About
As a creative practitioner treading on the path towards eclecticism, my artistic practice has traversed through various phases during my Bachelor, Master and practice-led PhD in fine arts. These various phases have seen differences in materials, mediums and ideas. The initial phase of my training as an artist at Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata (2004-08) focused on sculpture, material exploration and mastering skills. This changed radically when I travelled to Germany for my Masters at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart (2008-2013) and immersed myself in the conceptual realm, working with autobiographical and cultural identities and experimenting with performances of card games and making artist books. My practice-led PhD at RMIT University, Melbourne (2020-2023) explored the practice of picture recitation while creating narrative performances. As a theme, I am exploring the interiority of my body and the realms of ArtScience and Futurism.
About my creative research:
CONTEMPORIZING PICTURE RECITATION
Picture recitation is a form of prosimetric storytelling that uses a visual artifact. Various forms of picture recitation traditions have existed in India in the past but are almost extinct today. My research proposes methods for reviving this art form through the composition of new narratives, visual art studio practice and performance. Fiction (composed from research in Neuroscience and Microbiology) recited as contemporary spoken word poetry with the simultaneous depiction of illustrations executed on traditional picture recitation props such as scroll paintings and Kaavads, aims to create a new form of performative storytelling.
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