Nepal, April 28 -- Some exhibitions display work; others create an environment where the audience becomes less a viewer and more part of something unresolved. 'Chirping of Restless Heart', a joint show at The Kala Salon by Kathmandu-based artists Momin Pradhan and Sharmila Devi Tamang, is of the latter.

Presented as a two-person dialogue, the exhibit builds a world from leaves, yarn, birds, and beds, and invites us to take a seat. According to the artists, "chirping" refers to both the sound of a bird and the sound of a disturbed mind-something both outside and inside.

Pradhan's installation, 'It's Too Early to Fall Asleep', rests on the gallery floor in an intimate way. At the centre of the room is a mattress, bare, rumpled, personal-s...