Bombay Triptych I reflects on the nature of the Indo-Catholic visual culture of the Catholic community of Bombay through encounters with the artists in the spaces and materials they work with. The first part analyses the form of labour involved in the creation process of religious figurines, statues and new churches through a meeting with Sr. Vimala, a nun from Kerala, who comes from a family of traditional wood workers is a sacred artist based in Bombay working for the last four decades in a variety of mediums but particularly with architecture, stained glass, fibreglass and terracotta. She reflects on the process of Indo-catholic art through the intermixing of divine worship and material composition. 

Duration: 16 minutes