By Himali Singh Soin
Eternally, I Am Your Yes - Zenita Komad
Raw, filial, erotic, curious and conceptual are words that might reveal the
depth of Zenita Komad˙s art˜but only in the morphology and movement of the
letters themselves. Here is a space where all your expectations will disprove
themselves; where your mind and body will fuse and play tricks on your sense of
time and space.
You enter THE LOFT, (where Zenita˙s work is displayed as part of a residency
sponsored by The Fuschia Tree), and everything appears „inside-out“. You
pass „drawings“ of Zenita˙s everyday journal entries, written deliberately on
A4 sized sheets of paper in watercolor or ink. Each letter is enunciated, each
word emphasized in a new, rhythmic way such that the meaning of the words no
longer matter˜now the image is created from the shape and pressure of the ink
itself.
One sheet says, „This drawing is blackmailing your ego“. Drawing, questioning
and ego are tightened in bold. The eternal curve of the word ego makes one
conscious of its meaning and its convoluted essence. She writes the word in
dots: connect them yourself. Beware of losing your way. You continue to where
the tea is, but realize that you must backtrack: the art on paper is outside.
Paradoxically, it is Zenita˙s site-specific installation, (normally public,
outside), that you notice in the corner of thegallery, dimly-lit, a red line,
like a vein, moving inwards towards a centre in a labyrinthine maze of
connectivity and counsel.
The maze is made from the elements of the earth that comprise us. Sand and
water, with red powder spilled over its ridges, but the simplicity of material
is deceiving. Each viewer is urged to take his shoes off and enter the
installation. Now the lines blur between installation and performance. Beware
of losing your way. If you do not look attentively to where you go, you will
reach a cul de sac. Each individual weaves his way through the maze˜often
losing sight˜and making choices, finding his inner voice to lead him to the
centre, where the light shines, where truth resides.
Zenita˙s art is organic, intellectual, interactive and spiritual. It fuses
life, art, nature, religion, time and space and makes you think, makes you
content, whilst wanting more. See it, but beware of losing your way.
By Himali Singh Soin