Nitin Mukul Leyna Marika Papach, CRATER

Crater, 2013 by Nitin Mukul approx. 18 minutes dimensions variable Score for Crater composed and performed by Leyna Maria Papach Crater is the 6th in a series of video works which have been ongoing since 2008. In this series, Mukul explores the boundaries that normally separate the mediums of painting and video and expands the parameters of each. These works are paintings in a frozen state, which are then allowed to melt and disintegrate. Ice is used here as the primary medium, along with mixed media including ink, acrylic paint, tea, charcoal, metallic powder, and more. As it melts, the work echoes tectonic shifts, weather patterns and satellite views. This work is presented in real time without any effects or time lapse. The glacial pace may induce trance like states and lucidity by fixating on a process that is at once cataclysmic and sublime. The process of the disintegration is recorded in video. While there is a degree of premeditation in making the piece, the disintegration and its visual regist