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S U R E K H A<br />

Line of Control<br />

Este doar o urmă de stilou. Atunci când în jurul unei furnici este<br />

trasată o linie cu stiloul, furnica ezită mult timp înainte de a trece<br />

linia dar, cu toate acestea, până la urmă ea reuşeşte să treacă dincolo<br />

de această graniţă. Aici se sfârşeşte filmul.<br />

Este o lucrare spontană despre comportamentul individului în confruntarea<br />

cu frontierele, fie ele reale, imaginare, sau metaforice.(...)<br />

Graniţele, fixate de experienţele umane, sunt deseori impuse, asumate<br />

şi acceptate. O frontieră separă interiorul de exterior şi controlul<br />

de liberul arbitru. Filmul nu doar aduce în discuţie, ci şi evocă<br />

aspecte ale noţiunii de „frontieră”, care funcţionează ca agenţi de<br />

control, putere şi bifurcare, fie ele de natură geografică, de gen, culoare<br />

sau orice alt tip...<br />

Surekha / Editor H. A. Anilkumar<br />

Line of Control<br />

It is a mere pen mark: when <strong>the</strong> pen line is drawn around<br />

an ant, <strong>the</strong> ant is very hesitating in crossing <strong>the</strong> line and yet<br />

finally it manages to come out of <strong>the</strong> boundary; this gesture<br />

marks <strong>the</strong> end of <strong>the</strong> video. It is a spontaneous work which<br />

shows how one behaves when confronted with boundaries -<br />

real, imagined as well as metaphoric. (…)<br />

Boundaries – those set by human conditions – are often imposed,<br />

assumed, as well as accepted. A boundary withholds<br />

<strong>the</strong> inside from <strong>the</strong> outside; it also generates a sense of control<br />

over free will. The video not only addresses, but evokes<br />

several such issues of <strong>the</strong> notion of “boundary”, which act<br />

as an agent of control, power and bifurcation – be it that of<br />

geography, gender, colour or o<strong>the</strong>rwise…<br />

Surekha / Text help: H. A. Anilkumar<br />

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“Line of control” (2003)<br />

video, sound, 2’5’’<br />

courtesy of <strong>the</strong> artist

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