VIDEO OF INSTALLATION | Manchester Art Gallery, September 30, 2017 - February 25, 2018
EACH CHANNEL INDIVIDUALLY
Breathe In, Breathe Out Editor: Yasha Ramachandani
Of One, By One, For One, As One Editor: Dhanya Pilo
Speaking, Moving Bodies Editor: Monisha Baldawa
Making Space Editor: Karan Makhija
Layers of Touch Editor: Arindam Ghatak
Proliferating Editor: Anand Gautam
Fragments from Fellowship Editor: Neha Choksi
7-UP VIEWING COPY WITH ALL SEVEN CHANNELS
All 7 video channels with 7 stereo sound set-up in a synched 36 minute loop.
However the experience in the space of walking around the space with each projection 6 meter wide (19.7 feet wide) and with the sound heightening and changing as you move closer to this or that projection is not possible to replicate.
From top to bottom, left to right, the channels are: Of One, By One, For One, As One, 6" Breathe In, Breathe Out, 12" Layers of Touch, 18" Speaking, Moving Bodies, 12" Making Space, 12” Fragments from Fellowship, 12" Proliferating, 9"
Neha Choksi sets up simple yet memorable situations to create poetic, absurd and psychologically engaging works. Her new multi-channel film installation features the artist and her friends. Exploring the relationship between herself and her community, she tests her belief that to learn to be oneself, one always needs others. The film has been shot on the construction site for an expansive and modernizing Jain ashram in India. Inventing open ended and playful situations for her participants, Choksi examines the connections and tensions between solitude and collaboration.
— Natasha Howes, Senior Curator, Manchester Art Gallery