falling light on site '14
A strange and ambient stillness, amongst
a whirlwind of motion and change
The on site Falling Light research aimed to uncover the ‘disappearing communities of India’, with a specific focus on Ulsoor, Palace Gutahali and Kothanur in Bangalore. These communities have been caught in a flux between a simple and traditional way of living and the pressures of a vastly modernising society. With their way of life in perpetual threat, their community is being forced into a space that it doesn’t belong, a space of liminality, of unsurety and imbalance.
A team of Chhaya Collective artists have been exploring the trials that face communities as they battle to stay afloat amongst the ever modernising and expanding urban milieu of Bangalore City - questioning the changes that they ultimately face. However, based on the feedback received, it appears many in the local community consider change to be inevitable and out of their power. Instead, the local people continue with their everyday routines, with many concluding 'what will be will be'.
What many may see as a space to be passed through or potential land for new builds, is a significant and wholesome place for many, holding memories, culture and tradition, with layers of ancestral history. There is a simplicity, an honest and authentic approach to living, which is almost unaffected by the media, world politics, fads, frenzies and the effects of globalisation. Though unfortunately we can all predict that the same will not be said in ten years time.
We have found something very humbling about this approach to life and have enjoyed being part of the sense of stillness that the community carries with them. Though perhaps it's likely we are quietly sitting in the eye of the hurricane, a strange and ambient stillness amongst a whirlwind of motion and change.
A team of Chhaya Collective artists have been exploring the trials that face communities as they battle to stay afloat amongst the ever modernising and expanding urban milieu of Bangalore City - questioning the changes that they ultimately face. However, based on the feedback received, it appears many in the local community consider change to be inevitable and out of their power. Instead, the local people continue with their everyday routines, with many concluding 'what will be will be'.
What many may see as a space to be passed through or potential land for new builds, is a significant and wholesome place for many, holding memories, culture and tradition, with layers of ancestral history. There is a simplicity, an honest and authentic approach to living, which is almost unaffected by the media, world politics, fads, frenzies and the effects of globalisation. Though unfortunately we can all predict that the same will not be said in ten years time.
We have found something very humbling about this approach to life and have enjoyed being part of the sense of stillness that the community carries with them. Though perhaps it's likely we are quietly sitting in the eye of the hurricane, a strange and ambient stillness amongst a whirlwind of motion and change.
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