Delitescent
Vandana
2017
Performance for video
8:10 Minutes
©Vandana The Artist
Courtesy of the Artist
Video documentation by the artist Junnan Lusha
DESCRIPTION
Delitescent draws a space within a space using two kinds of energy — hand movements and gestures, and sound produced at specific frequencies through the syllables Aa, U, M — collectively Aum. The three sounds carry the concept of existence: Aa — The Creator, U — The Preserver, M — The Destructor. The circular motion of the body projects energy lines in all directions, creating a meditative field and a state of mind, inviting the audience into a zero space — physically present in the room, but with the mind forgetting everything else except what is happening in front of the viewers.
The silence between the sounds is as essential as the sounds themselves. Those gaps are where one stops waiting for what comes next and rests in what is already there. The circular motion has no climax and no resolution — it is a sustained meditative state and the retreat of the Self. The work does not move toward an event; it holds an opening.
I appear wearing red with my hair over my face. I spread my arms to the sides in a gesture resembling a cross, fingers folded as if to release energy lines through them — invisible to the eyes but felt. I slowly spin my body in a circular motion while producing sound through the throat, maintaining the gesture of the hands and moving them slowly up and down with occasional unplanned stillness.
Vandana 