NOTIONS OF FREEDOM

 

A shadow Casting mural with a group of 12th class Girl students of Mayo Girl’s College, Ajmer, Rajasthan, 2014

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This is a shadow casting of the students of Mayo Girls College who shared their memories of freedom through image , gesture and collective interaction. This is a a direct exposure of their shadows casted by a LCD Projector on a photosensitive coated wall. This is a performative relationship between the live bodies of the young students and the urban digital light reflecting their notions of freedom as youth of tomorrow. This has been a collective venture developed through research and documentation on campus, space and body relation through theater games, memory writing and performance.The students of 12 standard of Batch of 2014 participated in the whole process. The whole process was coordinated by Nikunja Basumatary from May College. the following students participated in the process:

SHAGUN BOSE, ANOUSHKA AGARWAL, MANYA SALUJA, VIDHUSHI LOHIA, AMANAT BANSAL, MRIGANGINI SINGH,  MANASI MATHUR, AALISHA AGARWAL, ROOPAL SINGH,  RISHINANDINI K. SINGH, MOOMAL SHEKHAWAT, VINISHAAA MADNANI, BHAIRAVI BHATI, MANNAT DHILLON, RAJVI BHANDARI, MUSKAAN AGARWAL, JAHNAVI SINGH, SIYA PANT, ANANYA KAJLA, VRINDA GANGWAL