May 18, 2013, Performance, Solo Performance Art Evening,
Organized and Supported by Gallery Studio 21, Kolkata, India
Materials: Colorful ribbons, flute, Ghats (Clay Potteries), snow, rose leafs etc.
It was the time to go back home soon, it was the natural and political disorder, it was the time to be responsible for something to do for my family and friends, it was a restless time to think about the justice and verdict, death and struggle of people and it was the situation of mine to make chaos.
The Gallery, Studio 21 invited me to present live performance in the last week of India tour. In that moments my visa had a few days to stay in India. During the moment my homeland Bangladesh was going through some terrible situation like political turmoil, collapsing of garments factory, trial of War criminals of liberation war of Bangladesh, aggression of fundamentalist parties, minority suppressions etc. So I was struggling to find an expression of my emotional distress.
pish from Palash Bhattacharjee on Vimeo.
I collected some local potteries (Ghats) which are available in Kolkata. I decorated 2 potteries with flowers, ribbons, leafs. One of the potteries I used for make an annoying sound of flute. I gave audiences some flutes. During the performance I decorated the floor with ribbons, roses, bandages, and made sound from the ghats (pottery) and audiences also made sound by flute with me. I sprayed the snow on the gallery. When the ribbons ended then I broke the Ghats, and stopped all sound.
Photographs: Manas Acharya, from Studio 21 Gallery, Kolkata, India.
Organized and Supported by Gallery Studio 21, Kolkata, India
Materials: Colorful ribbons, flute, Ghats (Clay Potteries), snow, rose leafs etc.
It was the time to go back home soon, it was the natural and political disorder, it was the time to be responsible for something to do for my family and friends, it was a restless time to think about the justice and verdict, death and struggle of people and it was the situation of mine to make chaos.
The Gallery, Studio 21 invited me to present live performance in the last week of India tour. In that moments my visa had a few days to stay in India. During the moment my homeland Bangladesh was going through some terrible situation like political turmoil, collapsing of garments factory, trial of War criminals of liberation war of Bangladesh, aggression of fundamentalist parties, minority suppressions etc. So I was struggling to find an expression of my emotional distress.
pish from Palash Bhattacharjee on Vimeo.
I collected some local potteries (Ghats) which are available in Kolkata. I decorated 2 potteries with flowers, ribbons, leafs. One of the potteries I used for make an annoying sound of flute. I gave audiences some flutes. During the performance I decorated the floor with ribbons, roses, bandages, and made sound from the ghats (pottery) and audiences also made sound by flute with me. I sprayed the snow on the gallery. When the ribbons ended then I broke the Ghats, and stopped all sound.
Photographs: Manas Acharya, from Studio 21 Gallery, Kolkata, India.
