129Paper (2011)
Kannan Arunasalam (b. 1972)
DVD film (7.55 min)
All works collection the artist
Commissioned by Groundviews, Colombo
‘Kerosene’ සහ ‘Paper’ පළමු තිරගත කිරීම: ‘Moving Images’, කොළඹ, ශ්‍රී ලංකාව, 2011
1990 ගණන්වල, ස්වෛරීභාවය ලබා ගැනීම සඳහා සටන් කළ බෙදුම්වාදී සන්නද්ධ කණ්ඩායමක් වූ දෙමළ ඊළාම් විමුක්ති කොටි (එල්.ටී.ටී.ඊ) සංවිධානය අඩපණ කිරීමට ශ්‍රී ලංකා රජය විසින් උතුරට සහ නැගෙනහිරට ඉන්ධන, බෙහෙත් සහ ආහාර වර්ග සඳහා වෙළෙඳ තහනම් පනවන ලදි. බොහෝ කම්කටොලු මධ්‍යයේ, මරණයට මුහුණ දෙමින්, මෙම ප්‍රදේශවල සිවිල් වැසියෝ එදිනෙදා ජන ජීවිතය පවත්වාගෙන යාම සඳහා නව ක්‍රමෝපායන් භාවිත කිරීමට පෙළඹුණහ. 2009 වසරේ යුද්ධය අවසන් වීමෙන් පසුව ද, දිගින් දිගටම පැවති මිල්ටරිකරණය නිසාවෙන් සිවිල් වැසියන් හට තමන්ගේ නිවෙස්වලට නිසි ආකාරයෙන් ප්‍රවේශ වීමේ හැකියාව අහිමි වූ අතර, සංහිඳියාවට ඇති ඉඩකඩ ඉන් අවම වී ඇත. ‘Paper’ සහ ‘Kerosene’ යන කෘති යුද්ධයත් එහි විපාකත් මධ්‍යයේ සිය ජීවිත පවත්වාගෙන ගිය ටැක්සි රියදුරන්, පුවත්පත් සේවකයින් හා සිවිල් වැසියන්ගේ නිර්මානශීලිත්වය හා ඔරොත්තු දීමේ හැකියාව හසු කරගැනීමට උත්සහ දරයි. කන්නන් අරුනාසලම් මෙම චිත්‍රපට තුනේ ඇති කතාන්දර සම්බන්ධයෙන් යොදා ගන්නේ නිරීක්ෂණාත්මක ප්‍රවේශයකි. පිටපතක් නොමැතිව කතා කරන සැබෑ මිනිසුන්ගේ කතාන්දර ඔහු ඉතා පරිස්සමෙන් නිරීක්ෂණය කරන අතර, ඉන් ගම්‍ය වන්නේ යථාර්ථය ග්‍රහණය කරගැනීමට ඔහුගේ ප්‍රයත්නයයි. යම් කතාවක මතුපිටට යටින් ඇති යථාර්ථය, තරම ඉක්මවූ අධික උද්වේගයකින් තොරව ඉදිරිපත් කිරීමට අරුනාසලම්ට ඇති හැකියාව හේතුවෙන්, ‘Kerosene’ සහ ‘Paper’ 2013 වසරේ සියැටල් දකුණු ආසියානු ජාත්‍යන්තර වාර්තා චිත්‍රපටි උත්සවයේ කීර්තිමත් ප්‍රිසම් සම්මානය (Prism Award) දිනා ගත්තේ ය.
