A year ago, Prajakta Potnis started contemplating on the fragility of the human body. A septuagenarian uncle of hers, who she thought of as fit, started complaining of breathing issues. When medical investigations commenced, the doctor asked him about where he was previously employed. He had worked at a chemical factory and it had been 15 years since retirement but all of a sudden, it was these chemicals that began to react.
Potnis began researching the case and found that it was common for these substances to lie dormant in the body for long periods of times. It got her thinking about workers in toxic environments — an exploration she highlights in her latest solo at a Colaba gallery, marking a return to Mumbai after four years.
