After a while, shadows begin to rouse

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. 





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