Madras 1909 map

Vishnu disguised as Mohini

The Vishnu

the nectar of immortality

The nectar

the escape route

The escape route 

synthetic emotions

synthetic emotion is all about the synthesized material emotions of the dancer's accessories. The dancer's body is engulfed by the costume the 'pleated silk saree', a visual assistant to map her minute and subtle expressions. In this set of exploratory mapping exercise; I examine the crease, the fold, the stretch, the pull and the twist of the rich silk with reference to the bodily pose or the dance gesture.  

the silk fabric / crease / fold / twist / stretch

PEN and INK drawing showing the body - movement and the synthetic emotions of the fabric. The central concentric circles with lines is the pleated fabric woven around the black void (the dancer / body). The radiating straight lines shows movement and the thickened curves shows the embodied accessory of the dancer in a particular sequel within the performance.