SILENCE OF THE FURY

Holistic Approach of my Art Practise Performance and Printmaking
The Journey these double-take works started with conceptualizing the Performance Video for Live Action-16

Silence of the Fury

60 seconds HD video 1:1 ratio, 2021

And Extended to Xylography Print work

Although the Pandemic is there for one and a half years, it was not as fearful and terrible as in the second wave, especially in India. The April and May Month of 2021 was tough traumatic and horrible. It got chills to our spines when we saw mass deaths and graves in different cities of India. Cremation grounds were with piles of Burning bodies in almost all Cities, innumerable people dying with entire families wiped out in large. The Government's official record reports around seven lakh deaths. It was nowhere to match the actual as per sources. It unofficial reported twenty-five lakh deaths. The cremations grounds were overflowing. Graveyards had no space, floating unclaimed bodies in the river, the river beds were full of dead bodies, and some cities built massive Crematoriums to deal with the number of deaths. The smell of death was all around. Social media was flooded with the news of condolences messages and news of death constantly. We lost many close friends and family members.

This video is about the silent anguish, agony, and misery that we experienced and encountered during the period, and the performance is about unregistered deaths and unclaimed bodies. The deep thought towards the lost soul was a silent protest to make every death count.

This Print is the extension of these parts with overlapped layers of Ecological surrounding and juxtaposing them to bring a dark state of mind.

This Xylography Print work is about the silent anguish, agony, and misery that we experienced and encountered during the period, and the woodcut is about unregistered deaths and unclaimed bodies. The deep thought towards the lost soul was a silent protest to make every death count. I stand tied up cut tree branches on my head holding dolls wrapped in my hand and bodies on flour metaphorically representing several unclaimed bodies. The branches have been lit into the fire and I stand still in protest mode in the image. This work is to bring unsettled state of mind and loss of the people. The uncertainty of life itself, The mass graves, and psychological state of mind

This two-month Long Process Ideation, Process, and Final Print

Dimple B Shah 21 July 2021

Fragment of Self -Decoding

#Voice 3

Transitstation

Curated by Dagmar I. Glausnitzer - Smith and Charles Ryder

 
(Where Do I come from? Where do I belong? Where I am going?)

Audio Voice of myself

a Poem narrating the State

I arrived somewhere near me

Where I am

Where I am

Where I am

Lost in the crowd

I …I …..I

Slowly Arriving To myself…

Grasping the self

Breathing Deep …

Lost in the crowd

Slowly…., Slowly… I am arriving to myself

Seen Not Seen

The Play of Light and Dark

The play of Hide and Seek

I am arriving

I am arriving somewhere near me

Light and Dark

I love seeing myself

Love the non-presence

Criss Cross Lines of Infinity

Trying to reach trying to reach

Lines of Infinity

The infinite Space is it inside our mind? or it is outside in the space?

If it is infinite and it needs to expand, can it expand within?

I am arriving somewhere near me

Sometimes I whisper like a child and laugh at myself….

I am Alone within the crowd

The infinite Existence around me is like small light of the city

The Spark of the city

Sometimes it sparks less

I am Lost again I am lost again

Sometimes I am playful seeking Happiness within..

And sometime ….. Sometimes

Silent

Sometimes Like Baby, I cry

I arrived somewhere near me….


I arrived! Arrived I arrived ….

This performance was about a fragment of Self – Decoding myself in Parts –this work was done with a fragment of self-recorded transmission of self when I visited an art exhibition in London where light-based works were exhibited documenting fragmented self my presence in that particular time. I do it again and again in a different spot as if seeing a different version of myself. Keeping this as a base I introspected on my own identity and existential question and to know ‘true self’ or to question on this fragmented ‘illusion’ or ‘Maya’.

 

Dimple B Shah 

5th September 2021 

Strive for Democracy

International Multimedia Art Festival

Curated By Nenad Bogdanovic

Strive for Democracy is a performance action is about the human striving for freedom. It is about fighting for human rights and equality, justice, and the voice concerns of the people. Here in this performance, ‘Wrapped, Statue form' symbolically represents a relic monument of past and future. Statues are sculpted to remember some great person who has contributed to society. Here wrapped 'statue' represents the people who do not have a face.  

