Tanvir Parvez
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উপাত্ত / আকাঙ্ক্ষা / পরম (Data / Desire / Divinity)

13 March - 20 April, 2026

When reality appears transparent

The pieces in this exhibition are the result of my attempt to develop this language through the integration of philosophy and technology into artistic practice. Central to it is pareidolia—the innate human tendency to discern familiar patterns and meaning within chaotic or ambiguous data.

In this exhibition of mine, titled "Data / Desire / Divinity" — উপাত্ত / আকাঙ্ক্ষা / পরম — I wanted to bring together several media in a single space. It included two-dimensional, surface-based works, as well as an immersive presentation of installations and moving images. The exhibition opened on March 13, 2026, and, due to growing visitor interest, we extended its scheduled run to April 20. In all, the exhibition featured twenty surface-based two-dimensional works, two installations, two holographic animations, and one immersive presentation of moving images.

Titled Data / Desire / Divinity, the exhibition is anchored in pareidolia. Data—composed of pixels, code, and digital archives—forms the primary lens through which we perceive the world. Desire is the psychological force that transforms data into a meaningful form. That desire is then projected outward, toward Divinity: not as religious transcendence, but as an ontological horizon—the threshold of existence and imagination where all meaning originates, the vessel of ultimate experience.

The works invite viewers to confront a more profound question: Can one transcend the duality of self and world, observer and observed, and discovery and construction—to arrive at a state where they become one? Answers, if they exist, arise not from theory but from our experience.

The pieces in the exhibition do not offer any definitive answers. Instead, they pose fundamental questions: Are we discovering patterns—or constructing them? Imposing meaning or uncovering it? Through poetry, science, and spirituality, the exhibition probes the very nature of human perception.

Data / Desire / Divinity (Installation 1)
Data / Desire / Divinity (Installation 1)
Data / Desire / Divinity (Installation 1)
Data / Desire / Divinity (Installation 2)
Data / Desire / Divinity (Installation 2)
Data / Desire / Divinity (Installation 2)

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