by Minna on Tuesday, 9 August 2011 | 
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My interest in paradoxes that manifest as objects, events, spaces or places is explored through a dual existence of a grotto that is found on the grounds of the Mansion at Strathmore. It occupies a very particular position at Strathmore, one that is both physical and conceptual at the same time. While this coral structure exists physically in the backyard, it also exists conceptually as a reminder of what the mansion’s function was (home to the Sisters of the Holy Cross) at one point in time, leaving a trace of its open history. The meaning this grotto once held is de-contextualized and forgotten while the Mansion itself has transformed and adapted to different functions.
The installation re-contextualizes the grotto by integrating the drawings into the architecture at Strathmore, giving it a new meaning by way of adaptation, intervention and interaction with different elements including the window structure, the sky and landscape in the background and the architecture on the inside and the outside.
by Minna on Thursday, 17 February 2011 | No Comments | Drawing Spaces, Lisbon
This work was done as part of a 3-week residency at the Drawing Spaces in Lisbon, Portugal. A project developed earlier on in Boston, Massachusetts was later deconstructed, re-integrated and further developed in Baltimore at Area 405, and in this project – responded to Drawing Spaces in Lisbon, Portugal, leaving a trace of its open history and of its possibility for continuous expansion.
by Minna on Thursday, 17 February 2011 | No Comments | Area 405, Baltimore
Studies that were done using the imagery of pipes, while living in Boston, are used here in this work at Area 405 in Baltimore. The drawings in this work represent studies from Boston as well as drawings that originated in the space utilizing the pipes and fire hoses at this location.
by Minna on Thursday, 17 February 2011 | No Comments | Recurrence
This work is a study that informs the ideas of ‘recurrence’ -of images and places – and continuity. The small drawings inform each other: they are traced from each other, opposites of each other and transformed as a result of this information from each other. Work done at the IHC in Delhi, India.
Works at the IHC sponsored by the Welcare Hospital, Kochi.
by Minna on Thursday, 17 February 2011 | No Comments | Power House Road at IHC
The work at Power House Road was transformed and adapted to fit the nondescript spaces at the India Habitat Centre’s Experimental gallery. The source images acted as points of origin for this work. A balance between the temporal parts (that would only remain in documentation) and the nomadic parts (drawings that would be transportable) and the transformation of the temporal parts, became ideas for further exploration.
Works at the IHC sponsored by the Welcare Hospital, Kochi.
