contribution from Call #2, thinking about institutionalisation of funding structures, and how organisations, foundations, and museums immortalise and reproduce the work, vision, and style of artists who acquire capital and cultural capital. Through this tracing, he complicates the ground against this immortalisation, condoning more mobile grounds in line with the spirit of the contemporary.
Presentation by Paribartana Mohanty, taking off from "The Great Immortality Fund" In Call #2
Smriti Rastogi's presentation delved into the various definitions of artists she charted out as an exercise, thinking about how different socio-economic factors, caste, class and gende realities give birth to different artists. How does one make space which is inclusive, and inviting to all these different textures? Through conceptualising them as verbs in the making, Smriti focuses on the artistic as a gesture of becoming, prompting to host, nurture, and grow together.
Presentation by Smriti Rastogi, based off her contribution "Cling Clang Clung" in Call #2
This edition of Call is supported by Shared Ecologies, program of the Shyama Foundation. We are grateful for their support to the publication, and the programming.