SUTR SANTATI: THEN NOW NEXT, AUGUST 2022
ABOUT
This work portrays the story of how the seven huts descended on the earth through the golden vine ladder, settled in these mystic interlocking hills complete with fast-flowing rivers, water- falls and caves. It depicts the people’s way of life and their close interrelationship with nature.
The first panel represents how the seven huts descended on earth and crosses the rivers (panel 2) to settle down in their home-land (panel 3). The three panels are joined and connected through the invisible thread that represents the connection between earth and heaven through the Golden Ladder. The seven squares represent the 7 huts.
LET'S ZOOM IN
Using a mix of ramie yarn and raw fibre the weave depicts the common thread of interest, culture and tradition that binds the tribe together. The vertical spaces represent the large rivers and time spaces the tribe had to journey before reach-ing its homeland. The tu!s of raw ramie fibre enhance the vision of the huts, the interlocking hills, deep valleys, sacred forests and living root bridges that connect the Khasi tribe to their nature. They also portray the stone monoliths erected in memory of men, women and events that changed lives and served as milestones in the history of the tribe.
AT THE EXHIBITION
NATIONAL MUSEUM, NEW DELHI, INDIA
AUGUST 2022
PROCESS
