Bindu Mehra
Silence of the well, ‘aur mein bhi’ (and me too): women’s silence and the unsaid in contemporary narratives in India
Women’s voices in India continue to be silenced by the legacy of British colonialism and patriarchal, social, political and economic structures.
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Even today within contemporary visual art discourse in India, gender-based violence referencing partition and its aftermath is conspicuously absent. Through an interwoven exploration of theory and practice, my research includes interviews with women affected by this silencing and violence, and interrogates gender, memory, archives and moving image practices through a neo, post-colonial lens. I de-construct concepts of ‘ripping’, ‘folding’, ‘voice’, ‘absence’ and ‘retelling’, in order to build new, alternative narratives that, with integrity, ‘offer a voice’ to women’s silence.
Conferences papers
Understanding Displacement in Visual Art and Cultural History: 1945 to Now
Website: https://bindumehra.com/
SUPERVISORS
Primary supervisor - Jayne Parker
Secondary - Marquard Smith, Dryden Goodwin
