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Terraformation, Rithika Merchant’s solo exhibition at Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London Bridge, imagines a future after the destruction of the Earth when
humanity is beginning to build an alternative world and invent new ways of living. Within this state of powerful transformation and creativity, we encounter

vast, unfolding vessels composed of bold geometric shapes, hybrid creatures engaged in ritualistic practices and alternative methods of healing that har-
ness the powers of nature.

This series of works is the latest development of an ongoing narrative in which Merchant draws on her …