Amit Kalra is a video and sculpture artist whose work examines how belief systems are sustained through repetition, gesture and mediated imagery. His videos use slowed movement, found footage, and layered sound to expose the mechanics of persuasion and performance. His sculptural works extend this inquiry through industrial remnants and ritual materials. Kalra holds a graduate degree from the Royal College of Art and teaches in the MFA Communications Design program at Pratt Institute. He has exhibited internationally, held residencies at Vermont Studio Center and Pratt and has been featured on NTS Radio.

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Joy Machine, 2023. Single-channel video, sound; 75 minutes and 9 seconds.

Clips repeated from three western films are stacked vertically with manipulated audio. In the center, a man is tricking a slot machine with a coin on a string. At the top, a herd of cows kicks up dust. At the bottom, a mannequin hangs from a horse running towards the viewer.