In this mythopoetic fiction experience set in the time of Covid, Maya the cosmogonic principle is mired in a nightmare of patriarchal stalking from which she cannot awake. Rafael a dancer-writer invokes the powers of Earth with new born recognition, and Adishakti, the originary consciousness offers him a bijakshara, an indestructible seed syllable from which a new language and planetary imaginary can emerge. Drawing on classical Indian aesthetics and the notion of Rasa in particular, that which is experienced and savoured at leisure (not consumed) Ode to Uśas unfurls on the spherical screen as a stylized performance idiom derived from diverse classical music, dance and martial art traditions from India and beyond, steeping audiences in locational and temporal immersion.

Director:

Soudhamini

Soudhamini began her professional career assisting Indian avant-garde film-maker Mani Kaul in his film Before My Eyes and has since then worked across platforms and genres making short fiction, feature... Read More