RAYS
Rukmini Vijayakumar - The Hindu Dancer
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18.7 x 23.4cm
GF Smith Colorplan cover, Symbol Tatami text pages
Singer Sewn bound
Edition of 100
25 photographs, 48 pages
Printed in England
Designed and published by Suleika Mueller
This issue explores the practice of Bengaluru-based Bharatanatyam dancer Rukmini Vijayakumar,
whose devotion to dance has taken her on a journey to find the Hindu deity Shiva.
RAYS explores female-identifying artists whose work serves as both a personal spiritual practice and outward creative expression. Throughout history and across the world, religion and spirituality have often been dominated by male figures and institutions, resulting in the overshadowing and exclusion of women and other marginalised groups in the practice of these traditions. Drawing from my personal experience growing up in a Sufi Muslim community, where women faced restrictions on practicing, art became the transformative medium through which I embarked on my spiritual journey. RAYS pays homage to those who have bravely paved the way for their unique artistic expressions of spiritual practice, celebrating the myriad ways in which creativity serves as a conduit for the divine.