- The work begins by scouting potential sites in the city where the massive load could be placed. At present, permission has been obtained from a property owner to use the rooftop of a building
- If permission for the placement is withdrawn or denied, only a marking is made at the proposed site where the load would have been installed. In such cases, the chalk mark alone becomes the document of the unarrived load.
- Upon acceptance of the load at a potential site, a structural calculation is conducted to assess the stability of the building or ground where the load will be placed. Once all necessary approvals are obtained, the load is installed.
- The current document is based on a potential location that has agreed to accept the load on a provisional basis.
- The load is formed by making a newly cast concrete column horizontally on a rooftop located adjacent to a metro line.
- The column functions as a dead load and is positioned on a surface designed for everyday use rather than structural burden.
- The placement of the column does not serve any architectural, functional, or infrastructural purpose.
- The concrete column is oriented diagonally to the metro line, which runs by the side of the building and is slightly elevated above the terrace floor via distributed metal supports.
- It does not touch the parapet walls or connect to the building structure.
- The load remains static, unutilized, and placed almost in the center of the terrace.
- The work is visible only from the metro, and only from one direction of travel. The encounter lasts for a few seconds per ride and cannot be accessed on foot or through intentional visitation.
- This brief visibility constitutes the only direct experience of the work in real time.
- The column remains in place for as long as it is tolerated by the conditions governing the site, including ownership permission, structural capacity , and infrastructural government regulation. Its duration is not predetermined and may be shortened or terminated by refusal.
- Anyone interested in the work, whether just viewing or wanting to take the load off, will have access only via the metro line and can view it from the window. On the left side of the purple line, moving from Hosahalli metro station towards Magadi road.
- The work does not assign a meaning to the weight. Instead, it registers how weight is processed: where it is allowed to remain, under what conditions it is refused, and how responsibility for its presence is negotiated or displaced over time.
- From this point onwards, the following are aftereffects, but only offshoots of the column’s communication and its dialogue with other city infrastructure.
- An initiative to communicate with cultural institutions, government bodies, and museums to determine whether responsibility for the object—its relocation, custody, or removal—can be assumed elsewhere. These requests are administrative rather than symbolic, and don't intend for any institutional critique sort of thing. Acceptance, delay, or refusal are all considered operative outcomes.
- The removal or relocation of the weight does not mark an end but a shift in the work’s condition, as its status is redefined by the terms under which it is displaced.
Dimensions of the column and the rooftop:
Column dimensions: 5.4 m in length with a cross-section of 0.4 m × 0.3 m.
Terrace dimensions: 12 ft X 29
Before the arrival of the weight
Scouting for the potential place had been taken before during my previous metro rides.
Dec 26th 2025 - Work begins on accepting the property owner's request to place the weight.
Reason: since it is an artwork, I would accept the load on my building.
My response: I need to have a look at it with structural engineers.
Jan 5th. 2026, consultation for structural engineers.
Searching for a structural engineer via a Google search in the nearby area of the location.
Opted to call one company.
Phone call received: Based on the site description and proposed load, they declined.
They consider it under renovation.
Refusal of the project before the site visit.
Reason given -
Inability to assume responsibility due to the building’s age [50 years] and unknown construction quality.