वहीताग आणि बड़बड़. / ANNOYANCE & RAMBLINGS BUT EVERYTHING SMELLS GOOD2022
Mix media collage on paper.
This piece is a collage of a deconstructed box of the Indian incense stick brand called ‘Laxmi Dhoop’ and a newspaper print picture of Indian Bharatnatyam dancer Alarmel Valli. The picture is from an article about the dancer’s battle with cancer and her return to dance after 18 months. This piece touches upon Indian society’s obsession with Indian goddesses. It’s an attempt at celebrating typography as observed on pre-digital era Indian product packaging. It is also playing around with abstraction through a visual ‘cut-up’ technique pioneered by writers like William S. Burroughs.
This piece was displayed as a part of the Culture Collective exhibition at the Atrium at Falmouth University in 2025.