E03 - Kaur Chimuk, “Mourn!ng : A fermented ritual for the mundane spirits from Shunyosthan”

Kaur Chimuk (India)
“Mourn!ng : A fermented ritual for the mundane spirits from Shunyosthan”
Kaur Chimuk in ritual with Amy Singh X Pramukho Rupan X RENU (2025)

Imagine a prolonged absence— perhaps mis/un/post-heard—where Mourn!ng does not arrive all at once, but ferments with pauses from within our most mundane “moments”. This slow fermentation distills time into memory, leaving us curved into a space where amnesia begins to stir. I found this situation as the spirits of Shunyosthan - Shunyosthan is not a space but a state of entropy, unborn—an opening that invites our randomness to move closer to the highest probability of chaos. It does not merely contain memory; it makes memory possible. It is not the site of remembrance, but responsive. This attempt is an extended practice of exploring counter- rituals across South-East Asia, connecting with the idea of performativity beyond its immediate timeline. Challenging colonial frameworks, can we reexamine the flow of events without absorbing their fractured eventuality?

This ritual is conceptualized as a process of cohesive fermentation, where my limited understanding of the scars of partition memory—and its longing for reunion—has been given space to hold, pause, weather, and be fabric-gated through collaboration. This attempt is primarily interested in the death of the image (not just the impression, but what lies beyond it), where signals blur, memories fragment, and notations fall short of capturing space-time, especially in this post-continuous truth. What remains is a kind of sonic absence. Can we read this? More importantly, can we re-hear it through an extended form of listening? 

During the process, I aligned with my allies to approach the post-continuous tense from an anti- performance stance. One can engage with this track not only through its flows but also through its seepage—its contradiction to formation and its invitation to a native fermentation toolkit, rather than a deconstruction. So far, I have tried to absorb these fragments and reinterpret them using an R&D methodology: Reverse (knowledge) and Detext (narrative). In this process, rituals become more than cultural markers; they emerge as radical (read:care) agents, capable of breaking free from colonial normative frameworks. This engagement is also an extended solidarity of a larger research anthology, known as “A South-Asian Queer Pamphlet.” 

Kaur Chimuk (they/yellow), a trans-binary person engaging with subversive artistic research as a tool for cohesive negotiations around performative temporal representation. Based primarily in South Asia, they work extensively across India and Bangladesh while maintaining an operational base in Sweden. Major working collaboration with Meteor International (Swedish artist network), intrans aka intersectional network for transglocal solidarity (a co-op network between Mexico-India-UK) and zmayat (open-source co-op between Bangladesh and India). Currently kaur is engaging with A South-Asian Queer Pamphlet, which began as a durational curatorial research project focused on glossaries related to transition; over time, it evolved into an immersive, post-cinematic transdisciplinary archive.
// with allies

Amarpali Singh / Amy Singh



A poet, performer, and writing facilitator from India, her work explores themes of memory, resistance, longing, and love—often through the lens of Partition, feminism, and inherited silences. She writes in Hindustani, Panjabi, and English, and uses poetry as a medium to connect, remember, and rebuild.

Pramukho Rupan
Observing their journey from classical rewaj to challenging institutional frameworks around notions of ‘good’ and ‘bad’ within the musical fraternity. Pramukho Rupan is primarily engaged as a musician, producer, thinker, and sonic explorer—a practitioner whose formal training spans two decades. Now, they are curious to evolve beyond traditional structures, seeking harmony between everyday music and interpersonal sonic memory.

Renu Hossain/RENU RENU is a London-born, Bengali heritage, outernational interdisciplinary artist. She is an Experimental/Electronic/Ensemble Composer & Producer, tabla-player, percussionist and curator.