Sheila Ghelani Britain
My Compass Rose
The totemic British frozen chicken marinated in words and trinkets.
Staged for the camera. Roses are arranged and then rearranged. A pre-prepared gash in the flesh is dusted with flour. A series of totemic objects and text are inserted and revealed from beneath the skin. Filmed from one fixed viewpoint, close-up, with the soundscape of a heart monitor.
- Camera, Edit & Direction:
- Sheila Ghelani
- Music:
- Sound of Heart Monitor (royalty free clip)
- Performer:
- Sheila Ghelani
- Images:
- Times of India, Bombay Times
Sheila Ghelani
Sheila Ghelani
Sheila originally trained in contemporary dance, and worked as a choreographer, dancer and teacher for several years before making the crossover into live art/performance.
Her solo practice addresses ideas that stem from notions of mixing and ‘being mixed’. Informed by her own experience of being mixed heritage, she is interested in hybridity, crossings, blood, skins, skinning, carefully controlled experiments, well-oiled machinery, colour, genetics and love.
Sheila also works collaboratively and is a longstanding member of Pacitti Company and a Blast Theory Associate artist. She has toured and performed nationally and internationally for both companies and regularly leads artists’ workshops for Pacitti Company in the UK, and abroad. She also teaches in Academic contexts.