Taking in the role of an anthropologist Chathuri Nissansala, systematically maps narratives of intergenerational trauma, ethnographic violence and gendered identity. Their work embodies a form of storytelling through objects, installation and performative activations. Through revisiting mythical pasts, old colonized tales, histories of identities as forms of encounters.
Under the apprenticeship of artist Somapala Pothupitiya , they learned methods of embroidery and textile making pertaining to ceremonial costumes, distinguished under the southern Matara regional curative tradition.
Through artistic acts of repair and reclaiming these narratives. This series ‘ Ritualizing mutant encounters’ delves into found materials such as the architectural ruins of the demolished De Soysa building, expired tear gas shells, and damaged icons to configure ‘mutant testimonies’ and queer fabulation.