Carol Hanisch, who launched the Women's Liberation Movement in the 1960s, addressed the distinction between the personal and the political in an essay saying, "There are no personal solutions at this time. There is only collective action for a collective solution." Drawing from the title of that very paper, the phrase "the personal is political" echoes louder than ever today — in response to apolitical stands. As an artiste, Kolkata-based Arpita Akhanda weaves this sentence into every aspect of her performances, including her upcoming one at Thane's Piramal Art Residency this Saturday.

The event that begins with a talk and presentation by writer and curator Shubhalakshmi Shukla on text-based works will see Akhanda engaging with the space to spark a dialogue between body, land, trees and memory — politics, being central to all these elements. The piece was planned 10 days ago and her rehearsal entailed dropping by the site regularly, increasing the time and dialogue spent in
every visit.