“A Kolkata” is a reflection on the experience and role of travel from the perspective of being locked down due to the pandemic. Alex remotely collaborated with four Kolkata based photographers to capture physical elements of the city of Kolkata in India as 3D models using a process known as photogrammetry. He ran an online workshop that introduced the technique, then each photographer was asked to go out and select objects that act as personal markers for how they navigate the city. They did not need to say why they chose the objects, just that they were personally meaningful. By taking a number of 2D photographs of each object from different angles, Alex was then able to recreate these objects in 3D at his studio in Brighton, England. These objects were then digitally combined into a visual poem that reflects on what it means to have been to a place. Partially inspired by an intense lucid dream of walking through Kolkata that Alex had during the residency, the work is a deeply personal exploration of the idea of a city never visited. The work plays on the idea of what a visitor will look at when experiencing a place for the first time versus the places that are meaningful to people who live in that place. Additionally it asks: if we are to curb our travel to reduce our carbon impact on the world, do we need to redefine our idea of having visited a place being entirely a physical act. The artwork was realised within the framework of the Indo-European Residency Project Kolkata 2021 supported by EUNIC - European Union National Institutes for Culture in collaboration with the British Council, Kolkata. Due to the pandemic, the entire residency took place online, with one selected artist from France, Germany, Italy, India, and the UK exploring the city of Kolkata virtually via a curated collection of materials and online events.