An Art Performance by Anupam Saikia.
Venue: Terrace, Art Gallery Kamala Devi Complex, India International Centre (IIC), New Delhi
Date: 15th Dec 2019
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An Extended Program of Dis-place. Curated by Pranamita Borgohain.
Citizenship history
of any geography is vital which describes the changing relation between an
individual and the state. It has come out as the biggest irony of Assam’s
political and social life during the past few decades. It had a disrupted
impact on everyday life and many times triggered anxiety in the psychological
space of the people. The citizens are being grappled in psychological
violence.
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Saikia’s performance is a take towards the
historical narratives that delineate “How psychology took a shape when
violence and conflict endure from time to time?” His aim is to express the anxiety,
metaphorical violence through the performative action in a constructive
experiential space. He attempts to create an abstract narrative through the performance about identity, citizenship, and the violence that took place in
the context, and which may open multiple doors for the audience to build a new
narrative with their understanding.
Saikia has juxtaposed his actions with lullabies composed in different
languages and some other sounds. These soundscapes enhance to create an aura of
the psychological space that provokes the audience to think and connect
emotionally. Through this performance, he wishes to involve, re-act, respond
and reinterpret the notion with the history, space and time.
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Displace is a part of
the larger exhibition “the earth is still going around the Sun” a culmination
of the third edition of Curatorial Intensive South Asia (CISA), a flagship
program by Khoj International Artists’ Association in partnership with
Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhaban in collaboration with India International
Centre (IIC), New Delhi.
Documantation: Christina Dipa, Pranamita Borgohain.
