Vishnu Vardhani Rajan

body-philosopher

Vishnu Vardhani Rajan is a body-philosopher. hyphenated identity and building connections between art, witchcraft, alternative histories, punk orientalism, Marxism, and Naxalism define them.

Sleep, conflict, nutrition, gaze, and surveillance are research interests in their philosophy. Night politics, conflict-positivity, and food are recurring themes. Their work spans multidisciplinary practices such as performance arts, masc-drag, stand-up comedy, filmmaking, quilting, and spoken word poetry. Infinite Playlist Afterisms and Convivial Complaint Cell are their current, long-term, non-performance performance works.