Home Science | Performance

Home Science is a collaborative performance with sound artist Noni Mouse (Radha Priya), presented at Kaalo Residency, Nepal, and Method Gallery, Mumbai. The title derives from a common school course in India, where girls are taught domestic activities such as sewing, cooking, and home crafts, reinforcing traditional gender roles. This work interrogates the intergenerational transmission of trauma in South Asian societies, where women perpetuate gendered conditioning through care labor and self-sacrifice. Drawing from "Indian" cultural rituals, the performance critiques societal practices that "prepare" girls for patriarchal expectations, using dolls, textiles, paint, and music to reimagine these rituals as a poignant socio-cultural critique.