Chitpore has come to Park Street as seven artistes share their association with the forgotten lanes and bylanes of the north Calcutta neighbourhood through their work at Max Mueller Bhavan.

The exhibition titled Stereoscopic Narratives is the culmination of the Chitpur Local art project, which took off well over a year ago and involved different communities and heritage landmarks.

An initiative of Hamdasti, Stereoscopic Narratives captures the journey of both the artistes and the communities they engaged with. Artwork carried forward from the first Chitpur Local “open house” last March, new exhibits, short films and participation of members from heritage houses added a new flavour to an old project at the grand finale.

“I am mulling new ways of throwing my courtyard open,” said businessman Amarnath Daw, a member of the Daw household in Beniatola as he pored over Anuradha Pathak’s project on courtyards of traditional houses. The Dawbari, too, was part of the project and a festival was organised in its courtyard in February.

Pathak’s project presents the perspectives of the members of the households included in her work. A prop door leads one to a carrom board — a favourite courtyard activity — and snapshots from the art festival held in the Dawbari courtyard. Visitors are also told tales about the various courtyards through an audio-visual presentation.

“It’s important to maintain a heritage house. I plan to hold musical soirees and maybe turn a portion of my house into a heritage guest house to ensure fund flow,” said Daw as he moved on to the next exhibit, picking up an album compiled by artiste Srota Dutta Acharya following her project on photo studios and photographs of prospective brides.

“Some of the families I covered are now my friends and I can barge into their homes anytime,” said Acharya who plans to compile the forgotten stories she heard in the Chitpore homes. Her album gives a sneak peek into one such tale along with the matrimonial pictures she collected.

Sunit Chatterjee, the co-owner of the century-old

C Bros Photo Studio, joined the exhibition with six antique cameras that still occupy pride of place in his studio. “The Hasselblad 1000F made in Sweden in 1952 is my favourite. I got it in 1971,” he said.

“Art brought different members of a community together,” said Sumona Chakravarty, the co-founder of Hamdasti. Memories of her project were captured in new games and traffic signs at Max Mueller.

To stress the theme of different perspectives, 3D cards about the artistes and their projects are available.

“It’s lovely how Max Mueller has blended with Chitpore. I have visited Chitpore in the past and loved it,” said Friso Maecker, the director of Max Mueller Bhavan Calcutta.

The other artists whose projects are on display include Nilanjan Das, Manas Acharya, Ruchira Das and Suhasini Kejriwal. The exhibition is on till September 22.