Hema Shironi Sri Lanka, b. 1991

A composition in the form of a regular consumer package, a form to be unpacked, that juxtaposes the original state of a bombed church site with images of Muslims deep in worship, facing each image of the church. Hema states that her practice focuses on the human and universal aspects of the conflict. Her work is driven by the nostalgia of the numerous places she has called home and how each community belonging to those places grapples with concerns of language, culture, memory, myth, gender, and equality. Sri Lanka is a vibrant country with a multitude of overlapping and cultural trajectories, where many languages, religions, and historical communities coexist.