Change Room and Birdbox: Artist in Residence Baaraan Ijlal

Apr 14-15, 2018

06:00 PM

Conflictorium
Gool Lodge Opposite R.C High School of Commerce, Delhi Chakla, Ahmedabad, India 380001

Open for all

2018-04-14 18:00:00 2018-04-15 00:00:00 Asia/Kolkata Change Room and Birdbox: Artist in Residence Baaraan Ijlal Join in viewing the installations ‘Bird Box’ and ‘Change Room by our Artist in Residence Baaraan Ijlal this weekend! Change Room Change Room is a sound installation about a set of conversations about fear and apprehensions The viewers walk into a room with the pre-recorded audio of a candid discussion playing. The viewers can opt to record their own reflections anonymously which are then added to the audio that is being played. Thus the installation grows on the site. Change Room draws meaning and relevance by allowing anonymous space for a mutual dialogue to both the artist and the viewer, to acknowledge, respond and speak about their fear in total privacy in context of preserving their rights to identity, liberty and equality. When people are constantly looking over their shoulders, the installation provides space that is at once anonymous and cathartic where one could let go off fear – a catharsis essential for a society to progress. Bird Box We are not strangers talking. You know our thoughts… Do you also have them? Do you repeat them to yourself? We do. It helps us see clearly. Connects us with each other. We are not alone. We are together.’ A reimagined bioscope, Bird Box is a sound and video installation of a series of conversations of young girls from four cities of Bhopal, Lucknow, Karvi and Delhi. The identity of the participants has been kept anonymous. Conflictorium Gool Lodge Opposite R.C High School of Commerce, Delhi Chakla, Ahmedabad, India 380001 Creativeyatra.com info@creativeyatra.com

Join in viewing the installations ‘Bird Box’ and ‘Change Room by our Artist in Residence Baaraan Ijlal this weekend!

Change Room

Change Room is a sound installation about a set of conversations about fear and apprehensions The viewers walk into a room with the pre-recorded audio of a candid discussion playing. The viewers can opt to record their own reflections anonymously which are then added to the audio that is being played. Thus the installation grows on the site.
Change Room draws meaning and relevance by allowing anonymous space for a mutual dialogue to both the artist and the viewer, to acknowledge, respond and speak about their fear in total privacy in context of preserving their rights to identity, liberty and equality. When people are constantly looking over their shoulders, the installation provides space that is at once anonymous and cathartic where one could let go off fear – a catharsis essential for a society to progress.

Bird Box
We are not strangers talking. You know our thoughts… Do you also have them? Do you repeat them to yourself? We do. It helps us see clearly. Connects us with each other. We are not alone. We are together.’
A reimagined bioscope, Bird Box is a sound and video installation of a series of conversations of young girls from four cities of Bhopal, Lucknow, Karvi and Delhi. The identity of the participants has been kept anonymous.