Nachaniya / Performer

Research Project on intersection of folk and anti-caste feminist expression: ongoing

sudra draws god

translation: a-lesser-human draws god
frame, drawing of god by a sudra

they can’t make it

Performance of old and new feminist and anti-caste Bhojpuri songs by Ruby, Rita, Poonam & Radha, followed by discussion
Livestreamed from the outskirts of the village of Farhada, Bhojpur, Bihar

Knowledge

broken container

can’t understand

song

pari-bartan:
cup presents tea

broken paper cup, tea

Puranabad ka naksa / Puranabad’s map

Recycled cardboard made from Puranabad’s garbage and sewage waters

Broadcaste

video documentation of Research-presentation

barham:
restless rest

Used pillow, fragments of thinking process

Making Lattar (Vine): a devised Launda Naach

Research and Workshop setup for Collaborative Writing, Sharing and Structuring to make a Contemporary-Folk Performance, devised from the traditions of Naach, becoming Launda and Nirgun; based on real life incidents

Dissociation: always everywhere, yet absent

Bricks, Sand, Cement, Soil, Live Sadabahar Plant

jangayek.txt

[text for singer amongst the people]Online Song Performance and Discussion, Leather and Plastic Dafli (Drum), Text

bucketspeak

Buckets, Audio-Electronics, Voice Acting, Ambience
Part of ContainerSpeak multiple-channel setup

anumanlok [guess-wor{/}d]

Interactive Voice Response System, Data Phone, Bhojpuri/Hindi

atma-nirbhar / self-reliant

Painting: Oil on Canvas Paper

imitation

Video-Projection, Broken-Bucket Speaker
Part of ContainerSpeak multiple-channel setup

sudrafic(a)tion

Essay-Text-Fiction

what a waste of life

Drain Pipe, Copier-Paper Screen, Video-Projection
Part of ContainerSpeak multiple-channel setup

a scene from where you live

Scenograph: Drawings and Photographs

back-ground

Clay Figurine, TV, Video

you are in the same atmosphere as me

Copier-Paper, Magnet, Copper Wire, Audio-Electronics

paer-darshan [Limbicism]

Laser Prints on Recyled Paper, Handmade booklet

in all direction, but nowhere

Laser Prints and Inkjet Prints on Recyled Paper, Handmade Folds and Binds

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Knowledge

Understanding is erased by forms that contain predetermined meanings. On the contrary, broken things are like knowledge, which has no insides.

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Understanding is erased by forms that contain predetermined meanings.
On the contrary, broken things are like knowledge, which has no insides.