I was in Nepal for a month long artist residency at NexUs Culture in August, 2019. During the residency, along with Taiwanese and Nepali artists, we explored the politics on the body from various perspectives primarily focusing on blood, flesh, voice and physicality of the space /land. It was really interesting how our ideas expanded with each discussion and evolved into a larger discourse questioning the very idea of hierarchical sanctification and putting a few values/norms on a pedestal without reasoning. My work, Body vs. Choice, particularly questions the idea of body itself and how it is rendered in the sociopolitical scenarios.
Body vs. Choices
As a believer of symbolism and semiotics, my work primarily revolves around deconstruction of day to experiences to scratch out the veiled realities. Since as long as the time exists, we have been accustomed to stay estranged towards our own bodies and as a result, our very own flesh and bones refuse to become our home. I have tried to explore the presence and absence of our bodies in the larger sociopolitical context as well in the most personal of experiences. The question of having an agency on our own body is suppressed to the extent that our bodies are pit against the idea of choice itself. My work attempts to unfold the place of resistance in order to reclaim our own body and bodily experiences in the larger patriarchal society. It further undertakes the mundane and oft-ignored elements from our daily lives to visualize the never ending struggle that has been forced upon us our fate.
B for Body, F for Freedom
Mera Jism Meri Marzi
C of Choice
Presence in Absence
What you have to do with my body?
Resistence
