In spite of the Nepal Banda, many art lovers gathered in the garden of the hotel to watch Schrader’s ensemble of two videos and a performance, collectively titled “Roots.” [break]
“The actual length of the videos is 10 minutes and it’s looped again and again,” explained Schrader, sitting on a rickshaw which he had rented for his performance, and added, “The video is in fast motion and was shot over an hour from the top of the Eden Restaurant located in the Kathmandu Mall.”
Schrader’s video projections juxtaposed a metaphorical river of traffic against flowing water of a river, i.e., artificial nature created by humans against natural nature. The former video shows Schrader and another person holding a huge white ball and walking through the heavy traffic of central Kathmandu.
“It was a very dangerous experience because we shot it during the rush hour,” shared the artist.
His performance piece incorporated his invention, the ‘claxophone’, a computer-generated software that he uses to create music with the compilation of different sounds. This time, it was the sound of various horns.
“I’m trying to create a temporary zoo of artificial nature,” apprised Schrader.
“The concept of art is very wide,” asserted Schrader. Nonetheless, many present at the event appeared baffled and somewhat disoriented by the honking of horns—loud, soft, single, multiple, and dispersed over time—coming out from 16 different speakers installed onsite.
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