Please note that audio is meant to be a 24/7 gurbani kirtan radio. Here is a link you can play in the background if you would like.
ਕਉਣੁ ਸੁ ਸਨਮੁਖੁ ਕਉਣੁ ਵੇਮੁਖੀਆ ॥
kaunu su sanamukh kaun vemukheeaa ||
Simranpreet Anand and Conner Singh VanderBeek
2021
Video, 5:06, Gurbani radio, cushions, white sheet
This video juxtaposes the artists’ footage of Sikh prakash seva, the morning ritual of opening the Guru, with found footage of life-cycle rituals involving rumaley sahib. In the title, Guru Arjun asks who faces the Guru and who looks away (Ang 131), which this video work draws inspiration from to point towards uses and potential misuses of this textile. Viewers are invited to sit on cushions, watch the work, and listen to and choose recitations and performances of scripture played on a 24/7 Gurbani kirtan radio.
Photograph by Rachel Topham Photography