Ritesh Maharjan

Ritesh Maharjan is a Nepal based, interdisciplinary artist working on art performance, installation and experimental works. He is interested in exploring the range of artistic instinct like a personal form of expression which can contextualize meaning. He has received his BA and MA in Ethnomusicology (Music as culture) from the Kathmandu University. His major instruments are sitar and bass.

He enjoys the art residency program as it brings him closer to the state to create the work. He was selected as a residency artist in 2013 and 2015, during which period he got involved in “CRACK-2015” art camp in Kushtia of Bangladesh.  He worked on installations and sound experimentations during 2013 and it resonated with the residency of 2015 with the art performances.

He has participated in a number of art exhibitions and festivals since 2009 such as the Kathmandu International Performing art Festival in 2016 where he presented his performance.

Concept:

My performance is a random arrangement of mind as we exist simultaneously.

Day 1: Sound Improvisation
Title: Floating, Crawling along the Surface.

It is an improvisational piece along with the surroundings:
Shouting, humming, talking, horning, waving, walking, dropping,
playing, listening, reflecting, sitting, seeing, crumbling;
I could hear them.

Day 2: Performance
Title: For the love of the dream

He stands to see his reflection as being free.