Dilohana Lekamge

Kili (Ritual Impurity) (2016)

9 min 56 secSingle channel / Digital Video / Colour / Sound

Facing the camera a female performer claws at her lower torso, washes herself, and finally covers herself in a light fabric.

    Other works by Dilohana Lekamge

    Two images side by side of a naked person rubbing their lower abdomen with honey.
    Dilohana Lekamge

    Dola Duka (2016)

    Honeycomb and honey are used to irritate and soothe the region over which the ovaries are located in the female body.

    Dola Duka
    A well-told lie
    Dilohana Lekamge

    A well-told lie (2024)

    Scenes of a vacant house are overlaid with a narrative that speaks of a misplaced copy of Sri Lankan-Canadian writer Michael Ondaatje’s fictionalised memoir, Running in the Family (1982).

    A well-told lie
    A softer limestone
    Dilohana Lekamge

    A softer limestone (2023)

    A softer limestone centres on Ram Setu, or Adam’s Bridge, a limestone shoal crossing the Palk Strait between Sri Lanka and India. Ram Setu is a unique geological feature and a site of foundational significance to these nations' different religious groups.

    A softer limestone
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