Untangling the Mirage – Forms of Queerness and Resistance (2021)

Video (1:14:22): Indian artist Avril Stormy Unger and her queer colaborators Sonal, Prahansa and Paro in conversation with Mandeep Raikhy about two of her performance works “Mirage” and “Untangled”. The online conversation took place at the Embodied Art Festival in 2021.

“Mirage” is a performance intervention at an upmarket mall in Bangalore, India, highlighting structural inequalities in accessing basic necessities such as healthcare and clean water. View Mirage here: https://oyoun.de/mirage

“Untangle”, a video work, is based on the redefinition of self and identity, through the journey of unpacking internalised societal expectations. View Untangle here: https://oyoun.de/untangle

Avril Stormy Unger (avrilstormyunger.com), curator and artist, India
Sonal Giani (instagram.com/sonalgiani), producer, India
Prashansa Gurung (instagram.com/prashansagurung), cinematographer, India
Paro (instagram.com/bokakola), sound, India
Nabi A. (instagram.com/nabi.mov), editor, New York

Avril Stormy Unger

Avril Stormy Unger is a performance and live artist with a multi sensory approach and affinity toward experience based pieces. Her practice is informed by personal experience using the body in and as a process of healing recurrent traumas. In queerness, gender, sexuality, abuse, religious oppression and pattern based behaviours intertwined with the cultural context she navigates, she is locating the language for her work. Carework, co-creation and community are crucial to her artistic practice. She is based in Bangaluru, India.

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