Stemming from an interest in indigenous Indian tree rituals, AUM manifests as a multimedia interpretation of the sacred sound ‘a-u-m’ recognised as the first sound and vibration of the Universe in Hinduism. Chakravarthi meaningfully explores and unifies this connection through self-portraiture, and topographic studies of the land, and flora found at BGNR. The digital photographic compositions and films render a merging of the artist’s body and the natural world, and further uniting Chakravarthi’s interests in numerology and the sacred geometry of Vedic belief systems, informing and structuring the aesthetics and experience of the works themselves, available as limited edition prints, a digital video triptych and a large-scale billboard poster.
Adelaide Bannerman, Curator.
We Speak In Tongues About The Thing(s) We Love.