Its an big honor for me to be part of this project. As Riyas Komu selected my work that was done in September 2015 Titled "Irritating machine "which was installation based work.
Regarding the young subcontinent project he told me to remake this work in smaller size. There were 13 portraits of prime minister from the past 25 years in history of Nepal which I carved and printed on hand made paper. The original size was 122cm x 92cm each and for this project I am going to make half of it which is 76 x 61 cm. Actually its a concept of light box and lots of led lights are fixed inside the print box and in the original work I have used sensor and arduino but for the smaller one I want to make it more simple and planning to use only few lights and there is an audio on each piece which needs speakers.
‘The Irritating Machine’, was a combination of woodcut printmaking with sound and sensors to create interaction with audience through colours and political dialogues.
Since 1990, Nepal has seen countless coalition governments fight over the nation’s direction. The change in political office is so incessant that most Nepalis will be unable to name all the Prime Ministers who have assumed office in the past 25 years.
Our political system is broken. Party ideologies means there is never consensus and thus no action. Yet the institution grows, and stumbles into the far reaches of every social issue that affect the citizenry. The current crisis is just one example of the stagnation brought on by change of political representation.
All Nepalis, young and old, have been left indifferent because the system simply recycles a few individuals every few (months) years. Politics, democracy, the supposed path to betterment, seems to only deepen our ‘bitterment’ instead.
The Irritating Machine aims to simulate this frustration of our elected into a time-based installation.
- Kabi Raj Lama, Nepal
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