The title of the exhibition alludes to water in its three states; solid at zero degree centigrade, fluid at temperatures between zero to a hundred degrees centigrade, and rapidly vaporizing as it comes to boiling point. While this is scientific and empirical, it also suggests water and its states on our planet are indicators of its ecological fragility. As global temperatures rise, as polar ice caps and mountain permafrost melt; weather patterns become unpredictable and floods and drought become frequent. Our effect as humans on nature has never felt more palpable and water as clouds, rivers, lakes, seas and oceans, is memorizing our legacy and pitfalls. As inhabitants of one of the most water rich places in the world, at the edge of the Arabian Sea, the change is here.
From Zero to Hundred in contrast also wants to draw attention to our obsession with high speed technology. It is a measure for the performance of sports cars, e.g. the 2023 Porsche 919 goes from 0 to 100 Km/hour in 1.9 seconds making it one of the fastest acceleration in a car.
As artists, our poetics are our means of mirroring and archiving. As live artists, with our bodies as containers of water, we invite you to use movement, stillness, presence and absence to draw attention to water, the elixir of life.
Within this immersive performance experiment, the body moves along the staircase, ascending and descending, embodying a hydrodynamic form. Upon ascent, a moment of convergence emerges, as fabrics and garments are draped, wrung, and dampened over clotheslines, suspended above awaiting water containers. This cyclic ritual culminates in a tableau, inviting audiences to explore the intricate interplay between water, climate, and the anthropological essence.
We are all pieces of a puzzle and the puzzle itself. Biologically, psychologically, socially the only way to comfortably exist in this world is to go with the flow.
Durga, presenting as Shakti (their Drag King persona) is opening up their studio to your presence and sharing their explorations of how they find their flow.
How much of anything really makes sense? Water? Speed? A fool?
In the persona of “Disco Droplet” Nikhil Chopra makes a drawing of a forest on the wall. Lost in the dense hairy thickets of the woods he draws his way out, chasing the light as it peeps through the twigs and bushes, only to end on an image of the beach trapped between the forest and the endless ocean.
“Chinese water torture”, as it’s popularly known, is a mentally painful process in which cold water is slowly dripped onto the scalp, forehead or face for a prolonged period of time. This technique has been used to cause fear and mental deterioration on the subject over centuries across the globe, with first mentions back in late 15th/early 16th century in Italy.
Mojo will begin undergoing “Chinese water torture” at 5 PM, with ice roughy enough for the drip to last till 10 PM. (Everyone about to enter the space will receive a chunk of ice.) What the final duration of the performance ends up being though, is in your hands. The performance will end when the drip runs out of water.
For the duration of the performance, he will not move any external muscles voluntarily, except his eyelids.
Undercover Waltz: The Tablecloth Tango. Two disembodied legs and three tiers of cake go for a stroll.
‘What is it that makes you wet?’ draws ecological links between female pleasure and garbage. The disposal of garbage and female pleasure within the landscape of blow up dolls, penis pumps, plastic landfills and viagra-filled bodies brings attention to male toxicity and the environmental crisis. What is waste? How much is waste? Can female pleasure be recycled? Is “wetness” the humus for a sustainable planet?