Method Delhi | 31 January – 15 March 2026
An India Art Fair Parallel exhibition
Method Delhi presents RITES, a solo exhibition by Berlin– and New York–based artist and technologist Alida Sun, on view from 31 January to 15 March 2026. The exhibition brings together code, ritual, embroidery, mirrorwork, computational heritage, care, and solidarity, positioning technology as a site of resistance, intimacy, and collective imagination.
At the core of RITES is Sun’s daily coding practice, sustained over 2,343 consecutive days and counting, in which repetition becomes ritual and curiosity becomes a form of refusal. Through custom software, Sun reframes computation as a generative and communal practice, countering extractive models of Big Tech with modes of care, protection, and shared authorship.
The exhibition draws attention to an often-erased history: women were the first computers and the inventors of software engineering, at a time when software was dismissed as feminised, secondary labour. RITES emerges from an urgent need to reclaim this computational heritage, restoring technology as a tool for creation and liberation rather than militarisation and surveillance.
Hand-coded and hand-embroidered, the works in RITES are produced through collaboration with a community of women artisans at SSMI, translating code into embroidered tapestries. These works foreground coding as a practice of solidarity, supporting livelihoods while sustaining cultural knowledge and craft traditions. Light-reflecting mirrorwork, rooted in histories of spiritual protection, is embedded within the tapestries, extending into the artist’s interactive process.
Each tapestry is generated through Sun’s movement, captured via infrared light and translated into code as signature and sigil. Every RITE becomes an abstracted human–machine portrait—a form of dazzle camouflage and protective encryption in the age of algorithmic surveillance.
Opening Night : 31 Jan 2026, Method Delhi
Hosted by Sanjana Rishi and Ruchika Sachdeva,
The exhibition will open with an evening hosted by Sanjana Rishi and Ruchika Sachdeva.
Presentation by Alida Sun
Sun will frame code as a living, multi-sensory medium that moves between sound, light, textiles, bodies, and space, privileging process over outcome and embracing glitches as sites of generative discovery.
The opening programme will conclude with a live-coded audio-visual performance by Abhinay Khoparzi, responding to the exhibition through improvisational sound generated in real time.
Live Performance by Abhinay Khoparzi
In his performance, Khoparzi translates the exhibition’s themes of ritual and computational heritage into immersive soundscapes created through live coding. Using algorithmic processes as performative signatures, the work echoes the exhibition’s language of encryption, camouflage, and resistance, positioning code as a shared space for contemplation, solidarity, and experimentation.
India Art Fair Parallel
RITES is an official India Art Fair Parallel. Works by Alida Sun will also be presented at Method’s booth (E10) at India Art Fair, from 5 to 8 February 2026.
About Alida Sun
Alida Sun is an artist and technologist based in Berlin and New York. Her practice integrates presence, resistance, and adaptation in the age of algorithms. For over 2,000 days and counting, she has hand-coded a new generative artwork daily, spanning installation, sound, architecture, choreography, drawing, textiles, and light. Her work has been exhibited internationally at institutions including UCCA Center for Contemporary Art, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, bitforms, Unit London, and major media art festivals worldwide.
About Abhinay Khoparzi
Abhinay Khoparzi is an Allahabad-born multidisciplinary artist, educator, and creative technologist. A key figure in India’s experimental electronic music scene, he co-founded Algorave India in 2018. Specialising in live-coding platforms such as TidalCycles and Hydra, he has performed at international forums including the International Conference of Live Coding, NIME, Festival X (Dubai), ISMIR, and ICASSP. His solo project Collab-Scape was presented at the Serendipity Arts Festival.
About Method
“The Revolution introduced me to art, and in turn art introduced me to the Revolution!”
– Albert Einstein
Whether Einstein was referring to a political awakening or a scientific upheaval, one thing is certain: art and the act of breaking away are fundamentally entwined.
Method is a space that embraces both introspection and “extrospection”—a way of engaging deeply with the self while also reaching outward into the cultural, political, and sensory ecosystems that shape our time. We believe that art is not just about creation but about conversation, transformation, and the continuous undoing of form and certainty. To create is to take a position—fluid, shifting, and
alive.
At its core, Method is committed to nurturing young and emerging practices. Our programming focuses on giving artists a platform at early stages of their careers—offering visibility, critical engagement, and a space to take risks. We prioritise fresh voices that challenge conventional narratives and expand the scope of contemporary art across disciplines, mediums, and contexts. With galleries in Mumbai and New Delhi, Method operates as a dynamic ecosystem for experimentation, conversation, and collaboration.
We champion practices that are conceptual, community rooted, and bold in their departure from norms—regularly dissolving boundaries between the visual, performative, digital, and material.
Over the years, Method has grown beyond the physical space to become a platform for dialogue and discovery. We have participated in major national and international art fairs such as India Art Fair, Art Mumbai, ARCO Lisboa and Asia Now,, and continue to forge collaborations with artists, collectives, and institutions across geographies.
Method is less about arriving at answers and more about facilitating open-ended inquiries. We see ourselves as a space of friction and fluidity—where experimentation is encouraged, multiplicity is celebrated, and the revolution of thought, feeling, and form is always underway.
Exhibition Details:
Date – 31 January – 15 March 2026
Venue – Method, Delhi
D Block, Basement, D-59, Block D, Defence Colony, New Delhi, Delhi 110024
