Shakti
DVD
Duration 1 hour video installation
Mona Lisa is the enigmatic icon of the West; Kali, the Hindu goddess of destruction and creation, is the cryptic force of the East. Although they are cultures apart in significance and temperature, they both signify androgyny, ambivalence and ambiguity. When combined together they create a distinct ‘shakti’ (translated from Sanskrit as force, energy). The piece integrates painting and performance and delivers it as a time based piece. An hour-long piece filmed in real time, Shakti is viewed as a painting. This self-portrait places Chakravarthi as the complex hybrid figure. As with much of his work, he questions his own identity and experiences of gender, iconography and sexuality, originating from the East and located in the West.

Remotecontrol
DVD
Video installation
Duration 15minutes Remotecontrol shows Chakravarthi taking on the male and female form. Inspired by fashion photography, gender and ‘ideal’ body politics, the piece is accompanied by a haunting soundtrack of Chakravarthi’s own voice. In the constricted space and the trappings of the television screen, the piece filters and re-ignites our perceptions of the ideal human form.

George Chakravarthi-A Solo Show’, Sketch, London, UK, 2003
‘Third Sex’ Solo Show, Site Gallery, Sheffield, UK, 2002

Olympia
DVD
Duration 1 hour
Olympia 2003, captures the essence of Manet’s painting and re-works it by adding further complexities. Chakravarthi is seen as ‘Olympia’, a sexually ambiguous figure, dark, transfixed and oblivious to his/her ‘white’, ‘male’ servant. The tension between the two characters is filled with ambiguity too, suggesting emotions of, love, hate, lust and obsession. As with the symbolism of hair seen in Resurrection, a previous re-work of Leonardo’s ‘The Last supper’ to suggest loss of power, conformity and identity - the flowers here symbolise expressions of seduction, love, worship, death and surrender.

ON THE BIG SCREEN: 11 - 31 August 2007 at the Cornerhouse
Chris Garnham award for ‘Best use of Photography’ R.C.A. 2003
‘Olympia’, video installation, group show -  Kunstbanken, Hamar, Norway, 2005
‘Visitations’, video installations, solo show - British Council tour of India, 2004-2005 ‘Olympia’ video installation, Royal College of Art, London, UK, 2003

Aradhana
DVD
duration3mins 20 secs
Aradhana is homage to Bollywood cinema. It’s re-enacted by the artist playing both characters and is typical in style and content of popular Indian cinema. However, the subtitles are confronting of the patriarchal belief system. The piece works on a visual level and also a textual one. The conflict between the two speaks of the political tensions of modern day India.

The Big M – National tour, UK 2003-2004
George Chakravarthi-A Solo Show’, Sketch, London, UK, 2003
‘Third Sex’ Solo Show, Site Gallery, Sheffield, UK, 2002Tilburg Dance Academy and other venues, solo work, Netherlands, 1999‘Memorabilia’, The National Review of Live Art, solo work, Glasgow, UK, 1998

Genesis
DVD
Duration 3mins 20 secs
Filmed in real time, Genesis explores human emotions and physical metamorphosis as Chakravarthi reveals a series of sentiments and passions.

George Chakravarthi-A Solo Show’, Sketch, London, UK, 2003
‘Third Sex’ Solo Show, Site Gallery, Sheffield, UK, 2002
Tilburg Dance Academy and other venues, solo work, Netherlands, 1999
‘Memorabilia’, The National Review of Live Art, solo work, Glasgow, UK, 1998

Barflies
DVD
Triptych video installation
Duration 1 hour
Bar Flies follows the adventures of these three very different 'ladies' in bars, pubs and clubs. Surveillance footage of each and the interactions between others and them reveal our perceptions, excitements and fears of the third gender. The three videos run simultaneously alongside a soundtrack, created by Chakravarthi, playing each character, exchanging and weaving conversations with other transvestites and their seekers on a telephone chat line. These stimulating dialogues switch from the mundane, confessional to the highly erotic!

‘Barflies’, video installation, Solo show - Tate Modern, London, UK, February 2006
‘Barflies’, video installation, group show -  La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain, 2005
‘Barflies’, video installation, Gardener Arts Centre, Brighton, UK, March 2004
George Chakravarthi-A Solo Show’, Sketch, London, UK, 2003
‘Third Sex’ Solo Show, Site Gallery, Sheffield, UK, 2002
‘Barflies’, video installation,  www.bbc.co.uk/shootinglive, Saatchi & Saatchi, London, UK, 2002