Gallery 1
රට, නිවහන, භූමිය
1Fig. 1 90° 18’ 43.057 N 80° 47’ 11.726, E (2014)
Cassie Machado (b. 1982)
2 Barrelism Tourist Map (1997)
Chandraguptha Thenuwara (b. 1960)
3 GPS Drawing: Jaffna to Delft, 9.30 am to 10.30 am, Boat, 10 Feb 2015 (2015)
Muhanned Cader (b. 1966)
4 GPS Drawing: Jaffna Hostel (Kalviyankadu) to Ramanathan Academy (Maruthanarmadam), Three-wheeler, 12 km, 26 April 2012 (2012)
Muhanned Cader (b. 1966)
5 GPS Drawings, England 2011, Oxford to Paddington, Train, 1.01 pm to 2 pm, 2011 (2011)
Muhanned Cader (b. 1966)
6 GPS drawing: Killinochi to Vavuniya, Train, 2011 (2011)
Muhanned Cader (b. 1966)
7 GPS Drawing: Kudirimale to Wilpattu National Park Gate, 53km, 1.40 pm to 5.40 pm, Jeep, 7 October 2017 (2017)
Muhanned Cader (b. 1966)
8 GPS Drawing: Fuengirola to Córdoba, 8.30 am to 11.18 am, Bus, 9 August 2017 (2017)
Muhanned Cader (b. 1966)
9 GPS Drawing: Babaragasthalawa to Kumana campsite, 10 km, 1.15 hr, Jeep Toyota 4×4, June 2011 (2011)
Muhanned Cader (b. 1966)
10Independence Day Colombo 1991 (1991)
Stephen Champion (b. 1959)
11 St Peter’s Old Boys Reunion, Colombo (1991)
Stephen Champion (b. 1959)
12 Private Lessons, Colombo (1991)
Stephen Champion (b. 1959)
13 Rosie’s Deportment Class, Colombo (1989)
Stephen Champion (b. 1959)
14 Tourist, Ahungalla (1991)
Stephen Champion (b. 1959)
15 Spoken English, Balangoda (1988)
Stephen Champion (b. 1959)
16If You Boycott the Elections the Penalty Is Death, PRRA, Peoples Revolutionary Red Army, Galle (1989)
Stephen Champion (b. 1959)
17Corridors of Power: Drawing and Modelling Sri Lanka’s Tryst with Democracy (2015)
Channa Daswatte (b. 1965), Sanjana Hattotuwa (b. 1977), Asanga Welikala (b. 1976)
18 Andare of Sri Lanka (1978)
Tilak Samarawickrema (b. 1943)
19 Andare of Sri Lanka (1978)
Tilak Samarawickrema (b. 1943)
20 Ceylon Since Soulbury Part I: A History in Cartoons by Collette (1948)
Aubrey Collette (1920–1992)
21 Sinhala English Dictionary in a Steel Jail (2007)
Kingsley Gunatillake (b. 1951)
22The One Year Drawing Project: May 2005–October 2007 (2008)
Muhanned Cader (b. 1966) , T. Shanaathanan (b. 1969), Chandraguptha Thenuwara (b. 1960), Jagath Weerasinghe (b. 1954)
23 Purification Ritual in the Manik Ganga, Kataragama, Ceylon (1957)
Reg van Cuylenburg (1926–1988)
24 Hindu Penitent with Kavadi, Kataragama, Ceylon (1957)
Reg van Cuylenburg (1926–1988)
25 Hindu Penitent, Kataragama, Ceylon (1957)
Reg van Cuylenburg (1926–1988)
26 Nowhere Is Now Here (1985)
Laki Senanayake (b. 1937)
Gallery 2
මම, බැල්ම, පෙනී සිටීම
27 Me, Myself and I (2010)
Arjuna Gunarathne (b. 1976)
28 Masked JVP Supporter, Tangalle (1987)
Stephen Champion (b. 1959)
29 Female Searching, Checkpoint at Pallai (2007)
Stephen Champion (b. 1959)
30–33Untitled (c. 1930s)
W. J. G. Beling (1907–1992)
34 Do Not Measure Me (2001)
T. P. G. Amarajeewa (b. 1972)
35I Let My Hair Loose: Protest Series II (2010)
Anoli Perera (b. 1962)
36 I Let My Hair Loose: Protest Series I (2010)
Anoli Perera (b. 1962)
37I Let My Hair Loose: Protest Series IV (2010)
Anoli Perera (b. 1962)
38Living Sculpture (2004)
Sujeewa Kumari (b. 1971)
39Broken Hands (1998/1999)
Pradeep Chandrasiri (b.1968)
40Somewhere Between Truth and Its Telling (2007/2012)
Ruhanie Perera (b. 1979)
