Blow!

This work is a functioning noise/musical instrument, powered by the hair dryer which plays the ceramic whistle flutes inside the curtain. My work is intimately tied to the acquisition and inordinate subversion of objects found in a domestic setting and animating them using rudimentary mechanics. Resigning the domestic space as a site for inquisition into the periphery of gender and performativity; the archaeology of objects lends to a didactic view of the embedded virtues in the cataclysmic consequence of the female. My work stems from the experiences as a South Asian female, where female roles are clearly defined. Dowries are a cordial assemblage of toilet plungers to giant food processors; all piquantly centering the female as a facilitator of housework. Thus the works become a process of subversion, extracting objects from their habitat and enabling them sonorously. The exploration of sound within my work is tied to ritual and ceremonial aspiration. The examination of order within the locality of sonorous territories allows for the introspection of sound as a vehicle for hierarchy