107A Song of Ceylon (1985)
Laleen Jayamanne (b. 1947)
DVD film (51 min)
Courtesy the artist and collection National Film and Sound Archive of Australia
පළමු තිරගත කිරීම: සිඩ්නි චිත්‍රපට උත්සවය (Sydney Film Festival), සිඩ්නි, ඔස්ට්‍රේලියාව, 1986
‘A Song of Ceylon’ කෘතිය එහි නාමය ලබා ගන්නේ බැසිල් රයිට් (1907–1987) විසින් අධ්‍යක්ෂණය කරන ලද ‘The Song of Ceylon’ (1938) නම් බ්‍රිතාන්‍ය වාර්තා චිත්‍රපටයෙනි. එනමුත් ඉතාමත් සාමාන්‍ය, සාම්ප්‍රදායික ආකෘතියකින් යුත් රයිට්ගේ වාර්තා චිත්‍රපටයට හාත්පසින්ම වෙනස් වන ජයමාන්නගේ ‘A Song of Ceylon’ හි ආඛ්‍යානය රේඛීය නොවේ. චිත්‍රපටයේ හඬපටය පදනම් වන්නේ මානවවිද්‍යාඥ ගණනාථ ඔබේසේකරගේ වියමනක් වන ‘A Psycho-Cultural Exegesis of a Case of Spirit Possession in Sri Lanka’ (1977) (‘ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ යක්ෂ ආවේශ සිද්ධියක් පිළිබඳ මනෝ-සංස්කෘතික අර්ථ නිරූපණයක්’) ය. එය කටහඬවල් හතරකින් රඟ දැක්වේ: සෝමාවතී නැමැති ආවේශ වූ ගැහැනියගේ කටහඬ, යකැදුරුකම පවත්වන පූජකයාගේ කටහඬ, කතන්දරකාරයාගේ කටහඬ, සහ ආධිපත්‍යක හා විශ්ලේෂණාත්මක ස්වරයක් හෙබි මානවවිද්‍යාඥ කටහඬ. මෙම හඬපටයට සමාන්තරව, චිත්‍රපටයෙහි දිස්වන්නේ විවිධ චිත්‍රපටවලින් උපුටාගත් නිශ්චල රූපයි. මේ අතර හිච්කොක්ගේ ‘Vertigo’ (1958) චිත්‍රපටයේ ප්‍රධාන ස්ත්‍රී චරිතය රඟ දක්වන කිම් නොවැක් ලෙස ඇඳගෙන සිටින හුවාන් ඩවීලා (උ. 1946) නම් චිත්‍රශිල්පියාගේ රූපයක් ද වේ. චිත්‍රපටවල නිශ්චල රූප අතුරෙහි මුහුණ නොපෙනෙන, සාරියක් ඇඳගත් අයෙකු පුටුවක් මත නටන දර්ශනයක් ද ඇතුළත් කර ඇත. චිත්‍රපටය දිග හැරෙත්ම, ඇගේ නර්තනය වඩවඩාත් නොසන්සුන් ද කලහකාරී වේ. ඉන්පසුව යකැදුරුකම නිම වී ඇය සිහිසුන්ව ඇද වටෙයි. ජයමාන්නගේ චිත්‍රපටයේ ගැහැනිය පුටුව මත නටන්නේ, පුටුව යට සැඟවී රැකවරණය ලබා ගන්න යැයි පනවන ලද නියෝගයට විරෝධයක් දක්වමින් ය. මෙම චිත්‍රපටය බටහිර මනෝවිශ්ලේෂණයට අනුව හිස්ටීරියාවට දෙනු ලබන පිළියමට සංස්කෘතික ප්‍රති-ආඛ්‍යානයක් (counter-narrative), එනම් මනෝවිශ්ලේෂී ආඛ්‍යානයට විරුද්ධ වන හෝ එය විවේචනය කරන ආඛ්‍යානයක්, ඉදිරිපත් කරයි. එසේ කිරීමට මෙම කෘතිය 1970, 1980 දශකවල ස්ත්‍රීවාදී චිත්‍රපට න්‍යාය හා භාවිතය සමග නියැලෙන අතර, ආඛ්‍යාන පිළිබඳව තියුණු හා නිර්මාණශීලී හැදෑරීමක් ද හෙළිදරව් කරයි.
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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