Devika Pararasasinghe
she/her
I attempt to play in the trades of the classed colloquial, in the cont[r]acts of labour, waged/unwaged, acknowledged/disavowed, and where it fits in the cycles of consumption, exploitation and [re]production. I deal with interest with[in] the working-class [invisible]labour eco-system, [invisible]reproductive labours - giving into the visuals between low-fi and high-art aesthetic scenarios. It’s a miscalculated-interior-design, working through the idea[l]s of home.
a drawing in 4 act[ion]s
I
a specificity on him, a true
epidemic of bad behaviour, each
day another lost forever. what
never betrayed a moment of hope is
keeping, and then
losing so many stale
variables on fantasy. vows once said
slowly lost its value, /what is a most
contagious happiness.
II
only a French-braid, and the ripple crimps
almost threatening a mugging
wait for envy as it brings followers,
now - reform in the pain as a work of
high art. maybe,
even
revel a little in
it.
III
thought it was like a folk song - going home
in mother’s tongue
in mother’s second tongue
I’m going back home, the latch on my space -
left ajar. seeking shadow, but we can’t
see it anymore like dust over a
gem– like being fickle over a truth
it’s not worth the drive,
the distance is too
corrosive/
all left is mourning. our frontal lobe not
finished [yet].
wait to be kicked out of the kingdom.
wait
to
be
kicked
out
of
the
kingdom.
IV
two broken tents lend to make a new one,
a stronger one / a tent-fort making a
Living in-between a lacking and a
having, this hope is the agenda for
something a little more – that essential
belief that something will improve.
not a breezeblock sleeper - life is
curling
waxing poetic on this [life]support
structure. it’ s all-absorbing, wishing on
everyone that you dear will be all mine.
this feeling - it’s yet to be blood bitter
under
the bridge.
![AN OFF-HAND DRAPE [ To raise a single flower, how much rain did fall from your eyes?] (2022)](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/208010_e34ed4595d49455ca62ef986c6f8977e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_97,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/208010_e34ed4595d49455ca62ef986c6f8977e~mv2.jpg)
cleaning cloths, second-hand bedlinen, towels, placemats and clothing articles reactive-dyed and naturally dyed with onion skeins, red cabbage, powdered turmeric, black tea, avocado stones/peel, dried mistletoe and beetroot. two king-size duvets, polyester thread, Singer 5523 heavy duty sewing machine, and scissors. 300cm x 350cm, Jan-Mar/22 A textile floor piece on a grassy field, at Walthamstow Wetlands, photo taken on film
![PARACHUTE I [self-mythology perked my ear, rampant desire for self-exposition] (2021)](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/208010_b009e98ffc4d44ff8d0819506b7e435c~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_97,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/208010_b009e98ffc4d44ff8d0819506b7e435c~mv2.jpg)
reactive-dyed cleaning cloths, second-hand bedlinen, and towels. polyester thread, Singer 5523 heavy duty sewing machine and scissors. 290cm x 200cm, Nov/21, A textile floor piece, Epping Forest, photo taken on film
archival ink on glassine interleaving paper, tissue paper on recycled paper. size-varies drawn on a4 paper, presented as a digital scan
cleaning cloths, second-hand bedlinen, towels, placemats and clothing articles reactive-dyed and naturally dyed with onion skeins, red cabbage, powdered turmeric, black tea, avocado stones/peel, dried mistletoe and beetroot. two king-size duvets, polyester thread, Singer 5523 heavy duty sewing machine, and scissors. 300cm x 350cm, Jan-Mar/22 A textile floor piece on a grassy field, at Walthamstow Wetlands, photo taken on film