binDi Ball is deeply superficial: kerala woman.
Artist: binDi Ball (aka Di Ball
Concept Note: Our identities are shaped by the stories
we hear and tell about ourselves over time. While certain aspects of identity
are fixed and unchangeable . our sociall identity is formed in relationship to
others. They are produced in our encounters with other people and can be
understood as forms of “everyday performances” or “masks” that we wear
differently depending on who we are with and what we want to present about
ourselves.
As a sequel to my video woek for Mythopoetica at OED Gallery included in KMB1 Open, this 2 channel video work further interrogates notions of
identity and the mask. The performance
of "painting the face" is highlighted as the inability to
assume an identity by merely putting on the mask, and the removing of this mask
illuminates the sadness of realisation.
Life imitates art so comprehensively in the work of new media and installation artist Di Ball that it’s increasingly hard to distinguish between the two. Ball has turned a full circle (or completed a revolution) since working as an architect designing theme parks a couple of decades ago. She now operates as a consortium of artists (each of them herself) exhibiting and performing under the BallPark logo, which she describes as representing “the theme park that is my life.”
Like a disco ball faceted with multiple mirrors, she reflects aspects of popular culture using an ever-growing series of individual personas, each with a name derived from her own.
She has a beady eye for the most exquisitely naff aspects of modern life and an ability to find the user-friendly aspects of French feminist theory. Ball is part Julia Kristeva part Edna Everage. She revels in a promiscuous familiarity with lowbrow aspects of the mass media, from new age women’s magazines to television body makeovers.
Timothy Morrell Art Collector
My personae act as filters for my past. They set up the instruments for my exploration and interrogation of identity. Identity is the subject of my artwork.
Dates: 17 Novenber 2014- 29th March 2015
Venue: Fusion Bay Restaurant
Fusion Bay is a Kerala/creole/fusion restaurant in the heart of Fort Cochin, the most vibrant city in Kerala and home to the Kochi Muziris Biennale.Amazing chef Benny creates home style cooking with a twist, and the no1 spot in Tripadvisor is testament to his genius.
