Residency Entry Point: Ankita Sharma @ Base (Seattle – Georgetown)

dhoka/Betrayal/ entangles Hindu goddess Kali’s ultimate power and destructive nature with present-day authoritarianism and religious violence, using myth to unpack how Hinduism has been shaped into propaganda for Indian ethno-nationalism by Western influence. Tracing Kali’s deification, dhoka accompanies her transformation into a colonized, fetishized, destructive image that upholds violence with her bloodied tongue. The work lives at the fringes of reality and genre, letting the epic and human dance together: a physical exploration of how worship distorts what something stands for.

Location: Base, inside Equinox Studios (6520 5th Ave S)

Tickets (when available) and info here.