Nalini Malani review – animation chamber is a sensory assault

Whitechapel Gallery, London
Flickering iPad animations flood the senses with themes of nationalism, contagion and violence, alongside the timely words of great thinkersStepping into Nalini Malani’s Can You Hear Me? is uncomfortably like invading someone’s busy mind. Fast-moving images, flickering texts and a whispering soundtrack come at you from all sides. Around Whitechapel’s brick-walled gallery, nine projectors cycle through 88 short animations on disjointed loops. Texts ev