Arindam Manna is a transdisciplinary visual artist and site-specific researcher. His practice develops through an immersive engagement with the temporalities and worlds contained within road networks and their adjoining landscapes, particularly the historic Grand Trunk Road and its regional transitions. Holding a BFA from Kala Bhavana, Visva-Bharati University and an MFA from Shiv Nadar University, Manna investigates the dynamics of mobility, infrastructure and spaces in flux.

His project, "Transience and Materiality", stems from extensive fieldwork along these arterial routes, where he observes the transitional spaces—small shops, dhabas, abandoned factories, junkyards and buffer zones—that embody stories of movement, human migration and everyday negotiation. This inquiry deepens in the town of Suri in West Bengal, where the Grand Trunk Road morphs into National Highway 19, serving as a vital site for his observations. Through a continuous site-specific practice of journaling, drawing, Painting, photography, videography and sound recording, he maps how these spaces reflect the constant flow of people and ideas.

Employing a psychogeographical and phenomenological approach, Manna explores the embedded criticalities within these environments by treating the body as a central catalyst. In his work, the body engages in actions that establish direct connections with the surrounding space, while the space, in response, acts as a reactive entity—filtering and returning sensory codes and sensations back to the body. This reciprocal, somatic exchange generates the embodied experiences that form the essence of his practice.

By distilling this rich corpus of research into his projects, Manna creates multi-sensory experiences that invite audiences to engage with these landscapes as dynamic cultural ecosystems, revealing how spaces of transience embody both fragility and resilience.