pre annuals / mansibhat / piercing

its been a week of a general feeling of well-being all over the college. this in spite of the fact that few of us seem to know what in the world is going on and its stressing out a lot of people; what with all the various people running around organizing something or the other. this is the short part of this semester when nothing much really happens. caught in between two holidays and dominated by the annual days nothing else really has a chance to happen. this week, out of the kite flying, the face painting, the human pyramid and the ad-mad competition i was judge for the last. three rounds of ridiculous skits improvised in 10 minutes by the kids to sell cell phones and refrigerators as himesh reshammiya and god knows who else. great silly fun. the fourth years pokia phone ad was by far the best.

mansi bhat was the encounter yesterday and i loved her work- the prosthetics of the mattress factory with their staged settings to the drum filled with water that she drove with two oars on the streets of the city. her work kept oscillating in between photography and performance art and gestures caught in between the plastic exaggerations of animated characters and observations from everyday life.

and for an aside here is rupali getting her nose re-pierced at al's in bandra while i watch. meanwhile, i bought me two earrings for my two ears.