Costume Designer
Vishnu tiene un futuro sombrío antes que él, debe unirse a su padre en el negocio petrolero de la familia e intentar aumentar las ventas del petróleo apestoso en la pequeña ciudad de India. Él ve su oportunidad de escapar al ofrecer transportar un camión destartalado, con un cine improvisado, a un museo distante que se encuentra al otro lado del extenso desierto de Kutch. Sus compañeros: un chai-wallah chokra, una gitana y un mecánico burlesco.
"In this work, a library of books stands improbably in a clearing in the forest, symbolising ‘a library of knowledge.’ A lion enters, becoming the guardian of this knowledge but also, representing a mythical, other-worldly creature of the imaginary. The lion is driven away as the library is set on fire. Finally, a young lion returns to the city that emerges from the ashes of the scene. Flowers rise from the burnt ground. In this visionary and poetic video artwork the ‘hidden atrocities’ that take place in this animated painting are suggested rather than explained. It becomes a statement about a collective destruction of the environment, and of generational knowledge and wisdom passed through centuries and across cultures for which we must all atone."