The statue is struggling for its freedom and striving to achieve it by freeing itself. Through this metaphorically represents the Striving of suppressed Humanity, the one big part of society that has always struggled for its freedom in the past, present, and future. It always was and is still striving for its right in the whole globe without having any face. It is not just about a country. It is regarding the inequality that is everywhere? The rich country suppresses the weak country, the rich suppress the poor, and the people in the higher position dominate the people in the lower. It strongly talks about today's political situation in many countries and is the voice of the people. The Capitalist countries rule other countries by economically dominating the weak countries.

The story of Striving is not new and an old fact. Even today is not changed when we look at Myanmar's neighboring country once was part of my country then 'Burma'- is struggling to fight against a military coup. So many lives are already lost. Artists got arrested, and we need to voice their struggle.

In My own country, we see inequality in the whole system. In India, we are still fighting the Dalit problem of the old caste system. People are still struggling to get back a balanced and equal society for all. This performance is an attempt to bring subtly through my action.

Dimple B Shah 18th April 2021

Live Action 16 - Silence of the Fury

Curated by Jonas Stampe and Joakim Stampe

From 8 August to 23 rd August 2021 

 32 artists 16 Female and 16  Male artists

Silence of the Fury by Dimple B Shah

© 2021 Dimple B Shah @dimplebshah & Live-Action

“Although the Pandemic is there for one and a half years, it was not as fearful and terrible as in the second wave, especially in India. The April and May Month of 2021 was tough traumatic and horrible. It got chills to our spines when we saw mass deaths and graves in different cities of India. Cremation grounds were with piles of Burning bodies in almost all Cities, innumerable people dying with entire families wiped out in large. The Government's official record reports around seven lakh deaths. It was nowhere to match the actual as per sources. It unofficial reported twenty-five lakh deaths. The cremations grounds were overflowing. Graveyards had no space, floating unclaimed bodies in the river, the river beds were full of dead bodies, and some cities built massive Crematoriums to deal with the number of deaths. The smell of death was all around. Social media was flooded with the news of condolences messages and news of death constantly. We lost many close friends and family members. This video is about the silent anguish, agony, and misery that we experienced and encountered during the period, and the performance is about unregistered deaths and unclaimed bodies. The deep thought towards the lost soul was a silent protest to make every death count.”

Dimple B Shah 21 July 2021


https://www.instagram.com/p/CSmNqVJlZAF/

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SPILL YER TEA #5

Coming Soon

19th August 2021

We are excited to announce Dimple B Shah as our second artist presenting work on 19 August 2021

Work: Decolonising Ritual –The Scent of Earth

Website: http://dimplebshah.blogspot.com/

Instagram: @dimplebshah

Decolonising Ritual –The Scent of Earth is a ritual that attempts to establish a deeper bond with nature. The complex histories of colonialism, where humans have sailed seas, extracted wealth and ruled countries such as India for money, power and greed has left the ecosystem of the planet in a significant crisis. To the audio backdrop of the Last Batch Of British Troops Leave India (1948) | British Pathé, Dimple will transit through thoughts and actions, reflecting upon colonization while attempting to reacquaint with what it means to be part of the Earth’s ecosystem.

Dimple B Shah is a multidisciplinary artist from Bangalore, she studied in MS University, Baroda and her art practice have developed in Painting, Printmaking, Installation and Performance Art. Dimple Shah’s practice is grounded in concepts of humanism, social philosophy, and anthroposophy. She has presented work at Manchester Contemporary, DADAFest, Live Action in Sweden, Dhaka Live Art Biennale in Bangladesh and Nigeria’s Afriperforma.

