Sometimes when you sleep you look so ancient, takes place as a speculative moment where the ancient past and deep future seek synchronistic relationship and materialize within an elusive present. Building off of the idea that the past is not closed, it is open, and that the art/artist may function as that conduit, this sound installation functions as a mythical ecosystem. This consistent slow drumming echoes through the void, in ceremonial rhythm, suggesting that something is about to happen. I am interested in an edge between worlds, portals, which could dissolve or emerge simultaneously, and how sound sculpture may act as a sort of rupture. The afterlife process, in between moments such as those between wake and sleep inspire this work in hope to transcend psychological conditioning. Sometimes when you sleep you look so ancient explores how the various forms of consciousness, human/non-human artificial/natural may coexist in time and space.
credits
from FUTURIST / Sound Art Compilation / 2020,
released December 21, 2020
BIO:
Ragini Bhow is an Indian American artist living and working in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Bhow lived and worked from Bangalore India (her family home) to the Thar Desert Rajasthan and Mumbai before recently moving back to the US to complete her MFA in Sculpture at the University of New Mexico. Primarily an installation artist she works between wide-ranging scales and mediums including sound integrated with fiberglass, resin, light installation, and casting - engaging a deep fascination with the immaterial and uncanny. Bhow has exhibited her work in solo and group shows within India and globally including 1415 Gallery Albuquerque, Kleine-Humboldt Galerie Berlin, KHOJ New Delhi, GallerySKE Bangalore, and Galerie Mirchandani & Steinruecke Mumbai.
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