The Analog Table: Edition 01

We're launching The Analog Table with a session we couldn't have scripted better if we tried.

2026 marks 200 years since the world's first permanent photograph was captured — and to mark it, the Dilip Piramal Art Gallery at NCPA is presenting Mänk'áčen, an expansive exhibition by Chilean artist, researcher, and curator Sergio Valenzuela-Escobedo. The exhibition brings together historical photographs, archival documents, museum and ethnographic collections, scientific reports, field notes, and other visual ephemera — an ambitious look at how the visual medium has evolved, and how photography has shaped the way we've recorded, remembered, and understood the world.

For Edition 01 of The Analog Table, Sergio will personally walk our community through the exhibition — sharing the research, decisions, and stories behind the work — followed by an open Q&A. It's a rare chance to hear directly from a curator whose practice sits at the intersection of art, history,…