The exercise was to observe and document our cohabitants in the midst of their daily activities. I know the routine of my cohabitants, yet this exercise was a challenge in terms of documenting that routine in a particular moment, that might not even last a minute. Continue reading Representing my cohabitants
So, the third visual and spatial representation task was about trees and plants which act as space-defining elements. Speaking with respect to my experience with the previous two representation task of performances unique to the community and that of study about cohabitants, this one was the most relaxing. Continue reading Representing trees, plants and primary space defining elements
I chose Dhunuchi dance and its association with the dhakis as the performance unique to the community. Besides my personal experience in witnessing the performances, another major factor is that these performances provide a direct glimpse of the Bengali culture. Continue reading Representing performances unique to community
Nature surrounds us in various forms. Here are a few captures of the same using different mediums. Continue reading Visual and Spatial Representation of Trees and Plants
We spend so much time with our family and friends daily but we never notice how everyone is performing something in the given moment. This has these instances that captured in sketches while I was with my family and friends. Continue reading Visual and Spatial Representation of My Cohabitants
The blog talks about various art form unique to Maharashtra region and community. These arts are diverse and entail a beauty of their own that I have tried to capture in the form of sketches during the first week of residency. Continue reading Visual and Spatial Representation of Performances Unique to My Community
I love to draw vegetation. I draw vegetation one and off often to study. I draw the leaves, flowers, the fruits, and the tree to understand the species better. While doing so I had figured out that to get the character of the tree, the branching system, leaf size and shape and leaf placement pattern are important. The first sketch I did, followed the same … Continue reading Sketches: Trees & Plants
During the week 1, I had started sketching with the mediums which I was comfortable drawing with – graphite and pens. As we were told to explore the medium, I had tried crayons, poster colour, water colour to draw human figures. This week I delved more into exploring the new media. When I explored ink with brush. I struggled with what to draw and how … Continue reading Sketches: Cohabitants
While searching for references for the performances I observed that I was inclining more towards feature films as a source for Visual references of Gondhal. Not that it is wrong to refer to feature films but the fact that constantly and consistently I turned to feature films first, caught my attention. I made peace with this idea that because these artforms were introduced to me … Continue reading Sketches: Performers Unique to Community
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