Odhni plays a significant role in this conversation of multiple worlds. The current environmental distress defines meeting and maybe even melding of cultures. My personal interest in seeing what it takes to harness enough energy to bring light into a house intrigues me. Having come from a country where we all studied under candle light because of the forewarned “load shedding” that occurred on a daily basis, to one where the whole economy comes to a grinding halt when there is a black out makes this piece curious. Through this work I try to develop a narrative between the east and the west, between the “haves” and the “have nots” and a natural flow of giving back to an old land, stripped of all its natural resources. The added narrative of women performing this act also goes back to the roles played in nurturing and providing for the home.

Natural Fuse