41Somewhere Between Truth and Its Telling (2007/2012)
Ruhanie Perera (b. 1979)
42Broken Palmyrah (1999)
Godwin R. Constantine (b. 1964)
43Safety Pin (2009)
Manori Jayasinghe (b. 1972)
44Lionel Wendt Caricature (c. 1940s)
Aubrey Collette (b. 1920–1992)
Gallery 3
මායිම/මායිම්, සීමාව
45–59Nightscapes (1999)
Muhanned Cader (b. 1966)
60–62Nightscapes (1999)
Muhanned Cader (b. 1966)
63 Nightscapes (1999)
Muhanned Cader (b. 1966)
64 Ravana (1991)
Nillanthan (b.1965)
65 This Is Not a White Flag VII (2012)
Chandraguptha Thenuwara (b. 1960)
66Thorns V (2011)
Chandraguptha Thenuwara (b. 1960)
67 Rest (2012)
Manori Jayasinghe (b. 1972)
68Journey I (2015)
G. Samvarthini (b. 1989)
69 Journey II (2015)
G. Samvarthini (b. 1989)
70Fence VII (2018)
Nilani Joseph (b. 1990)
71 Fence VIII (2018)
Nilani Joseph (b. 1990)
72–106Alai (1975 –1990)
Various authors
107A Song of Ceylon (1985)
Laleen Jayamanne (b. 1947)
108The Song of Ceylon (1934)
Lionel Wendt (1900–1944), Dir. Basil Wright (1907–1987), Prod. John Grierson (1898–1972)
109 Yellow Tower (2019)
Tissa De Alwis (b. 1956)
110–117Untitled—various works (1997)
S. H. Sarath (b. 1947)
118View from Layards Road House Window (1969)
W. J. G. Beling (1907–1992)
Gallery 4
අහිමිවීම, ඇදහිල්ල, සෝක වීම
119 I have got enough guilt to start my own religion (1992)
Jagath Weerasinghe (b. 1954)
120A Mother in Sri Lanka (1992)
Jagath Weerasinghe (b. 1954)
121Broken Stupa (1992)
Jagath Weerasinghe (b. 1954)
122I have got enough guilt to start my own religion (1992)
Jagath Weerasinghe (b. 1954)
123I have got enough guilt to start my own religion (1992)
Jagath Weerasinghe (b. 1954)
124Instant Nirvana PVT LTD (2000)
Bandu Manamperi (b. 1972)
125Bullets (2007)
Kusal Gunasekara (b. 1974)
126War Text (2007)
Kingsley Gunatillake (b. 1951)
127Portuguese Slave Trader (2019)
Tissa De Alwis (b. 1956)
128Mazari Chieftain with Young Girl (2019)
Tissa De Alwis (b. 1956)
129Paper (2011)
Kannan Arunasalam (b. 1972)
130Kerosene (2011)
Kannan Arunasalam (b. 1972)
131’83 (2016)
Sumudu Athukorala (b. 1979), Sumedha Kelegama (b. 1988), Irushi Tennekoon (b. 1989)
132Glitch V (2016)
Chandraguptha Thenuwara (b. 1960)
133J.R on TV, Colombo (1989)
Stephen Champion (b. 1959)
134Monks on TV, Colombo (2007)
Stephen Champion (b. 1959)
135Prosthetic Feet, Jaffna (1987)
Stephen Champion (b. 1959)
136 No Glory (1998)
Sarath Kumarasiri (b. 1968)
137Artefacts from Jaffna (2013)
T. Krishnapriya (b. 1987)
138Missing (1995)
T. Shanaathanan (b. 1969)
139Study for Kannagi (c. 1963–72)
Tissa Ranasinghe (1925–2019)
140Displacement (2015)
M. Vijitharan (b. 1985)
141Refugees Returning to Talaimannar (1991)
Stephen Champion (b. 1959)
142 Tyre
Pradeep Chandrasiri (b.1968)
143Disappearing and Reappearing Landscape (2012)
Pradeep Thalawatta (b. 1979)
144Raja Theatre Halt (2012)
Pradeep Thalawatta (b. 1979)
145Tissa’s Plasticine Models, Colombo (1989)
Stephen Champion (b. 1959)
146 New Dagoba, Near Mutur (2012)
Stephen Champion (b. 1959)
147Baby in Sari, Maskeliya (1989)
Stephen Champion (b. 1959)
148Cradle (2012)
Manori Jayasinghe (b. 1972)
149 Cabinet of Resistance No. 2 (2016)
T. Shanaathanan (b. 1969)
150Last Supper (1993)
A. Mark (1933–2000)
151 Jesus (not dated)
Fareed Uduman (1917–1985)
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