THE BRAINSTAGE – Kavitha Balasingham

Kavitha first came our way when she helped out with our Festival launch party in 2016 and has been making installations with us ever since, getting more ambitious with every year as she’s found her groove as the abundantly talented artist she is. Seeing her step up for 2021 is a special moment to behold.

Much like her 2019 Blob Fish, this year’s design celebrates bright and beautiful ‘ugliness’ in the form of colourful, untamed, interactive soft play sculpture. Swipe through for a handful of sneaky peeks from Kavitha’s tests & sketches + a couple of snaps from her latest exhibition!

“𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘺-𝘪𝘯’ 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘊 𝘧𝘢𝘮 𝘧𝘰𝘳 5 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸 (𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦) 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦! 𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺, 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘺 3𝘋 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳! 𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘉𝘊 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦… 𝘤𝘶𝘦 2019 𝘴𝘢𝘥𝘣𝘢𝘨𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 – 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘳𝘨𝘩𝘩𝘩𝘩𝘩”