- Class of 2018
- Born and raised in Sri Lanka
- Switched from SRPP to Film and New Media and Theatre in Abu Dhabi
- Photographer and Projection designer
- Study away in Florence , NY
- VJ : video jockey – eye opening for her because not spending 16-20 hrs on editing like usually do
- Putting body into work
- Being someone from two very different places, exploration of new identity, art gave a way to process that
- During pandemic, trying to understand relationship between her and the outer world
- How body can be seen as extension of nature, removing gender binary concept
- When I have an idea, I say lets do it
- Very honest, open , no fakeness : also talked about climate change protestors being performative and how she strongly dislikes it
- Also very relatable probably because NYUAD alumni, knows us on a deeper level and probably understood the purpose of the visit and the nature of our class better
- You don’t have to know everything, you just need to know a little bit to collaborate so others can help you
- Made a piece based on 3 worlds: first one inspired by mangroves, second one inspired by desert and third one inspired by view of water – first world was inspired by ongoing wildfires in Australia, Amazon and San Francisco
- Three distinct worlds but how to tie them together and generally we engage with screen passively, experience it in a totally different framework each time you come back to it: Harshini wanted screen to be an active engagement for audience
- She didn’t want to convert this piece to VR because the weight of the headset would take away the comfort
- If we are creating something online, embrace the digitality entirely
- Try to find what you are interested in
- Going to artist talks is good because you rediscover and realize new things
- Be okay with being honest about your shortcomings: she told her supervisor that she knew nothing and was scared but very willing to learn
- Also, use the knowledge/medium that you know until you learn new skills
- Writing reflections can help discover consistent modes of working/making art ( basically ties back to the concept we studied that we need to analyze our own work to learn from it and grow from it)
- Loved how she noticed how its hard to keep eye contact after pandemic
- Berlin’s landscape not very inclusive: but if a space doesn’t exist you have to create it
- She had a very interactive and engaging conversation style
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