About The Event
When we witness geometric patterns in botany, we witness it's rhythm of growing. While trees move at a glacial pace, their subtle motion leaves behind a trail in the form of visual patterns. Witness these pattern
Just like tree rings reflect the fingerprint of seasons, each species grows in a rhythm that is imprinted in their body.
This Sunday come witness these patterns together as a dark room projector experience with geometry, sounds, and incense.
Fragrance Talks are intended to continue the tradition of mixing storytelling and fragrances, which generally happen outdoors. For the indoor experience, We have handpicked one incense stick for each talk along with a sonic storytelling experience.
The talk will go over
1. Fractals of arborisation or the Branching of trees
2. Fibbonacci sequence in leaves
3. Radial geometry of flowers
4. Spinning motion as a synchronised dance
The talk is conducted by Abhishek Khan, a research-based artist, designer, and storyteller under the pen name Hand Jobs Inc. He runs Theatre of Botany / Lalbagh.info as a botanical story project in gardens of Bengaluru and Mumbai. As a designer, he designed the brand identity for General Items
He started Lalbagh.info website as a free public archive of Lalbagh flowers. The website now hosts Flower Finder, and self-guided Fragrance Walk.
This project has been featured in
The Hindu
New Indian Express
Deccan Herald
Mid-Day
Mumbai Mirror
Vogue July/August '26 (print) / (online)
He has researched, written, and performed scripts like
Lores of Haunted Trees
Botany of Opium Ships
Botany of Indian Literature
Botany of Alcohol
Botany of Psychedelics
Botany of Lovemaking
Mafia of House Plants
At the venue, Abhishek's botanical art exhibition, Remembrance, will be on display. The artworks are made from dried botanicals foraged from living, dead, and dying trees in Lalbagh.
The show is in tribute to the fallen trees of Lalbagh, like Ficus Cunninghami, Pride of Bolivia, and last surviving mango tree of Tipu Sultan.
