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2009
6th Asia Pacific Triennial, Australia
2009
Artist in Residence Program, Arts Initiative Tokyo (AIT), Japan
2009
War with the stars, Chatterjee & Lal, Mumbai
2007
Peel, Chatterjee & Lal, Mumbai
2006
Boat, Kala Ghoda Arts Festival, Mumbai. Curated by Chatterjee & Lal
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Artist's Statement
The works in this series frame a visual re-reading that draws on the liquid worlds of myths in which the elements of the narrative are not restricted by formulaic structure or logic.
The point of departure for the works comprising War with the Stars was one specific story: a myth (re-told by Verrier Elwin in, Myths from the North East India) that weaves a tale of betrayal and revenge...
There was a time when the fish people and star people used to intermarry. This story begins one day when the there was trouble in the land of the stars. They needed to perform an animal sacrifice. Traps were set to catch a scapegoat. It was the otter who happened to walk into the trap. The star people decided to sacrifice the otter as there was no more time to lose - knowing full well that this would enrage the fish people. And who should have witnessed this dreadful act of betrayal but the bat. The star people sought to appease the bat - they wined him and dined him and pleaded with him not to disclose their secret to the star people. The bat satiated with food and alcohol agreed. But the sacrificed head of the otter only jeered. He burst out laughing when he heard the bat's promise. Perhaps the otter in his wisdom in death foreshadowed the consequences of this turn of events.
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