Shubigi Rao - Manifesting The Power Of Her Rage Through Her Art
Her World Singapore|August 2022
She's the first female artist to represent Singapore in a solo show at the Venice Biennale. Shubigi Rao takes stock of Pulp, an ambitious 10-year project.
Karishma Tulsidas
Shubigi Rao - Manifesting The Power Of Her Rage Through Her Art

Artist and writer Shubigi Rao is angry at the state of the world. But there's no aggression, nor does she use expletives to express her anger. Instead, Shubigi - who is the first female artist to represent Singapore in a solo show at the Venice Biennale - manifests the power of her rage through her art.

"Anger comes out through my work, especially when it's intellectual, film or creative work creativity is an expression that comes from a place of motivation. My motivation is anger at injustice. It's something I can't stomach," says Shubigi. Indeed, the 47-year-old has found an outlet in Pulp: A Short Biography of the Banished Book, a five-volume film, book and visual project that's slated to - take her 10 years to complete. Shubigi is only halfway through, even though technically she’s at the seven-and-a-half-year mark – she “lost” two years, she says, because of the pandemic.

The first volume, presented in a book format, was released in January 2016. Pulp essentially tackles literary works that have been destroyed for diverse reasons – including war and censorship – via books, artworks and videos. It’s also the result of her love for books and their significance as a symbol of resistance against repression.

“For me, the way I dealt with different forms of oppression, harassment, abuse as a child was to be creative. That was my main survival method. Instead of despairing at the state of the world, I write or make more. Anger is not an emotion that remains unchanged when you go through a creative process. It mutates, it motivates the process, and like any motion, it infuses your writing,” she shares.

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