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Milk, Melancholy

and Me

Live Art 2011 curated by Smitha
Cariappa 2011
Performed as part of international
Live Art 2011 Performance Festival at
Venkattappa Art Gallery . The core
idea was to bring in the psychological
state of mind, of a person who is in
deep state of depression and in
melancholic mood, and in state of

isolate on has lost all its positive
power to fight back (symbolic to first
stage of Alchemical process –
Nigredo (Melancholic stage), The
performance had both existential
feeling and melancholic tone. This
performance act was a healing
process for me and to my audience.
In audio there were two people

talking one is doctor who hypnotizes
his patient and the other voice was
mine, where the patient takes the
journey to the past. I concluded my
performance by the act of pouring
milk on myself, this ritualistic act
symbolized healing.