Archive · 2 Aug 2025
Terminal: Souradeep Roy's Calcutta Performance Explores Memories
Imagine a performance that makes you think about cities and memories.
It's called 'Terminal' and was created by Souradeep Roy and Soumyadeep Roy.
The show uses sounds, personal stories, and objects to show how cities change and how we remember them.
You, as the audience, become part of the show.
The performer shares a radio play with different interviews and personal memories and the audience can interact with the artist.
The show is meant to make you think about your own memories and experiences in a city.
It's a unique way to experience art in Calcutta.
Souradeep Roy and Soumyadeep Roy collaborated on 'Terminal', a performance piece.
The performance explores themes of memory and urban change in modern cities.
The piece incorporated a radio play with interviews and personal reflections.
A camera recorded the audience's solitary presence, prompting self-reflection.
The performance addressed the audience one at a time, an interesting approach.
- Who
- Souradeep Roy and Soumyadeep Roy created the piece; it involves the audience.
- What
- A performance piece titled 'Terminal'.
- When
- The timing of the performance is not specified in the article.
- Where
- Studio Bari, Calcutta.
- Why
- The performance explores the themes of memory and urban change.
Audience Experience
Artist's Perspective
Artist's Presence
Audience Experience
The audience-participant-listener feels that the artist is evolved and that the artist can contain.
Artist's Perspective
The artist's 'presence' could have been worked on with more intensity.
- Performance Title
- Terminal
- Artists
- Souradeep Roy and Soumyadeep Roy
- Location
- Studio Bari, Calcutta
- Focus
- Memory and urban change