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Digital To Performative Practices In Contemporary Art

 WICCI KARNATAKA ARTS LEADERSHIP COUNCIL

Presents

Digital To Performative Practices In Contemporary Art

With Rekha Rao, Senior Artist and speakers - Dimple Shah, Performance Artist, Jasmeen Patheja, Founder/Director Blank Noise and Tanya Mehta, New Media Artist

The webinar discusses issues related to gender, identity, body, and self in contemporary art practices located amidst socio-political, and larger humanitarian contexts. Women-centric narratives and empowerment lie at the core of the three artists’ practices. Dimple Shah and Jasmeen Patheja rely on performative devices to catalyze social change and transformation, while Tanya Mehta explores new media as a tool to construct alternate realities which discuss the placement of body and self in a surrealistic landscape.

Dimple B Shah is a practicing multidisciplinary artist from Bangalore, studied at MS University, Baroda; her art practice has developed in Painting, Printmaking, Installation, and Performance Art. She has worked in various residencies like The Art house UK, Villa Welbreta, Germany, Space Studio, Baroda, Glasgow Print Studio UK, Printmakers Studio Mumbai & Baroda, and Karnataka Lalit Kala Academy. She has been honored with National & International Awards among them ROSL International Residency UK 2019, Villa Welbreta Residency by Municipal corporation of Munich 2017, India Foundation for the Arts grant for project 560, 2014, Afiriperforma International Residency, Lagos, Nigeria 2013, First Gold Prix in 7th Engraving Biennale, Versailles 2009, National Award, LKA, Government of India 2008, Commonwealth Arts & Crafts Award, UK 2005, Arunawaz Award 2004, Junior Fellowship, HRD, Govt.2000/2. She has widely performed at International biennale and performance festivals across the continents in Africa, Europe, and South Asian Countries.

Jasmeen Patheja is an artist in public service, committed to ending violence against women, girls, and all persons. She founded Blank Noise, (2003) in response to the global silence surrounding street harassment. Patheja facilitates building testimonials of sexual violence and victim blame. She works with communities and designs interventions to shift public consciousness. Her practice rests on the power of collaborations and feminist solidarities. Projects include I Never Ask For It and Meet To Sleep. Patheja is the recipient of the Visible Award, for socially engaged art practice and the International Award For Public Art. BBC listed her as one of the 12 artists changing the world in 2019. She is also a TED and Ashoka Fellow and a TED speaker. Patheja is an artist in residence at Srishti Institute of Art Design and Technology.

Tanya Mehta is a new media artist who has exhibited both nationally and internationally. Born in Bombay, Tanya Mehta completed her MA in Goldsmiths College (London) in Photography (The Image and Electronic Arts). She works with new mixed media, photographing everyday objects and turning them into alternate realities through collage and digital painting. Her production sees her working closely with various modern technologies. The philosophy of her work explores the gaps between our different constructions of knowledge – philosophy, art, science, the metaphysical – and finds, in those gaps, bridges. She hopes to take the audience over those bridges to move to the singular reality or truth that exists for all of us. The key is imagination.

Rekha Rao studied painting under her eminent father K.K Hebbar. She has a postgraduate degree (History) from Bombay University. She has held several solo shows at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai. This was followed by several solos, group shows, and art camps in India and abroad. Rekha is a colorist. In her paintings, the interplay of visual experiences is gleaned from her surroundings. They are a conflation of association. The search is for a grammar of colors that effectively illuminates her response towards events and happenings that serve as a trigger. She works on paper and canvas. Rekha’s works are in the collection of NGMA Mumbai, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, Singapore National Museum, Fukuoka Gallery Japan, Venkatappa Gallery, Bengaluru besides several private collectors like WIPRO, MSIL, Mogae Pvt. Ltd, SBI, and many more. She has participated in the 1V Triennial India, Asian Biennale Dacca, and many charity auctions conducted by Sotheby’s, Asprey’s, and Christie's (by invitation). Rekha Rao lives and works in Bangalore.

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Evil O - Conversation Between Dimple B Shah and Waswo Waswo X

 

Watch the Interesting Conversation

 between

Dimple b shah and Waswo Wasow X

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASf8wV9tyAU