Sheetal Prasad

I am a Worm, You are a Flower

A mini video piece where I dance to Bollywood music. This is an adaptation of Pipilotti Rist’s Selfless in the Bath of Lava (1994). It was installed in a very unlikely place in which viewers were only able to see it if they followed the sound of the music.

“This piece discusses the topic of minorities who felt that they had to hide their culture in order to fit in, but in private, they feel more comfortable being their cultural selves (hiding from the colonial or Western gaze).”