Of(f) Space,Gallery Espace, Delhi 2024
Duration : ~40m approximately
This piece was a performative entry,engaging with the works of Dilip Chobisa at display at Gallery espace
My performance engages with Dilip Chobisa's works as a point of entry to closely examine the role of architecture and 'home'. His works devoid of people became an area of reflection where my body in performance exhibits the stark distinctions of the lived reality placed around materials constituting as important memorabilia or even spaces lived and forgotten or lost.
The performance expands on our everyday lives that take place without any scope to rationally plan spaces but Chobisa's art works as a site designed to hold experiences was a welcoming space.
'Thaan' : Searching the Self - performed at India Art fair, Delhi 2024
(Thaan in punjabi means Space/Place)
Duration : ~2h 40m approximately
Displacement – a sense of being adrift in a world that constantly asks us to conform and adapt.In a world dominated by multiple identities and experiences, women often find themselves grappling with a sense of constant displacement. This feeling of being uprooted from our true selves and societal expectations can be overwhelming. Trying to navigate one’s journey while grappling with societal stereotypes and gender biases.
The performance attempts to understand the essence of what it means to live a life
constantly in flux. A weaving of a tapestry of one’s shared journey and find meaning in the midst of
chaos.
Investigating the Mind/Body House
Charcoal Studio, Delhi 2021
Duration : 20 minutes approx
What does the body house inside?The visible mess and the invisible.How to carry the weight inside?Do I house the body or does the body house me?
'Murda te laash che ki farak hai?' - performed at Patiala, Punjab 2018
(what is the difference between a dead body and a corpse?)
Duration : ~30 mins approximately
Can one differentiate between a dead person and a dead body?How can you be living and dead at the same time? Which state of mind is alive?or which state of body is dead?
An exploration of these questions. This performance was done as a homage to Shantanu, (my co conspirator in life and art) after a bike accident left him in a vegetative state.
There is no Trash Can Here
Streets of Basel, Switzerland 2018
Writing text with disposable match sticks on a street where there was no trash can. In a country obsessed with cleanliness, it was strange that there was no trash can in this street.
Beads falling from my mouth
Bangalore, Karnataka 2018
When words fail and falter,there are beads falling from my mouth.
Salt
Bangalore, Karnataka 2017
Sharing of a piece of news highlighting the the plight of salt farmers of Rann of Kutch,whose salt farms were washed away by the waters released from the Sardar Sarover Dam.
Eat The Apple : An Interrogation
JNU, Delhi 2017
Duration : ~30 mins approximately
This work is about a kidnapping that happened somewhere in Punjab. In between the honour and the killing is the kidnapping. What entitles a family to commit such an act? What leads to the act? What happens post the act? The moment when you are brought ‘home ’. Is it home really? What is judged here? Who judges really?
Time
Dhaka Art Summit, Dhaka, Bangladesh 2016
Duration : 4 hours
Writing notions about time with match sticks snaking through the gallery space.
Pleasure III : Dog Love II
Toddy Shop, Delhi 2015
Duration : 30 mins approx
Sharing the pleasures experienced with a dog-spoken text performance.
I love you
Zurich, 2015
Pleasure II : Sleep
Bangalore, Karnataka 2014
