Mysuru: The art show titled ‘Rituals of Birth and Death’ which has been organised below Badsha’s Pride, #11, Nelson Mandela Road, Bannimantap, began last evening. The art expo that has paintings, installation arts and images that establishes a connect with the rituals of birth and death and involves intellectual thinking of how the tradition and ritual become a part of the culture.
On the opening night, there was a talk show by Suresh Kumar, an artist from Bengaluru who spoke about life and burial. This session was followed by a talk on how an act or practice becomes a ritual by Prof. M.A. Narasimhan. Their talks clearly emphasised on the deviations in philosophies based on religious and political situations. G.S. Bhavani and Smitha have made videos on Kodava death ceremonies and the aestheticisation of the dead respectively. There is an installation art at display by A. Uday Ramesh and Anilchandran, a graphic art by Ganesh Srinivasan and paintings by Sujan Ghosh and H.K. Dwarakanath. The expo also has an audio installation art by Shoaib Chadkhan that tells that the phase between birth and death is all a drama of ceremonies, affiliations and ideologies and both the birth and death start and end respectively, involving the concept of heartbeat.
