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)
Architectural models, printed matter
Courtesy the artists and Centre for Policy Alternatives, Sri Lanka
(Special thanks to: Manoda De Silva, Janadithya Hewararchchi, Roshan Rajapaksha, Sumudu Athukorala, Chamika De Alwis, Gihan Fonseka, Dammika Sampath, Mahesh Ganegoda, Chinthaka Prabath, Roven Rebeira, Pradeep Lindagedara, Sharazad Odayar, Rameshka Dissanayake, Ravin Weerakoon, Saleem Mohomad, Ruvini Kalubovila, Sumedha Kelegama, all staff of MICD Associates, Bathiya Dharmaratne, Ashan De Silva, Kasun Wanniarachchi, Rasheed Rizvi of the City School of Architecture, Mithila Perera of 3D Tech, Raisa Wickremetunge, Amalini de Sayrah, Sampath Samarakoon, Selvaraja Rajasegar and Dr Sean Anderson)
Supported by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom
පළමු ප්‍රදර්ශනය: ‘Corridors of Power’, ජේ.ඩී.ඒ පෙරේරා කලාගාරය, හෝර්ටන් පෙදෙස, කොළඹ, ශ්‍රී ලංකාව, 2015
1972 ශ්‍රී ලංකා ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාව මෙරට ස්වාධීන ජනරජයක් ලෙස ස්ථාපිත කළේ ය. 1978 වසරේ ඊට හාත්පසින්ම වෙනස් තවත් නව ව්‍යවස්ථාවක් හඳුන්වාදුන් අතර, එහි එක් අංගයක් වූයේ විධායක ජනාධිපතිධූරය ස්ථාපිත කිරීමයි. 2015 වසරේ, ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාව වාස්තුවිද්‍යාව ආශ්‍රයෙන් තේරුම්ගත හැකි අයුරුත් විසංයෝජනය කළ හැකි අයුරුත් සලකා බැලීම සඳහා අභිරක්ෂකයෙක් වූ සන්ජන හත්තොටුව, චන්න දාස්වත්ත නම් ගෘහ නිර්මාණ ශිල්පියා ද අසංග වැලිකල නම් නීති න්‍යායාචාර්යවරයා ද හමු විය. මුල් සැලසුමට අනුව, මෙම ව්‍යාපෘතිය සංකල්පනය වූයේ විශාල ආකෘති ඇඳීම්, 3D චිත්‍ර, විඩියෝ හා භෞතික ආකෘතීන් අඩංගු ප්‍රදර්ශනයක් ලෙස ය. ප්‍රදර්ශන නාමාවලියකින් ද සමන්විත වූ මෙම ව්‍යාපෘතිය 1972 සිට ව්‍යවස්ථාමය පාලනය වටා වූ සංකීර්ණ හා විවිධ බලවේග හා සන්දර්භ අවධාරණය කළේ ය. මෙම ප්‍රදර්ශනය ප්‍රධාන වශයෙන් කේන්ද්‍ර වූයේ බලය බෙදා හැරීම, අධි-ජනාධිපතිවාදය, හා විධායක ජනාධිපති ධුරයට පවරා ඇති බලතල සඳහා සැලකිය යුතු ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණ ඉදිරිපත් කළ 1978 ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ - පිළිවෙලින් - 13 වන, 18 වන, සහ 19 වන සංශෝධන වටා ය. ප්‍රදර්ශන නාමාවලියේ හත්තොටුව මෙසේ පවසයි: “පාර්ලිමේන්තු ගොඩනැගිලි සඳහා සැලසුම් අඳින අවස්ථාවේදී ද Autodesk Revit නම් වාස්තුවිද්‍යා පරිගණක වැඩසටහන අපගේ වත්මන් ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ සැලකිය යුතු දෝෂ කිහිපයක් අවධාරණය කළේ ය. පරිගණක වැඩසටහන අනතුරු ඇඟවූයේ මෙම මොඩලයන් කාලයත් සමග බිඳවැටෙන බවටයි. එහි පුරෝකතන චිත්‍ර එන්න එන්නම විකෘති ස්වරූපයක් ගත්තේ ය. වාග්විද්‍යාත්මක නිමැවුම් මගින් ඉතා පැහැදිලි ලෙස අවධාරණය කළේ ව්‍යවස්ථාමය ව්‍යුහවල අසාර්ථකත්වයයි.” (2015)
ප්‍රදර්ශනය පිලිබඳ වැඩි විස්තර දැනගැනීමට මෙම වෙබ් අඩවියට පිවිසෙන්න: www.corridorsofpower.org
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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