My Molten Sky

An installation of photographs and sculptural photo-objects that form a fragmented narrative of displacement and belonging.

My Molten Sky is a photographic project that reflects on how stories of place, memory and loss are formed and retold. Drawing loosely from the structures of folklore—where stories shift through repetition and exaggeration—the work moves between lived experience and imagined narrative. Birds, skies, gestures and fragments of landscape recur across the images, forming a dispersed visual language that considers how meaning becomes attached to places, and how those meanings change over time.

The project unfolds through an installation where photographs, terracotta forms and photographic objects share the space. Images appear as fragments rather than a single narrative sequence, allowing them to echo and resonate with one another. Terracotta elements function as quiet directional markers within the environment, grounding the work materially while suggesting orientation within the space. Their earthen presence creates a dialogue between ground and sky, between the material landscape and the fragmented imagery of the photographs.

Atmosphere becomes central to how the images are perceived. Haze, diffused light and shifting air soften the boundaries of the landscape, creating environments that feel suspended between visibility and obscurity. Figures appear partially turned away, gestures remain unresolved and landscapes dissolve into sky. Rather than presenting a fixed narrative, the work remains open, allowing fragments of image and memory to circulate through the space.

Through these elements, this series constructs a quiet yet unstable field of meaning. The work suggests that memory and place are not fixed but continually reshaped through repetition, distance and time. Images function as traces—partial stories that shift depending on how they are encountered.

Ultimately, My Molten Sky proposes photography as a space where landscape, memory and narrative remain fluid. By moving between image, object and atmosphere, the work reflects on how we locate ourselves within environments that are themselves constantly changing.

My Molten Sky was a solo exhibition by artist Janhavi Sharma that ran from 21 November 2025 to 21 February 2026 at MPND Gallery, Loughborough, UK.

Janhavi Sharma is an independent photographer based in Mumbai. Her work explores the intersections of memory, food, gender and ecology through non-linear storytelling that shifts across space, time and material. Working with sculptural and installation-based approaches, she expands photography into tactile and spatial forms that invite slower, more attentive ways of engaging with images.