Manthan Gallery|1301PE contextualization

contextualization

which are created through puppetry

forced to explore an alternative way through Mexico and Central America and finally arriving in Colombia: it allows us to think about the complexity of human migration

Archival: master tape

while the rear of one vehicle appears to protrude through the gallery window — visible to anyone with a cellphone camera

Manthan Gallery|1301PE contextualization2015single channel, digital video projectionduration: 10 min. 43 sec. Edition 2 of 3, with 1 APs Manthan is based on my personal mourning and cleansing of the Yamuna river, which runs through Delhi. The title invokes a tale from Hindu mythology [Samudra Manthan or 'to churn the ocean' to obtain the Amrita (nectar of immorality)]. The film examines the prospects of mitigating the catastrophe of ecology, of the river life force and contrives a situation