Elsewhere, Still Between Us – இடைவெளி / අතර (Working Title) 

This work-in-progress revisits earlier material through a new phase of research initiated in Switzerland. Rooted in Tamil and Sinhalese histories, and developed through ongoing conversations and listening with diasporic communities in Switzerland connected to Tamil Eelam and Sri Lanka, the project unfolds as part of an evolving research process. 

It is guided by a set of questions: how can the body hold multiple, and at times conflicting, histories? What does it mean to move between identification and disidentification without resolving either? And how are these tensions lived, rather than represented? The work approaches (dis)connection as an unstable condition, asking what forms of relation are possible when solidarity cannot be assumed and remains shaped by uneven histories and positions. Working across multiple elsewheres, it considers how the body navigates distance, difference, and proximity - and what remains irreconcilable within these relations. Breath operates as a fragile measure of relation, raising questions around rhythm, interruption, and the limits of shared experience.

After one month of research and exploration, the work remains open, functioning as a generative pause toward a longer-term transnational inquiry. 

The residency is also supported by Pro Helvetia New Delhi, the Swiss Arts Council. 
 

The showing is part of Cliffhanger #3

Rossstall 1
Meeting point: Box office, main entrance Kaserne Basel

Evening Box office: Tickets can be purchased at the meeting point of the venue 15 minutes before the showing begins.