The Fatalist's Game
'The Fatalist Game' is a video art with the
philosophical comment on the uncontrolled situations in today’s so called
developed societies. Think any of them and you are connected with this video. The
game blocks used in this video act as a sign of situations which happen in the
lives of all of us where we feel helpless. Often these situations are beyond
our control. In such moments we either accept the situation or fight it. But in
both cases results are negligible during the lifespan of a person (which is
even much shorter now a day).
In the globalized world the consumerism has
created a situation of the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer, and
also this system is using up natural resources as if they are never going to deplete.
When I see this situation, as an artist, I feel that this situation is beyond
my control or anybody's control. Fighting with this problem is of no use as
they say this product is for the betterment of humanity and that product too
and so on. But I can’t accept this situation completely because I am not able
to breath fresh air. Today I am suffering minor allergies from dust and smoke.
Tomorrow it can be major, who would be responsible then? What if I would not be
able to afford to get my major allergies repaired???
They say cars are necessary for
comfortable drive but I am not even able to drive bike safely, not even a
bicycle. Then who would decide what is enough and when??? These are just small
examples. It’s not about me and my problems or about my affordability about
things. When I think as a human I feel it is about all of us. We have to decide
what we need and how much we need. Otherwise digging our own graves wouldn’t be
a bad idea.
The concept of 'TFG' was with me for the
last 8-10 months and when I discussed it with a couple of friends they liked
the idea very much but we couldn't manage time and confidence as our first
video was a sort of failure (as we were not able to complete it due to some
reasons). But this idea stuck very deep inside and I wanted to do it at any
cost. And finally and again when I asked Joyel (my best buddy, well wisher,
motivator, a believer in my ideas - net net all in one package) in October end,
he promised to give his all support for this project.
During this discussion, after 8-10 months,
I knew one thing additionally that I am going to showcase it virtually on
whatsApp space, which was never done before by any artist, by inviting people
on a particular time and date for this kind of virtual showcasing, as far as my
knowledge is concerned. So I designed this video for smart phone users. It served
my two purposes. One, it is like the viewer is having a video game console in
his hands and not able to control. Second, smart phones are best example for
stating my purpose. I wanted an additional open discussion and feedback on the
spot by viewers on this video within the group.
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| Invitation Poster of 'TFG' |
It took 7 continues days to make this
video as me or Joyel were not very technically sound. I am happy the way I got
the responses and the way the whole work was executed. I am thankful for my
dear friend Joyel for his all support. I feel blessed for having such few
friends who stands in all my ups and downs.
