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Parikrima | 2013

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Parikrima | 2013
Parikrima | 2013
Parikrima | 2013
Parikrima | 2013
Parikrima | 2013
Parikrima | 2013
Parikrima | 2013
Parikrima | 2013
Parikrima | 2013
Parikrima | 2013

About The Performance

Single Channel Film, 16:9 Aspect Ratio
Concept, Script, Direction & Art: Seema Kohli
Camera: Marlene Popovic
Editors: Seema Kohli and Marlene Popovi
Music: Sahil Vasudeva
Vocals: Bindhu Malini and Vedanth
Animation: Gaurav Singh Bedi
Technical Support: B.Sakthi Doss

”I empty myself to maya.
Maya captivating me,
Surprising me by my own responses to her different
Forms and manifestations.
The more I understand her, the more I want to realise her…
Maya… the illusion, and the creator of the illusion.
I look within the womb to discover that which is outside.
I become the womb.
Armed with solace and caring, I am the Earth:
Ancient, primeval, modern and all-encompassing.
So the world, all nature, tells me.
And so it should tell you.”


The Saptamatrikas, who they say struck terror, were venerated thus for their dangerous fecundity and their terrible wrath. Yet, were they not simply fulfilling their destinies? Were they not being protective? Nurturing?
In their zeal, they came to be represented for their darker powers, venerated in temples as goddesses to be appeased, associated with Gods either as their spouses or as their forms of energy. They are female principles that have been ritualised, iconised, cherished and feared.
And so I undertake a journey, a Parikrama. Is it of self-realization?

EXHIBITIONS
  • ALL
  • CANVAS
  • ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
  • ARCHIVAL PRINT
  • DRAWING
  • OIL ON CANVAS
  • PAINTING ON WOOD
  • PAPERWORKS
  • ARCHIVAL PHOTOGRAPHIC WORKS / DRAWINGS
  • ETCHING
  • LITHOGRAPHS
  • PAINTINGS
  • SERIGRAPHS
  • WOODCUT
  • ZINC PLATE INTAGLIO PRINT
  • SCULPTURES
  • BRONZE
  • GLASS-REINFORCED POLYMER
  • PAINTINGS
  • SANDSTONE
  • TERRACOTTA
  • WOODEN
  • THREADWORKS
  • CLOTH
  • EMBROIDERY
  • WOODWORKS
  • ACRYLIC ON WOOD
  • ALL
  • CANVAS
  • ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
  • ARCHIVAL PRINT
  • DRAWING
  • OIL ON CANVAS
  • PAINTING ON WOOD
  • PAPERWORKS
  • ARCHIVAL PHOTOGRAPHIC WORKS / DRAWINGS
  • ETCHING
  • LITHOGRAPHS
  • PAINTINGS
  • SERIGRAPHS
  • WOODCUT
  • ZINC PLATE INTAGLIO PRINT
  • SCULPTURES
  • BRONZE
  • GLASS-REINFORCED POLYMER
  • PAINTINGS
  • SANDSTONE
  • TERRACOTTA
  • WOODEN
  • THREADWORKS
  • CLOTH
  • EMBROIDERY
  • WOODWORKS
  • ACRYLIC ON WOOD
  • ALL
  • ART FAIR/ BIENNALES
  • CANVAS
Bodies of Work
  • ALL
  • HERBS OF INHERITANCE
  • KHULA AASMAN
  • MOON MYTHS
  • SAPTA MATRIKA
  • SHAKTI
  • TANTRA
  • THE GOLDEN WOMB SERIES
  • TREE OF LIFE
  • YOGINIS
  • ALL
  • ARTICLES
  • EXHIBITIONS
  • PAINTINGS
  • PERFORMANCES