Two sides

That famous monologue about the world made up of two types of people, in the landscape of a book-
one sits on the left of the page and one on the right (fuck binary ways of looking at things)

Film Stils

It's been two years since I got interested
in Kunstkammers, or the glass cabinets in
museums, and it has resulted in a little
animated film. I am yet to think of a
title for it.

My inspiration has been Trésor de l'histoire
des langues,(Cologne 1613).

That spoken word is the female part of
language because intellect is passive.
Writing on the other hand is the the
active intellect, it alone harbors truth.

Probably the reason why oral tradition
died out with the intervention of printing,
and the "Looking Glass" and the urge to seperate
the natural world from its cauldron of myths
into facts. The modern interpretation of the
cabinets are a Victorian hand me down- it's
functional, clean ( neutral ) upon which sit
objects that produce their own acoustic language
but no one to hear it?

Untitled

Treatment with light, still working on the final
look

People of sand rarely stand still

Capturing really really mundane moments
at the museum

snapshots of war

A graphic novel I am working on with:

http://www.mantaraycomics.com/

Part 1of Part 1

Once, a peepal was born out of a branch. She grew arms
and could swing from it.




wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!



Suddenly, out of her own carelessness she fell into the
unknown below.



Unknown.




ploop!



Her father, the bilva tree was standing there, he let out
his hand. All if us, he said came from that tree.




Give me your hand, he said. Soon they were connected.

Tree Love

My recent project with Google Chrome:
one of their themes for Brazil:
They wanted a celebration of our digital
lifestyle, in a lot of colours!
I decided for something cute-
maybe talking trees..

..Speaking our language? (^-^)









Some elements. I had made scanned leaf artwork before
and I thought I could use them for this project.
The final is watermarked, so it does not distract
from other UI elements on the browser.

I hope it will put a smile on the user
before they start browsing.

I was here

Museum displays reflected on people-
Encasing the mundane in constructed
boxes. The lines have been washed.
Trying out permanent and impermanent
inks to see what remains.




Rotring and gauche




Rotring and gauche




Digital

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I have always been fascinated by repeat patterns
on surfaces especially in textiles. I love the simplicity
in block prints.
I tried one on my book, except, I did not want
to create a main repeat. I wanted each repeat
to be unique so they roll out as a sequence.

This was my first trial. I like the character.
The movement is captured across the book cover
and forms a loop, if we take it digitally.
Otherwise, just roll your eyes through the
sequence like you would over any script.

Exhibit 1

My MA project at the moment, focuses on the museum
space, mainly that of the British Museum.

I find the museum as a giant, in the realm of
open source learning. It is a cross-section of a library,
a classroom and a park. Also, the fact that the
knowledge base is created from retrospection
or reverie. I find the interaction between the visitor
and the exhibit fascinating and how would that space
react if we removed the formal boundaries between the two.



















Egypt
Rotring ink and Correction ink on discarded postcards from the Museum.
























Videography.
Rotring ink and Correction ink on discarded postcards from the Museum.

























Silence
Rotring ink and Correction ink on discarded postcards from the Museum.


"you came into this world as Goddess Lakshmi"

From the conversations with my father which I have posted
below, I am beginning to illustrate bits of that.


















The initial bit of research involved looking at Aindri, and
the other matrikas (mother goddesses) in Indian folkart.

I was playing around with different media, for me it was
not important to illustrate her.

I am interested in why some deities have so many arms
and eyes? The reason is, I think (which is also used in
video gaming structure) that each deity is assembled
from other deities, their attributes, just like how you
would create an Avatar from a library of attributes.

It's fascinating because we are not looking at
a character, but a family tree!

























Aindri
Ink and acrylic on rice paper



I want to see if I can use this concept ( the many arms, etc)
in my character design to re-interpret:

"you came into the world as Goddess Lakshmi"
























You Came into this world like Goddess Lakshmi
silkscreen
























detail




















digital