Kochi, Dec. 27 -- History is often distorted based on the contexts they are written in and written for, to serve the purpose of the time.
New Delhi-based dancer and choreographer Mandeep Raikhy attempts to question and deconstruct it through his work "Hallucinations of an Artefact", alluding to the bronze figurine of the 'Dancing Girl' of Mohenjo-daro, found in 1926 while excavating Indus Valley Civilization sites.
His installation for the sixth edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, curated by Nikhil Chopra with HH Art Spaces, Goa, is featured in SMS Hall, Bazaar Road, Mattancherry.
Questioning the name, given through the colonial gaze of classical Indian dance forms, Raikhy takes the audience on a visual journey by awakening the artefa...