Sessions | Exhibition
Bangalore International Centre
Vanishing Wings
Meghana Singh
Professor·Shrishti Manipal Institute
About this session
Vanishing Wings is an immersive walk-through textile installation that visualizes the decline of insect populations as a consequence of anthropocentric development and ecological disruption. Through layered translucent textiles, embroidered insect forms, shifting stitch densities, and material transparency, the work translates biodiversity data into a sensory experience of abundance, fragmentation, and disappearance. Drawing on entomological research, species diversity records, and citizen-science datasets, the installation invites viewers to recognize insects as foundational agents of pollination, soil health, food systems, and ecological balance. Situated within urban and peri-urban landscapes, Vanishing Wings transforms more-than-human data into a contemplative encounter with climate change, interdependence, and loss.
About the speaker
Meghana Singh is a design educator and textile practitioner whose work explores sustainability, material narratives, and craft-based learning. Her practice engages with textiles as a medium for storytelling, ecological reflection, and participatory engagement. Drawing from traditional craft knowledge, collaborative processes, and material experimentation, she creates tactile experiences that encourage audiences to engage with environmental concerns in embodied and accessible ways.
With experience across design education, grassroots initiatives, and interdisciplinary practice, her work often bridges research, making, and community-based learning. Deeply interested in slow processes, repair cultures, and regenerative approaches to design, she uses textiles to translate complex ecological ideas into sensory and spatial encounters that invite reflection, dialogue, and collective awareness.