40Somewhere Between Truth and Its Telling (2007/2012)
Ruhanie Perera (b. 1979)
Digital documentation
Courtesy the artist and Floating Space Theatre Company Archive
පළමු ප්‍රදර්ශනය: ‘Somewhere Between Truth and Its Telling’ පළමු වරට රඟ දක්වනු ලැබුවේ ස්වාධීන කලා කෘති දෙකක් ලෙස ය: ‘In a Shadow—an Evening of Performance Poetry’, ශාන්ත ඇන්ඩෘ ස්කොට්ස් කර්ක් පල්ලිය, කොළඹ, ශ්‍රී ලංකාව, නොවැම්බර් 2007; ‘Stranger Than Fiction’, ශවෝන් ඩේවිස් ස්ටුඩියෝස්, ලන්ඩන්, එක්සත් රාජධානිය, අප්‍රේල් 2012
‘Somewhere Between Truth and Its Telling’ කොටස් දෙකකින් සමන්විත අභිවාහ්‍ය කෘතියක් වන අතර, එය මුලින් රඟ දක්වන ලද්දේ ස්වාධීන කලා කෘති දෙකක් ලෙසිනි. බිම ඉඳගෙන සිටින කලාකාරිනිය කුඩා රෙදි මල්ලකින් වස්තු කිහිපයක් ඉවතට ගෙන ඈ ඉදිරියෙන් පේළියට එම වස්තු තබන්නී ය. ඒවා අතර, රත්තරං අත්-ඔරලෝසුවක්, කරාබු, මාලයක්, වළලු, මුද්දක් හා කුම්කුම පිරි කුඩා භාජනයක් වේ. මෙම වස්තු පිළිවෙළට තැබීමෙන් පසුව, ඈ එක් රත්තරං ආභරණය බැගින් ගෙන පැළඳීමට පටන් ගනියි. අවසානයේ, ඈ ඇගේ ඇඟිලි භාවිත කරගනිමින්, හින්දු කාන්තාවන් නළලේ පළඳින රතු පැහැ තිතක් වන පොට්ටුව ඇගේ නළල මත ඉතා සියුම් ලෙස අතුල්ලාගනියි. ස්වල්ප මොහොතකින්, ඇගේ ඇඟිලිවලින් මුහුණ මතට දමන පීඩනය එන්න එන්නම දැඩි වී, ඇගේ මුහුණ විරූපී කරවන හා විකෘති ලෙස අඹරවන සාහසික චලනයන් ආරම්භ වේ.
දෙවනි රංගනයේ කලාකාරිනිය ප්ලාස්ටික් මල්ලක් ඇගේ හිස මත දමා එය ආරක්ෂිත ලෙස ඇගේ බෙල්ල වටා ‘සීල්’ කර බැඳගනියි. මල්ල තුළ ඇති ඔක්සිජන් සියල්ලම වැය වන තුරු ඈ ස්ථාවර ලෙස හෙමින් හුස්ම ගනියි. තත්පර කිහිපයකින්, ඇය හුස්ම හිරවීමේ සලකුණු පෙන්වීමට පටන් ගනී. තවත් හුස්ම ගැනීමට නොහැකි මට්ටමකට පැමිණි විට, ඈ මල්ල කපා දමන්නී ය. මෙම කෘති දෙකෙන්ම විමර්ශනයට ලක් වන්නේ ශරීරයට එරෙහිව එල්ල වන විවිධ ආකාරයේ ප්‍රචණ්ඩත්වයන් ය; විශේෂයෙන්ම පළමු රංගනයේ, ඒ ජනවර්ගය හා සම්බන්ධ සලකුණු වලින් අර්ථ ගැන්වෙන ස්ත්‍රී ශරීරයට එරෙහි ප්‍රචණ්ඩත්වයයි. මෙම කෘති දෙක එක්ව ගවේෂණය කරන්නේ අභිවාහ්‍ය කලාව පිළිබඳවත්, ප්‍රචණ්ඩත්වය සිදුවන හා සමාජ ලිංගිකත්වයෙන් නියම වන ස්ත්‍රී ශරීරය පිළිබඳවත් කලා ශිල්පිනිය හට ඇති ප්‍රශ්නයි.
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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