Silent Bone, 2026

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Silent Bone is a series of installations, performances, drawings, sculptures, and videos made across several sites in Kathmandu. The project began with one question: what does the body carry after violence passes from public view? Houses, ladders, stones, salt, thread, fabric, and iron recur throughout the work. Performers carry, kneel, bind, lean, pause, and rest within places already shaped by history and daily life. Silent Bone follows no single story and offers no final answer. It brings together private memory, shared history, silence, and endurance through materials, gestures, and places that keep changing.

Excerpt from The Bone Speaks.

Excerpt from Disappearance.

Excerpt from Before the Body Remembers.

Excerpt from The Street Learns to Breathe.

Below are documentations of performances: Disappearance, The Bone Speaks, The Empty Room, Street Learns to Breathe, and Before the Body Remembers at the Mandala Theatre.

A performer in a white shirt stands behind a red ladder against a dark background on the stage.
Performers in white dresses stand amidst a group of people, some wearing white shirts and red clothing, in a dark setting with red structural elements visible in the background.
Performers in white shirts participating in a theatrical performance or staged event, with some reaching out their hands and a red metal ladder or frame in the center, against a black background.
Performers standing on stage with a dark background.
Performers in white and black clothing participate in a theatrical performance or dance on a stage, with some lying on the floor and others standing and holding a red object.
People dressed in white clothing in a theatrical performance, with some standing and one kneeling on the stage.
A line of people standing with bent knees, hands on their thighs, in a dimly lit room.
People on stage in traditional costumes, some barefoot, with one person holding a large red head covering, participating in a cultural or theatrical performance.
A person lying on the floor with eyes closed, surrounded by people standing around in white robes, possibly during a theatrical or artistic performance.
Performers stand in a line on a dark stage, wearing black outfits and serious expressions, surrounded by red geometric frames.
Abstract art installation consisting of red geometric shapes and structures illuminated in a dark setting.
A young man in black clothing sitting inside a red, geometric cage structure on stage, surrounded by other people.
Group of women dressed in black participating in a theatrical performance or rehearsal, holding red metal frames, standing on a dark stage.
A woman sitting on the floor behind red metal frames, with black hair, wearing black clothing, and looking upward, with a dark background.
Person wearing a pink jacket and engaged in a dance or performance with red fabric, illuminated by red lighting against a dark background.
Close-up of a reflective surface displaying red and purple light patterns against a dark background, with part of a person's finger visible at the bottom right corner.
Two performers stand on a dark stage, lit by faint red light.
Group of people standing together in darkness with pink LED light projections on their faces and clothing.
A theatrical stage scene with performers dressed in white costumes, some kneeling or lying on the floor, and others standing in a line at the back, set against a dark background.
A scene from a theatrical performance showing a person dressed in black and red in front of a line of performers in white dresses. The background is dark.
A group of performers on stage, some painted white, in theatrical costumes, with a dark background.

Original soundscape by Surendra Shrestha, Sur Melody Recording Studio; peformers/performance collaborators: Suchan Maharjan, David Maharjan, Puja Maharjan, Kristina Dongol, Smriti Theguwa Limbu, Sitashma Risal, Ranjeeta Thapa Saru Magar, Riddhi Maharjan, Samiyah Shakya, Rohisha Maharjan, Rushma Gurung, Kritika Manandhar, Smarika Maharjan, Rujan Kumar Maharjan, Anush Khaiju, Amisha KC, Aastha Timilsina, Dipesh Rai, Jesish Gurung, Tamanna Thapa, Sneha Shrestha, Henjilee Limbu, Nirvita Shakya, Sagar Rawal, Buddha Bahadur Magar, Shrawast Raj Sthapit, Anjil Rai, Shreeya Singh, Aarush Gyawali, and Binod Shrestha. Photo/Video documentation by Sabik Maharjan and Sameer Tamrakar.