Worship

Performance

Performance Event of International Performance Art festival Bangladesh 2011

Date: January 31, 2011

Artist Rashid Chowdhury Gallery of Chittagong Institute Of Fine Arts

Materials: Foam Shave, Shaving Razors , Water, Jug , Towel, Rose, Bandages

 

 

We stand up on two legs. We are going fast gradually. We need to go far as well. We convey our worship on the feet of our god. I pray with my legs. I convey my worship with my feet for long way to go.

I shaved my two legs once and decorated them with roses pasting with Bandages on feet. Each foot used two roses. After the decoration with roses I ascent my legs upside down and stayed few minutes in this position. I adopted this performance from different rites and rituals of Hindu’s, our countries and the subcontinent.

Just a kiss from left hand

Performance

Space: 3rd of February 2011 in Dhaka Art Center (Event of International Performance Art Festival) and 8ht of December 2010 Open Space of Chittagong Institute of Fine Arts ( Event of 3rd Performance Art workshop Open studio day)

Materials: Foam Shave, Shaving Razor , Water, Jug , Towel, Table, After Shave Lotion

Busy two hands, easy to do help some thing. Hi and bye from the hands. Give good manners from hands. Make love with hands. Both hands impotence, just a first kiss from left hand. All the best.

We don,t use left hand to greet and to do something related to manners. We are used to do most of our regular works with our right hand. In the performance, my tool is my left hand. I came before audience, and greeted them "hi" from left hand, then I started to shave my left hand and then sent a flying kiss. At last bade them farewell.

Photographs: 3rd of February 2011 in Dhaka Art Center (Event of International Performance Art Festival)

I have performed the same performance two times. 1st performed 8th of December 2011 in the Open Space of Institute of Fine Arts and 2nd time 3rd of February in Dhaka Art center