A view of the exhibition | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

How many times does an art gallery turn into a platform, staining the lines between memory and myth, fact and story, personal and collective history?

A bright Tuesday morning, Curator P and his enthusiastic assistant guide their guests through a legend, who sits in a sweet place between facts and fiction, a huge physical maze in the center, which is a wooden turtle whose is a wooden turtle The name is Miss P who symbolizes an unseen chapter. Indo-Korean history. The story of the Custodian Force India (CFI), which was a peaceful soldier in the Korean D-Miltiuriazed Zone during 1953–54, is alive after signing the ceasefire of the Korean War, through a certain Captain N on a certain Captain Nr. His duty to take care of the first peace mission and war prisoners made by independent India.

A view of the performance. Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

In the 70-minute interactive experience designed to challenge the audience, the limit of change, part-art exhibition, part-demonstrations and part-history lessons, Parvati Nair and Nayantara Nair are an ambitious project where there is an ambitious project in personal history, where Art installation, where art installation, videos, spoken words and texts are originally merged to tell a story.

A six-year-long soxer, which included a post-pandemic journey for careful research and DMZ for many years, is the individual discovery of Parvati’s individual discovery of change that is the time of her father’s chief-General TNR Nair and experiences at CFI To connect together. His letters, diary entries, photos and videos form the cornerstone of this experience. Spread over Lalit Kala Academy, in the rooms with the archive room, helicopter room, tattoo room and waiver room, to make some names, different pieces of puzzle come together in performance, a well-research was done, Text-Havi Exhibition which exists it. own. The statement of curator P and his assistant is cherry at the top.

Inside the performance. Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

The role of home stories, identity, cycles of violence and the role of forgiveness in the history of war makes their way into the story. “This is the work of telling the story. When Nayantara and I were doing research, we realized that most people did not even know that this was a lovely piece of Indo-Korean history that started from Chennai and ended in Chennai, “Says Parvati,” they It is said that fiction tells about us. Truth. So to make a work of imagination, we did not invent history, but it is in history. Emotional allegations for this are my father’s life. He who was a person affects and informs this piece. The idealism of new independent India, and self-proclaimed duties of care have been determined in the context of the project contained in all autobiography.

“We book a piece with history and then allow fiction to handle. I think personally, I find this hybrid space very exciting, ”says Parvati. The project thrives in this intersection.

The boundaries of change are also a major collaborative exploration. While yoga chanting the play helped, the excellent stop-motion video that describes the story and legend of Miss P, is conceptualized by CP Satyajit. The exhibition designs are by Sindhura Vannamalai Somithri and art establishments are created by students of various educational institutions in the city. Rathi Jafar, director of the Inco Center who produced the show, says, “We are always looking for access points among countries through art. The project has been emphasized on inter-cultural dialogue between India and Korea. ,

One of the artists in the event. Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

How challenging it was to lend a dramatic lens with a beginning, middle and end? Yoga says, “The main intent of CFI was to take care. Another important player was the relationship between the daughter and father. It was also a discovery of his life and relationship with his father. We wanted to keep them as driving points. ,

In each room, there was a different feeling to deal. “We wanted the audience to get closer to human experience as much as possible. Ultimately, in stories, it is human experience that is paramount. This is what you withdraw. ,

The shows are everyday till 20 February, 3.30 am and 6.30 pm every day. Limited seats are available. Registration is based on the first serve, first serve, on www.inkoceentre.org.