“Do hands have a chance?” This audio recording, emanating from an intricate hexagonal tent, greeted viewers at the entrance to Swapnaa Tamhane’s solo exhibition “Mobile Palace.” The statement, which reverberated throughout the show, is both a promise and a warning. Tamhane speaks this line—the title of a 1986 essay by Indian artist K. G. Subramanyan (1924–2016)—along with other excerpts from the text, a meditation on the possibilities of artisanal labor in the wake of India’s independence from Britain and increased mechanization. The question seems simple, but across three immersive textile