By ritualistically hand-dying the coconut and orchestrating a large scale, topographical rangoli, my work brings together human cultural and embodied practices while acknowledging the presence of the non-human world. Using near-expired, non-toxic materials, the artwork becomes a repository of energy for the microbial systems that live within the hotel, feeding organisms that go unnoticed in the human world. Concurrently, patrons are immersed in their own fleshly experience through reverberating colours, softened sound, rich aromas, and the anticipation of taste and touch. The installation splays across the floor, transforming slowly over the exhibition runs, echoeing rangoli’s ephemeral nature; however, at its culmination, the half-digested material will be recycled into new energy through its decomposition by millions of microorganisms, beginning a new cycle.
By ritualistically hand-dying the coconut and orchestrating a large scale, topographical rangoli, my work brings together human cultural and embodied practices while acknowledging the presence of the non-human world. Using near-expired, non-toxic materials, the artwork becomes a repository of energy for the microbial systems that live within the hotel, feeding organisms that go unnoticed in the human world. Concurrently, patrons are immersed in their own fleshly experience through reverberating colours, softened sound, rich aromas, and the anticipation of taste and touch. The installations splay across gallery floors, transforming slowly over the exhibition run, echoes rangoli’s ephemeral nature; however, at its culmination, the half-digested material will be recycled into new energy through its decomposition by millions of microorganisms, beginning a new cycle.
By ritualistically hand-dying the coconut and orchestrating a large scale, topographical rangoli, my work brings together human cultural and embodied practices while acknowledging the presence of the non-human world. Using near-expired, non-toxic materials, the artwork becomes a repository of energy for the microbial systems that live within the hotel, feeding organisms that go unnoticed in the human world. Concurrently, patrons are immersed in their own fleshly experience through reverberating colours, softened sound, rich aromas, and the anticipation of taste and touch. The installations splay across gallery floors, transforming slowly over the exhibition run, echoes rangoli’s ephemeral nature; however, at its culmination, the half-digested material will be recycled into new energy through its decomposition by millions of microorganisms, beginning a new cycle.
Lemon Yellow , organic food colouring and desiccated coconut
Crimson , organic food colouring & desiccated coconut
Color swatches
Color studies
Crimson and Burnt red
Work in Progress
Refining the coconut and facilitating drying process. The materiality of the work is crucial and the process and lifespan is part of the journey and evolvement of the human involvement before it goes off to its post human stage. The microbial systems that live in any given space will interact with the material and begin a new cycle of existence.