2-FACE Update

A new performance art piece by Indian artist Bhuvanesh Kumar for 2-FACE, our collaborative project,

during the Kolkata Performance Arts Festival.

ARTIST STATEMENT: 

2-FACE is a collaboration between Filipino artist Mae Aguinaldo and Indian artist Bhuvanesh Kumar. The collaboration tackles uncontrolled urbanization that is changing the face of the city. It is a reflective pause over the meaning and the costs of such development. Gold is a both symbol for what is precious and what is sacred. Golden Rule, Aguinaldo’s t-shirt art piece, portrays a facade of the dream city in gold. Golden Seeds, Kumar’s performance, is a call for reflection on this dream. 

In Golden Seeds, Kumar is a bearer of the changed city, pouring, spreading, giving, and placing seeds of thought in the hands of people also bearing the changed city. In his second performance more than a year after, Kumar modifies his performance. This time, he sits in contemplation for an hour in front of a plant in a road in Kolkata as residents pass him by.

In Memoriam, see here.