Wednesday, July 4, 2012
GIFT FROM FIRST
WORLD
International Artist Workshop
Bangladesh 2008
Organized by: Porapara
A Space for Artist
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Eco of Pain
Green Island,
Taiwan
Sunil Sigdel, Eco of Pain |
The government of Taiwan conducted a workshop in Green Island commemorating the well over 2000 political prisoners that consisted of writers, painters and artists amongst others. The organizers summoned 20 artists that included the local and the foreign art practitioners. In the present day this prison house in Green Island has been turned into a museum.
I worked in one of
the prison rooms where I created three different art works that were
interconnected with one another. In one of my installation I selected eight
names out of 2000 prisoners and wrote them on the wall. Then I covered it with
eight fishing net. Since it was an island and our materials to create artworks
were limited therefore I incorporated a fishing net that was easily available
there. My
intension of using
fishing net was because I wanted to represent suffocation since the harsh
fishing net is used to capture and kill fishes. Here, as I stated above, the
eight fishing nets contained names of the eight prisoners. On the exact opposed
wall of this installation I arrangied eight of my color photographs that were
covered with the fishing net.
In my second
presentation I used the same photos but this time in b/w which I pasted all over
the tiles of the toilet. I came to know from the museum personnel that the
prisoners were extremely tortured. The Green Island prison is located in the
island which is surrounded by the sea; therefore, the prisoners could see the
vast sea but when it came to using water to take shower or drink they had to use
the water from the toilet. This created an everlasting torture in the mind of
the prisoners. By manipulating such sentiments I arranged my portrait in the
hole of the toilet, as if a prisoner is trying to come out of it.
My third work
consisted of barb wire that was placed on the window. The prisoners could see
the open space outside; however, that was the only solace that they could get.
Other than that, their freedom was not only snatched away from them, but toping
that, they were extremely tortured by using various methods. I also came to know
that there were 16 different methods to torture these prisoners. Few of these
methods were by making them take dog shit, drink urine, pressing their fingers,
taking off their finger nails, locking them in the ice room, excessively beating
one of the prisoners and make the others see or hear the painful scream etc. I
wrote these methods of torturing in the wall and then placed the barb wire below
the window overlapping the writings. In this presentation my intention was to
compare the outer open expansive view from the prison window and the inward
torturous and grim cell.
Today’s news to the
History
Performance
(10min)
South Asian
exhibition Bangladesh 2008
Organize by Britto
Organize by Britto
Sunil Sigdel, Today’s news to the History |
We read history to get knowledge about our past. War is a large part of world history. We have learnt from our civilization that many of the big wars were begin by the egoistic thoughts and attitude of few people. During each war, there were a huge loses of innocent lives and always many people suffered by it years after years, from what we yet experience pain while we read or hear about those stories. Present days as well when we are having a civilized life, because of few leaders of the Globe we still have been passing through the similar situation and suffering directly or indirectly in some way by the effect of the war.
For this performance, I have collected images of
different war victims, fighters and related people from internet and newspapers.
I also recorded relevant news regarding war, terrorists etc. from BBC. I pasted
many band aid leaves on my body and tried to lightening the images with small
cigarette lighters. The speaker was fixed with my mouth that was talking about
war. The people from the history were seemed to be listening to the present war
situation of this Globe from BBC via my mouth.
Globalization
& Border
Installation
based performance
Little Moment in Town 2008
Little Moment in Town 2008
Organize
by Bindu
Sunil Sigdel, Globalization
& Border |
The world we live today has given many
definitions to a human being. At the same time it has also taken so much from
us. The common belief of globalization has seemingly ready a parson with
boundless possibilities as we can get in touch with every development or
weakening around the world. However the world seems a tiny nut shell which is
quite difficult to crack. Thought we can know everything that is happening, we
often can not directly impact these situations. This has happened because we are
bounded by the political and geographical border
The installation based performance that I have presented here is the combination of my various social and materialistic beliefs. Here I have adjusted myself on the ground partitioning my body with a wall created by bricks. Then I have placed nails and chilli on the ground of the lower side of my body and on the upper side I scattered sweets on the ground. We basically experience pain but we perceive solace; because that is what we are made to see. Furthermore, I have also arranged two cameras capturing both the sides of my body, which is continuously being telecasted live on the two televisions on the performance site. I have incorporated television because it is one of the hi-tech devices that link us with the globe, promoting the concept of globalization. Therefore, my work is about the primordial pain that is hidden underneath the scientific complexion of human beings.
The installation based performance that I have presented here is the combination of my various social and materialistic beliefs. Here I have adjusted myself on the ground partitioning my body with a wall created by bricks. Then I have placed nails and chilli on the ground of the lower side of my body and on the upper side I scattered sweets on the ground. We basically experience pain but we perceive solace; because that is what we are made to see. Furthermore, I have also arranged two cameras capturing both the sides of my body, which is continuously being telecasted live on the two televisions on the performance site. I have incorporated television because it is one of the hi-tech devices that link us with the globe, promoting the concept of globalization. Therefore, my work is about the primordial pain that is hidden underneath the scientific complexion of human beings.
Sunil Sigdel, Globalization & Border |
Sunil Sigdel, Globalization & Border |
Sunil Sigdel, Globalization & Border |
Sunil Sigdel, Globalization & Border |
Sunil Sigdel, Globalization & Border |
Sunil Sigdel, Globalization & Border |
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