6 fabrics/prayer flags, 35 cm x 110cm, New Delhi, IN, 2016
Hand woven, natural colored, un-processed raw silk is embroidered via manual machine embroidery. Loosely based on Hannah Arendt thesis on Plurality of Languages, six Hindi words are stitched onto the fabric, reflecting the process of saying, writing, reading, understanding and translating a word and the space within a word, its written signs, its sound and its meaning. These words are nuanced in meaning, sound and writing by historic changes, especially in context of intercultural influences, evident in the differences and similarities of Urdu and Persian language, which are interwoven.
The 6 flags
शब्द
word, sound, noise, note, verbal authority
वचन
word, promise, speech, statement, aphorism, plight
बात
matter, word, deed, matter of fact, certainty, datum
लफ्ज़
word, phrase
बहुद्वयंक
word
अर्थ
meaning, sense, interpretation, significance, signification, point
Exhibition
CON-TEXTURE, KHOJ international artist association, New Delhi, IN, 2016 (S)
