Imprints
Light Based Installation
Stories with | Geeta Timsina and Lakhiram Rongam
Artist-Designer | Anika Jain
Concept Note
This project traces the emotional landscape of ecological loss through personal stories collected from communities around Pakke and Tezpur. Through excerpts drawn from interviews, it captures memories of disappearing forests, birdsongs, butterflies, and starlit skies—fragments of nature that once shaped daily life but have since been replaced by silence, concrete, and absence.
These recollections form the foundation of a design exploration that uses shadow and light as storytelling tools. Rather than recreating what has vanished, the project reveals its lingering presence—turning silhouettes into memory holders and projections into emotional imprints. Each frame of the shadow-based intervention becomes a window into a world remembered, evoking nostalgia, grief, and a glimmer of hope.
While rooted in loss, the project invites reflection, reconnection, and the possibility of care through remembrance. In a world where nature is quietly fading, it asks to take a moment to reminisce.
About
Anika Jain
Anika is a creative and adaptable Industrial Design graduate with a keen eye for aesthetics and user-centric design. Experienced in concept development, design research, and design thinking methodologies. Proficient in sketching, 3D modelling, and prototyping. Their approach is characterized by a dynamic blend of outgoing demeanour, ambitious mindset, and adeptness in swiftly grasping new concepts. They find inspiration everywhere—from people and places to fleeting details in everyday life. Whether prototyping, concept sketching, or exploring materials, they are constantly drawn to the tactile and the poetic.
Outside the studio, they are a passionate traveller, a lover of literature and nature, and someone who thrives on engaging with people from diverse backgrounds. Over the years, they have grown into a designer who embraces experimentation, values constructive critique, and seeks to design not just objects, but meaningful experiences.
Geeta Timsina
A resident of the region once bordering the Nameri and Pakke Tiger Reserves, Geeta shared a deeply personal story of ecological change. She recalled how hornbills once frequented the trees near her home to eat Tokko fruits—until the forest was cleared for new development, and the birds vanished with it. She talked very fondly about birds and her connection to them.
Lakhiram Rongam
A member of the Karbi community in Assam, Lakhiram spoke about his twin daughters Aarati-Baroti know about hornbills, but will their children ever see them? Though both are gone, the memory remains vivid—echoing a quiet grief for what has been lost and a longing to preserve it.
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