Art
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Catalog view is the alternative 2D representation of our 3D virtual art space. This page is friendly to assistive technologies and does not include decorative elements used in the 3D gallery.
A Room For The Swell
Spaces in this world:
Statement:
To put it in layman's language, I'm a visual artist. To put it in my own, I'm a drifter, a blob that is almost liquid, that morphs into any form and medium that fits the fancy for that particular project or time. No knowledge is futile, I take all I get, from whoever, wherever. With a background in Fashion Design from NIFT Delhi, India, my practice is informed by a very indigenous understanding of touch, texture and tension. Currently, I’m pursuing a postgraduate degree in Visual Communication at the Royal College of Art, London, UK.
I love the bracketing comma, for I believe in the power of juxtapositions, and waving hello to animals I see on the street.
3D Environment Description:
An immersive environment composed of a film made with an analogue camera stills from the films and other abstract collaged fragments and a crushed drawing of a hand.
Artworks in this space:
Light Leak
An exploration of realities passing through each other at the stroke of the midnight hour. The endlessness of lingeing touch, the fear of constantly ticking infinity. An oasis of kind nighttime. This experiment with 16mm film was concieved and shot when I did a residency with HARKAT Studios, Mumbai, India in September 2022. After much collaging on film and manual editing and. uncountable experiments and almost breaking a couple of projectors, the film went through some digital processing as well and the result was an example of how sometimes the process becomes performance and working hands only a medium for some creative spectral energy to pass through. I'm grateful to everyone who helped me in the process: Karan Talwar and The team at HARKAT Studios, Mumbai Prof. Luke Pendrell Anupama Iyer
Exhale Loop
I have always had a problem understanding simple concepts, but the one that has got me the most number of bewildered looks is my idea of INHALE and EXHALE. “No, when you EX-hale you deflate,” they tell me. But I have always felt that if I one day forget that I am fat, and let go of my breath, I’m going to expand and take up space and engulf all the walls and bounds. Exhale Loop is an attempt at starting to live as (in the words of a dear friend) “an affirmation, not an apology.” It is the story of a midnight dance, a dizzying exhale. This is not a fairytale affirmed only by a ‘pretty’ prince falling in love with the large body. This is about making it to a safe space, half staggering, and the elation of a whole breath. This is about a boundless state of being, and in the spell of nothingness and no onlookers, moving to music. Taking up space.
