Rooted in Punjab’s agricultural landscape, Singh’s practice draws from lived relationships with farming life and its environmental consequences. Extinction Archive began as a response to the ecological and social fallout of the Green Revolution and has evolved into a broader investigation of disappearance and survival.

The installation references more than 900 endangered animal, fungal, and plant species drawn from the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species. Positioned as both record and witness, the work confronts extinction not as an abstract future, but as an ongoing condition.

Material is central to the work’s meaning. Created using soot collected from stubble burning, the installation reflects the environmental realities of North India, including ecological degradation, economic pressures on farming communities, and the recurring public health crises linked to seasonal pollution. The material carries both physical residue and historical memory.

Through accumulation, absence, and material trace, Extinction Archive asks how art might register loss while insisting on attention. Situated within the open setting of the Fair, the work offers a quiet, critical reflection on ecological collapse and the fragile persistence of life.

The exhibition is presented at India Art Fair 2026 as part of the Outdoor Art Project, the work extends Singh’s sustained engagement with land, labour, and ecological memory.