Chirag Jindal (b. 1993) is an artist-surveyor working at the intersection of documentary journalism, new media art and contemporary cartography. Jindal’s developing practice seeks to document our relationship to marginalised landscapes, in order to “unravel the hidden effects, and unseen...
Read MoreChirag Jindal (b. 1993) is an artist-surveyor working at the intersection of documentary journalism, new media art and contemporary cartography. Jindal’s developing practice seeks to document our relationship to marginalised landscapes, in order to “unravel the
hidden effects, and unseen layers, of human presence.” His research-based approach brings him in collaboration with groups close to his subjects, including scientists, landowners, and local government. His work has gained critical recognition overseas, including the Royal Photographic Society’s 2020 Gold Award, the 2020 Schauerman Digital Art Prize in London, and the 2019 Interphoto Grand Prix in Poland.
After graduating with his Master’s Degree in Architecture in 2016, Jindal began exploring the role of terrestrial LiDAR as an emerging medium for photographic documentation. He is best known for Into The Underworld / Ngā Mahi Rarowhenua, a debut series investigating the lava caves underneath Auckland, New Zealand. The work was first exhibited to the public in 2018, presenting a didactic imperative to protect the dilapidating landscape and consider it's relationship to the built environment. The project is ongoing, and will culminate in a long-form publication featuring interviews, essays, works and photographs documenting the geological, cultural and scientific issues.
