Tabla 2003
Shown at the Venice Biennial, Venice, Italy in 2003. Tabla is inspired by the saying that 'vessels give a louder sound', which is illustrated in the Kalila Wa Dimna story 'The Fox and the Drum'. The video piece shows a beautiful encrusted tabla held by player of whom only the hands are visible. Tabla plays with the relationship between rulers and ruled, the idea of manipulation, the loss of ability to judge for one self, the emptiness of the world's leaders. "Empty vessels give a louder sound, don't they?" Video still