In a world revolving around digital definitions and designs, our eyes accustomed to scanning the screens have easy access to information, making old world tools and skills recede back from our routines and memories.

It was a novel moment when the show “Maps Unfolded” opened in Hyderabad on 13 September 2024. Prshant Lahoti, a vintage map collector and co-founder of Kalakriti Gallery, curated the innovative exhibition, having collaborated with Delhi-based artist architect Ankon Mitra, who had coined the term ‘oritecture’ earlier. The artist, who is a trained architect and practices as a landscape designer, has been enthralling art lovers for a while, fusing origami and architecture in a unique way through his sculptural art.

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