FOLD . Institute of Contemporary Arts Galleries . Singapore . Nov 2012

Title of installation: FOLD

Main materials used: Plastic sheeting, metal tubing and powder

Description:

If Deleuze was right that we live in an origami cosmos, folding, unfolding and

refolding, then the fold lines are Rajinder’s transitional spaces that hinge one

fold to another, one space to another, one universe to another. Rajinder’s

current work is based on the notion of perceived spaces that distend from

apertures and portals, such as the shrine, the prayer mat, the temple, located in

real world spaces and holding the eternal promise of a latent existence of

another fold in another cosmos. Rajinder’s work draws upon the physical

presence of these transitional spaces which he orchestrates to create incidental

and unexpected experiences. In his new installation, he investigates how the

experience of this and the otherworld is framed by built spaces in the real world.

Rajinder is interested in developing the idea of the incidental other-worldly

experience through the folds of urban and other spaces.

Rajinder's background in philosophy and mathematics is the driving force behind

his art practice. He is interested in the possibilities of knowledge outside the

domain of traditional paradigms. Rajinder's research today is based on sculptural

interventions situated somewhere between the architectural space and the

materials he uses to shape it. "I am interested in sculptures that are perched in

between form and formlessness, either leaking away or resolutely building some

potential for site-specific systems of knowings." Rajinder sets out to traumatise

the body through disrupted, dislocated architectural spaces forcing the viewer to

pause and question certitudes, abandoning for a short moment the subjectivity

and significance of built space.