I am what I am; I will be what I will be.

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Sound of Music/Sacred Space

Musicians performing Kawali and attentive listeners at Nizamuddin Dargah, Delhi. The dargah or mausoleum is considered the resting place of one of the most famous Sufi  saints, Nizamuddin Aruliya (1238-1325). The sound, color and vibrancy of the crowded place is interesting at a time when many religious spaces are being sanitized by powerful puritanical orders, removing in the process numerous local traditions and practices.   

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Walls and Non-white Objects

By design or by accident, walls can often be painted white. People may stack things against them, place things in front of them, fix doors and windows upon these walls or hang objects on them. Many of these objects may not be white, thereby... offering a series of contrasts. ‘is a careless and de-contextualized documentation of these contrasts. De-contextualized, because the photos will only capture and exhibit a fraction of something much larger; careless because the images could have more ‘thoughtfully’ framed something conventionally sensible.