Performance film: Raqs Media Collective, Cloud Messengers

Watch the full performance by Raqs Media Collective at Seed130 Fenchurch Street, London
14 October 2025, in connection with the exhibition Raqs Media Collective, Cloud Messengers.

How do we perceive risk in an age of uncertainty? Cloud Messengers traces the invisible threads that bind natural forces to systems of capital and control in a time of climate crisis.

Performed by Monica Narula and Shuddhabrata Sengupta
Performance Assistance at Raqs Studio
Moomal & Shamsher Ali

Curated by Jeanine Griffin & Alice Sharp of Invisible Dust, supported by a partnership with Futurecity and Frith Street Gallery

This performance was a Frieze VIP event

Film by Altay Doğahan

About Raqs Media Collective

Delhi-based artists Raqs Media Collective formed in 1992 and are Jeebesh Bagchi, Monica Narula, and Shuddhabrata Sengupta –’raqs’ in several languages denotes an intensification of awareness and presence attained by whirling, turning, and being in a state of revolution. For the artists ‘Raqs’ means ‘kinetic contemplation’ and a restless and energetic entanglement with the world and time. Exhibitions include Documenta, the Biennales of Venice, Istanbul, Taipei, Liverpool, Shanghai, Sydney and Sao Paulo. Solo and recently Thirst, Wellcome Collection, 2025.

https://works.raqsmediacollective.net

Exhibition: Raqs Media Collective, Cloud Messengers
15 Oct – 2 Dec, 2025
Seed130, Fenchurch Street, London

Cloud Messengers traces the invisible threads that bind natural forces to systems of capital and control in a time of climate crisis. Raqs Media Collective have collaborated with Invisible Dust to create this new installation drawing speculative philosophical connections between monsoon rains, floods, trade and financial markets and actuarial science assessing risk.

Curated by Jeanine Griffin & Alice Sharp of Invisible Dust, supported by a partnership with Futurecity and Frith Street Gallery

Find out more about the exhibition

Seed130 is led by CO–RE for Aviva Investors, with a design team including WilkinsonEyre and Arup. Curated by Futurecity in collaboration with key partners Invisible Dust and Eastern City Business Improvement District.