Motherland
A performance by Pushpamala N and Mamta Sagar
Language: Kannada and English
Duration: ½ hour
2010
First performed in Kannada at Samuha Artist Project, ADA Rangamandira, Bangalore 2010
Second performance in English, Khojlive, Blue Frog Delhi 2011
Cast and crew:
Mother India : Pushpamala N
Poet : Mamta Sagar
Production Assts. : Suresh Kumar Gopalreddy, Madvesh Pandurangi, Subbiah
Notes:
Artist Pushpamala N and poet Mamta Sagar explore the idea of freedom and captivity through the work of the first Kannada woman writer and Nationalist, Nanjangud Thirumalamba, via the idea of Mother India and the contentious history of women’s rights. The half-hour performance lies between performance art, theater and literary monologue.
