Debmalya Ray Choudhuri
The Weight of the Earth

The work examines the intricate relationship between mourning and melancholia. Through self-portraits and portraits of strangers and friends, Choudhuri draws on the idea of the rhizome to expand conversations around mental health, trans and queer experiences, desire, and longing. Taking the form of a collaborative performance fiction, the project explores questions of self-affirmation and the possibility of creating community within their ‘imagined homeland’ of America.

 

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Also presented within the exhibition spaces within room 101 are works relating to Un/Stable: Lands, Anxieties, Dreams by the University of Brighton Photography Research Group