Vishnu in a performance installation
A MONOGRAPH IN MOTION / VISHNU VARDHANI RAJAN

A life lived
through
the body.

Artist, activist, body philosopher.
Born in Hyderabad. Based in Helsinki.
Never contained by one form.

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CHAPTER 01 THE BODY

“My only instrument
is my Body.”

I dance, I move, I yoga, I emote. Through performance, the body becomes a canvas for sleep, conflict, sensory experience and the politics of the night.

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Red-draped performance artwork
CHAPTER 02 THE ALTER EGO

Meet Vamp
Master Brown.

Helsinki's first Indian Drag King. A persona built across performance, portraiture and a comic series made in collaboration with Heidi Lunabba.

MEET VAMPMASTERBROWN
Vishnu preparing a drag performance
CHAPTER 03 THE COLLECTIVE

What we stitch
together.

Unarchivals invites participants into collective creation through the act of sewing a quilt. Sow Sew Talk Take: memory, conversation, healing and repair.

ENTER UNARCHIVALS
Participants stitching a colourful collective quilt
CHAPTER 04 THE STAGE

“I don’t fit in,
I laugh!”

On stage, vulnerability becomes a strength. Standup opens conversations about feminism, equality and the absurdity of fitting in.

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Vishnu laughing on stage with a microphone