Indadhanu (2021)

Site- and time-specific installation, Odom Garden
Steel, water shower system, light
H:500 x W:850 x D:350 cm
Production and installation: Prum Ero
Created for “ខ្ញុំទទួលយក - I Accept” campaign through the support from Rainbow Community Kampuchea (RoCK), the Office of Canadian Embassy in Phnom Penh, and Odom Garden

A rainbow is a natural phenomenon in which sunlight hits water droplets at a particular angle producing a perceived bow of light spectrum in the sky. This meteorological beauty is possible when elements of light, water, and air come together in a very particular condition. This is not different from efforts in histories of people coming together to advance human conditions and dignity.

Appreciated for its spectrum of colours, a rainbow image has been globally adopted to speak about LGBTIQ+ communities. Though a rainbow essentially refers to the diversity of human beings and qualities. It represents a harmony of such diversity. It embraces plurality and co-existence. Can our society be like a rainbow, whose beauty is born from differences and solidarity?

Indadhanu proposes a magical happening and experience in which an immersive rainbow appears in an outdoor environment. The audience can see and interact with the rainbow. Here, it is not in the sky but right next to us, reminding us that we are all parts of a spectrum of co-existing beings of humanity.