Varsha Panikar (Mixed-media & Literary Works)

All projects are at various stages of development, and I'm actively seeking grants, funds, and collaborators. If any project interests you or if you'd like more information, feel free to reach out at varshapanikar@gmail.com.

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Origami Folds

An ongoing exploration by Varsha Panikar that employs dreams, memories, archive and interviews juxtaposed with the curves and folds of human body, and uses it as a medium and metaphor for hopeless fragility and hardened impenetrability, from which emerges the themes of identity, dysphoria, commodification of the body, and denial and loss of autonomy as conditions of globalized society and cultures, through the lens of south-Asian, queer and marginalized bodies. Parts from the ongoing series have appeared and been published in various zines, platforms and exhibitions.

Down The Family Tree

Part memoir, part biographical, part soliloquy, 'Down The Family Tree' reflects upon identity and loss that arises from grief, told through the medium of family photographs, recordings, archives, paintings, and memories.