Abu Road to Achalgarh Fort | Photography Series Along the Road | Chiman Dangi at NIV Art Center Mount Abu, Sirohi, INDIA
My visual work has grown from the context of my background; it is reactive to both social and environmental contexts. In the rush of life, villagers are migrating to cities, in the cities people are hungry for new technologies, and in this race we are forgetting our environment and social heritage. While I focus our attention elsewhere things change - garbage, air, water pollution, ideas relating to these concepts are explored currently in my installation work.
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Sunday, August 30, 2015
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Animism
Animism | Chiman Dangi 2014 | Site Specific Installation with the NIV Art Center Mount Abu, Sirohi, 2014 INDIA Materials: Natural rock formation, Indian pigment powder and foil paper
Existence
Existence | Site Specific Installation with NIV Art Center Mount Abu 2014 | Sirohi, India | Materials: Rock, Indian pigment powder, foil paper.
Survival Yoga
Survival Yoga | Brydee Rood and Chiman Dangi 2014 | Site specific performance and video installation at NiV Art Centre Mt Abu Artist in Residence Program.
We began thinking a lot about clean environments - wild and domestic, relating to topics of health and survival and the tasks of daily life. Survival Yoga involves the revival of an old, rusty, and broken Jhula (love seat, swing) which we found discarded on the rooftop of the NiV residency. We were drawn to its sculptural qualities and its functionality, finding value and promise in this object, we also noted that there were quite a few Jhula in the homes and gardens of Mt Abu residents.
Inspired by our many visits to Mt Abu's numerous and diverse temples, we wished to combine ritual with creative play using a variety of material ephemera to communicate something of our experience. The playful action of swinging to and fro and the delicate wrapping of Mali (foil papers) over the rusted iron limbs come together with dangling recycled drip bottles collected from the local hospital, sweeper brooms bought in the market, fallen flowers and survival blankets. The performance swings into life as each artist takes a turn to sit in the meditative rocking seat.
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