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The routine chaos at the Dhobi Talao subway will be disrupted from 7.30pm to 9pm today,as commuters will encounter a mysterious,transcendental figure walking alongside,playing a didgeridoo. It is second in a series of acts by performance artist Sahej Rahal the first one took place on the Bandra skywalk this February.
The series title Bhramana focusses on the act of walking. The idea is to bring uneasiness into the current world and document their reaction to the act, says Rahal. The uneasiness is invoked by the costume a flowing white robe with a huge labyrinthine turban that covers the head hand knit by the Mumbai-based artist. And the costumes,much like his narrative,are free flowing and formless. See,it almost breaks the human form in a sense, he says,pointing at the stills of him posing in it.
The whole point of this series of performances,says Rahal,is a symbiotic give-and-take process between him and his audiences that will help him create his narrative,which he calls metanarrative. I dont predetermine the shape of a story; they form themselves through Bhramana and finally culminate into a bigger picture, he explains.
The possibility of cops ruining his show doesnt bother him much. Instead,he justifies the choice of venues such as the skywalk and subway. Its a lot like walking over the road,across the sky or walking under ground; its biblical,almost like Moses parting of the Red Sea and walking through it, he says.
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