SANTA BARBARA — Santa Barbara Museum of Art to present free public performance of “The Earth Under Our Feet” Artist Ashwini Bhatfrom 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, June 6 at 1130 State St., Santa Barbara.
After 35 years in Southern India, transdisciplinary artist Ashwini Bhat now lives and works in the foothills of Sonoma Mountain, CA. Coming from a background in literature and training in Bharatanatyam, a classical Indian dance, Bhat uses sculptures, installations, video, and text to develop a unique visual language exploring the intersections between body and nature, self and other.
In this site-specific immersive performance, “Earth Under Our Feet” evolves over three days, incorporating clay and inspired by the symbols of the spiral and the mandala. Bhat invites public participation in the process, using the South Asian practice of foot wedging, urging the participants to notice our entangled connection to the ground we stand on. And in this collaborative shaping of clay, we build a sense of belonging, of repair of community, self, and place.
Location: Front Terrace, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1130 State Street
Free