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			MELTDOWN 1 - RED RAGA  2008 SINGLE CHANNEL VIDEO,  APPROX 11 MIN. WALL MOUNTED ON FLATSCREEN MONITOR EDITION OF 5 + 1 ARTIST PROOF
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	Produced, directed and edited by Nitin Mukul Soundtrack: Nitin Mukul: drums & scratches Dave Stacey: guitars Shannon Ketch: keyboards, organs & MOOG Jim Spring: guitars & toys Much of my current work utilizes a combination of traditional and unconventional materials which become conceptually charged through their relationship to the works underlying thematic content, namely the intersection of the social, the biological and the manmade as they relate to a rapidly evolving global culture.	Red Raga will be featured in the new issue of Drain, scheduled to launch August 1, 2009. http://www.drainmag.com Red Raga is a selection for the Grand Finale of Video Wednesdays @ Gallery Espace curated by JohnyML, New Delhi 29, 30, 31st July and 1st August 2009. 11 am to 7 pm (on loop) 65 Artists and 90 videos. Guest curators: Arshiya Lokhandwala, Bose Krishnamachari, Gayatri Sinha, Nancy Adajania and Suresh Jayaram. Gallery Espace
	The Meltdown series of video works can be viewed as a poignant yet sublime post-apocalyptic meditation.  Ice is used here as the primary medium, which as it melts, echoes the the increasing frequency of floods, hurricanes, and other natural disasters. The work can serve as an intervention in the current discourse on climate change. At the same time, it engages with a wide range of contemporary art historical practices and paradigms. This includes Process art, which places emphasis on an artwork's actual 'making' as opposed to the finished piece, and in this case, its 'unmaking' as a finished 'painting' unravels to reveal it's own creation through chance occurrences in a time based medium. It connects intimately to my painting practice both formally and conceptually. What distinguishes the piece from much video work is its placement at the interstices of film, painting, sculptural and process oriented practices. It's like a microcosm of the fragile state of environment that unfolds in time lapse. The imagery at once evokes perspectives not unlike satellite views of the planet, or the innermost workings of a living organism.   A series of 4 of these video pieces is currently in production in tandem with music sessions and field recordings which will be used as raw sountrack material.	RELATED IMAGES study: Turf War study: Immersion study: Corona