White Wash
POI (People of India | भारत के लोग )

2009 – 2014 – 2017

“Poi (1-3) (noun)
Poi /pɔɪ/
People of India aka Pure Original Indians”

Identity has no origin and is a constantly shifting ontological construction that changes with each passing moment. However, the human need for security and certainty prevails and we are co-opted into believing that which others wish us to believe. The issue of what is authentic, what is pure and original as a cultural construction is questionable and difficult to substantiate as the very act of practice in the present mediates and changes the original.

The thought of an Institution, creating a legend, a myth, a power structure, Institutionalizing and the thought of a myth of a capital power. The power of property or squatting or garbing, the story of Power and encroachment, the power of the time and its stake to claim, the power of being fake and doctorial all equals = to POI.

Poi (3) (noun)
People of India
Pure Original Indian

Origin: “Land of the Hindus?” – Hindustan – a Persian word.

Poi (2) (noun)
poi [ pɔi ](pois)
ball used in Maori dances
a light ball on a string rhythmically swung to accompany Maori dance and song

Origin: Maori

Poi (1) (noun)
poi [ pɔi ]
Hawaiian dish from taro root
A Hawaiian dish made from the root of the taro, cooked, pounded to a paste, and fermented

Origin: Polynesian