Ouroboros
Grid of 84 archival prints of self-portraits, 10 inch x10 inch
Seema Kohli
Seema Kohli
The cycle of life revolves around birth, death, and eventual liberation from mortality to immortality. All forms of life depict the universal truth of continuation, existence, and exaltation. This concept has always made me curious and I have attempted to understand it in my earlier series of work as well.
Ouroboros, Grid of 84 archival self-portrait prints, 10 × 10 inch (each), 2021
I have pondered and penetrated deep into my mind and sensed that the basic laws of nature are the same and hence all myths, which are the crux of our faith, evolve around this -law of nature. In Ouroboros, I experiment with various ideas of immortality with photography as a medium, creating an amalgamation of various audio and visual media. I attempted to grasp the mystical laws of nature and their interpretations in different cultures and sub-cultures of the world.
For me, Ouroboros represents the Wheel of Time – The wheel, manifests grid programs that give the illusion of linear time allowing souls to experience emotions, different forms and births. It represents the cyclical nature of objects, eternal return, and other materials perceived as cycles that begin anew, as soon as they end.
In some representations the serpent is shown as half-light and half dark, echoing symbols such as the Yin Yang, which illustrates the dual nature of all things, but more importantly, that these opposites are not in conflict. This constant harmony of both energies has been present in my works through the presence of ‘Ardhnarashwar’.
These 84 artworks (10x10inches) painting and photographs separately express the different births and different Yoni’s or species.
Seema Kohli, 2021 — Ouroboros is part of an ongoing exploration into cycles of transformation. All rights reserved.
Grid of 84 archival prints of self-portraits, 10 inch x10 inch
Breathe, I say to myself, approaching the studio, for breath can no longer be taken for granted, not any more, not when the oxygen has...
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I see Tree of Life in the form of Aradhnareshwar. The display of the continous balance of energies is there in nature. It gives us...
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Standing at the cusp of reality and the fantastical disposition of the shadows of mythical world, my artwork celebrates feminine strength, and is a representation...
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Where there is a balance, there is a union of breath of Ida and Pingala resulting in the activation of Sushmana. A space of rising...
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“It is an ode to the grandmothers and the mothers, the soft conversations that have stayed with me while removing the entangled hair, they shifted...
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The Body and Its Worlds-Inner or Outer is an exploration of the layered consciousness, usingdual tones to bridge the visible world with the invisible depths...
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The intricate bond between humans and nature, symbolized by I hold a Tree or the Tree holds me, underscores our profound interdependence. As environmental challenges...
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“I am everywhere”everything is in my womb,I expand in every thoughtEvery time I contractThe expansion is volcanicEvery time you believe I Am NotI create a...
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I believe that there first existed a womb through which everything came to be created, which I call the golden womb or the ‘Hiranyagarbha’. This...
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I move in a circular motion, Like time As does life and death itself Energy passing from one space to another So is the idea...
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