Sai Aryal

Dragphoria is a short film about drag and identity, finding yourself in a noisy crowd, and slowly accepting yourself after a long-awaited denial.

Where do I go from here is a performance arthouse-style film exploring the nostalgia of the concept of home in terms of home as a feeling rather than the architectural structure. Inspired by multiple factors resonating the concept of home, including diaspora, belonging and longing, the artist questions the idea of home through and through, along with the constant search for the idea of "home".

This piece is called comforting nostalgia, comforting envy; a part of Hiraeth series. It focuses on reminiscing the past discomfort, nostalgia in the bitterness, moments of comparing oneself with other migratory beings, such as birds and ethereal celestial beings, such as the moon and finding home in them. The blend of poetry and piano sound coexisting in these videos adds an extra layer to the height of the emotions experienced during the creative process.

This short film shows the relationship between consumerism and the ongoing genocide and how we as a consumer are also directly responsible for funding it. The work is a video projection on the artist while they do mundane tasks consuming goods that funds genocide.