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Unfolding Ephemeral Traces

Tanti Dhatri Festival Part of Magdelena Festival Curated by Partvarty

Baul Ranga Shankara ,Banglaore 2016

I was invited to Performance and Installation for Tanti Dhatri
International Festival for Women (Part of Magdalena Project) I did
installation on tree and live performance during the opening of
festival. The Idea of the performance is about finding out traces of
my journey, unfolding first hand reaction to the communal rites an
era of saffronization later on gradually playing the role of victims
showing agony and pain this came with my first hand experience in
Baroda during the riots and now gradually working towards healing
aspect all this stages have impacted and influenced my

performances. As I look back it has been as these as been
ephemeral. A moment of time decade and half just gone in one
moment The emotive response has strongly drawn me toward
working on this key issue in subtle way, this time not expressing
mental trauma or brining out pain and agony but ascertaining
healing as key solution to this hysterical situation present in our
society. My efforts are to revisit and reassert those things again and
again in my work.
This work was interactive and Performative installation, where

metaphorically and ingeniously suggesting these stages in my work
through use of the alchemical elements like Ash, Turmeric and
Saffron. I worked with existing tree at the entrance of Ranga
Shankara, where I wrapped yellow color cotton cloth and extending
the tree form in center, where it will merge with mound of turmeric.
Audience were allowed to tie turmeric roots to the tree branches
they were given a memoirs of healing.