A Kashmiri Female's Chamber
Material: Wool, Wire. Method: Crochet.
The artist has crocheted her day dreaming, which can be read in the form of alphabets. At a few points, these turn into red/white coloured ones, highlighting Kashmir's scenario.
Mainly these knitted digits signify hostility and sheer desire for liberation and can be identified as:
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The recent abrogation of article 370 by Indian government.
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Communication blockade.
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Clampdown.
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Desire of HOME.
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Lack of freedom of expression, censorship.
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Protest against surveillance and vandalism.
This crochet is an act of a kashmiri female's bodily memory, where her mind and body are closely connected, creating a dialogue. In this particular case, creating an irregular act of crochet, representing a long struggle for freedom. Thus, forming into holes, voids, repetitions and twists, yet the desire for freedom still persists. This realm is a residue of her day dreaming, with a perfect place for a wanderer to drift and for constant digging into the past. Some hidden alphabets are crafted as day stamps and can be read as a mnemonic landscape. This cubicle becomes a place of revival and survival of the past through resurrection of involuntary memories into an organic and sacred realm.
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A Kashmiri Female's Chamber
Material: Wool, Wire. Method: Crochet.
Mainly these knitted digits signify hostility and sheer desire for liberation and can be identified as:
-
The recent abrogation of article 370 by Indian government.
-
Communication blockade.
-
Clampdown.
-
Desire of HOME.
-
Lack of freedom of expression, censorship.
-
Protest against surveillance and vandalism.
This crochet is an act of a kashmiri female's bodily memory, where her mind and body are closely connected, creating a dialogue. In this particular case, creating an irregular act of crochet, representing a long struggle for freedom. Thus, forming into holes, voids, repetitions and twists, yet the desire for freedom still persists. This realm is a residue of her day dreaming, with a perfect place for a wanderer to drift and for constant digging into the past. Some hidden alphabets are crafted as day stamps and can be read as a mnemonic landscape. This cubicle becomes a place of revival and survival of the past through resurrection of involuntary memories into an organic and sacred realm.
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