Baptist Coelho India
CROSS-LEGGED
...deep-rooted prejudice against sexuality.
Exploring cultural differences within sub-cultures where the subtle nuances of body language can be read as the 'other'. The artist sets the stage in an office reception area and re-enacts a true story of a man who experiences discrimination based on a simple act of crossing his legs. A harmless natural gesture, yet its social meaning makes it submissive and feminine, bringing out deep-rooted prejudice against sexuality.
- Light & Direction:
- Baptist Coelho
- Camera:
- Shomit Naik and Baptist Coelho
- Edit:
- Baptist Coelho and Kanchan Kumar Ray
- Sound:
- Yan Garin
- Location:
- C&L Gallery Mumbai and Ashely Peverett
- Performers:
- Baptist Coelho, Snehal Khade, Pratik Kangokar, Kusboo Raitani, Ranjit Khatoi and Nisha Lal
Baptist Coelho
Baptist Coelho
Baptist Coelho is a practicing New Media Artist, currently living in Mumbai, who has exhibited his work both locally in India, as well as internationally. Baptist received his M.A. from BIAD, UK. His practice involves collaboration with communities and organisations in order to collect research and document projects involving personal and current social issues. His documentary style explores art as a process, engaging intellectual thought, as well as providing up-to-date interpretations of our reality. Baptist holds the physical and emotional responses of his audience in high regard and creates environments where the viewer can reflect on the surroundings in which they live. Constructing these human-shaped media-landscapes to portray his ideas and artistic reflections is an integral part of his work. He continues to explore video, sound and architectural installations, photography, public-art, performance and site-specific work.