Palak Modi

Palak Modi’s practice explores the ways in which identity is continually reshaped through cycles of physical and digital change. Her earlier works examined impermanence through processes of decay, erosion, and renewal, drawing from personal experiences of loss and the psychological process of rebuilding. This inquiry has gradually expanded into the digital realm, where Modi considers how technology influences memory, attention, and self-perception.

Modi is particularly interested in the ways individuals increasingly internalise the logic of digital systems, becoming shaped by ideas of prediction, automation, and optimisation. Her works translate these concerns through repeated data patterns, code-like sequences, mechanical grids, and fragmented forms that evoke the experience of the mind “glitching” through forgetting, repetition, and fragmentation.

A recurring stitched plus sign has become an important motif within her visual language. Borrowed from digital interfaces, it suggests connection and validation, while its handmade construction introduces ideas of care, repair, and the recovery of agency. This tension between mechanical imagery and tactile processes lies at the centre of Modi’s exploration of technology and human experience.

Across the different phases of her practice, Modi remains concerned with the ongoing negotiation of selfhood. Her work considers how identity is continually dismantled, reconstructed, and redefined in response to the forces that shape contemporary life.