Where Do I Come From? Where Do I Go?

Artists: Malavika PC (India), Papia Chakraborty (India) and Asli Dinc (Germany)

Supporting Artists: Pritha Kundu (India)

A playful installation showcasing three artists confronting the waste they produce, through an AI display of a waterfall abundant with garbage, displaying their consumption patterns

Where Do I Come From? Where Do I Go? is a four-part display. The first, a chart of every item of trash used, abused and discarded by the artists; second, a zine with excerpts of our conversation about the politics of garbage with AI chatbots; third, a performance video based on three distinct personas and their unique language in associating with their own refuse. And finally, the installation of a digital waterfall of garbage generated with a dataset of the artists vulnerably presenting their own trash, which is affected to change when audiences pause in front of it to take a moment to comprehend the sight they behold — a moment to reflect and reset the clock through this metaphorical stand. 

While some sections of this exhibit reveal the naked and simple documentation of the artists’ own feelings, daily consumption and waste, the other reflects how life, time and the climate crisis are flowing fast and dirty through the infrastructures that surround us. 

Supported by the Goethe Institut Bangalore as a part of the BeFantastic Within Fellowship

Tech Tags: Labour of Datasets