Moon Sighting is a limited edition lithography poster made collaboratively with Chinar Shah. Every year in spring, some Indian Hindu married women celebrate Karwa Chauth. They fast from sunrise to moonrise for the longevity and safety of their husbands. After the moon rises, the women view its reflection in a pot of water, a sieve, or a mirror. They then look at their husband’s face through the sieve before breaking their fast with food and water offered by him.
The work gathers a selection of moons sighted by Bollywood celebrities, traced through images circulating across news media and their own social media profiles. In these images, the ritual of Karwa Chauth — rooted in patriarchal ideals of devotion and sacrifice — appears filtered through the visual language of glamour, aspiration and everyday performance, where personal ritual and public persona fold into one another. The piece sits within that circulation, observing how the moment of moonrise is staged, repeated and made visible.
Medium: Four colour lithograph extracted from digital image by the artists. Printed by Atelier Prati on
Munken Pure 280 GSM. Limited edition, numbered & signed authenticity certificate
Exhibitions:
Plateau Ritual curated by Marialaura Ghidi; Content Machines festival at Distant Gallery & Lab111 (Amsterdam), 2026
Silicon Plateau Volume 3 (Krisis Publishing, autumn 2026)
This work was produced at the SqW:Lab Residency, 2025