"They live, we SLEEP" // An Art project under "Conflicting Space" [Part 01]


Conflicting space is a project under Srinagar Biennale where rather than public art project this exchange is about making a visual narrative between two different conflicting spaces. Both the spaces “Howrah and Sweden” in one hand carrying a potential living historical memory, on the other hand also has the hidden possibilities of contradiction. In this Art project the artist from India and Sweden are trying to question and explore the area of hidden possibilities through their different kind of medium. The exchange and the collaborating with two curator one is from Sweden Tamara de Laval and Chi muk from India starts with a dialogue between the artist which is more about idea of space, intimacy, bonding, struggle, body, labor and contradiction of nature and culture. Also the artists are trying to evolve the possibilities of conflict between visible and invisible line where there is always much hidden disturbance and conflict within the space and the space become the boisterous silence.

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Curated by Tamara de Laval and Chi Muk


Here the idea of this project, collective is very important role in my practice. Because of this reason I like the idea of Conflicting space where this project not limited only to produce an Art product for final display. Though it is important also this project focus on process which can help to share, discuss with each other work and going through a collective approach. Also it helps to Artistic growth where every steps going through research based.

"They live, we SLEEP"
A project under "Conflicting space" // Srenagar Biennale
by Anupam Saikia.

“They live, we sleep” is a small exercise of this project where I attempt to question the “living and sleeping” by using different Audio-Visual medium.


"They live, we SLEEP" (i)
Digital Photograph, 2016



I am trying to break the silence through process of working. I believe that the coexistence of fear and violence in our everyday public, personal and private spaces lead to the regimentation and disciplining of everyday work conditions. As a consequence, the possibility of workers’ self-control on their work in the area of knowledge production as well as scope of developing of anti-hegemonic subjectivity constantly faces a threat. The ‘thoughtpolice’ keeps us under the invisible surveillance, which operates in different layers and levels ,continuously posits a coercive boundary on what we practice in our everyday life and even when we try to question these fear and violence through performative action. And I believe that these fear and violence fabricated a silence space in our psyche unconsciously.






"They live, we SLEEP" (ii)
2016.

This video clip is a small exercise and tried to explore the boisterous silence. In this project what we the all artist produce will be display in the month of April 2017 at Sweden and Howrah.

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