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Artist Manifesto

On process, attention, and inner experience

My practice is grounded in what unfolds within. Working across multiple mediums, I am guided less by representation than by how experience is felt and processed. I am interested in moments of presence, distance, and internal shift—fleeting states that often leave a lasting trace.

 

I am drawn to what is fragile, unresolved, and easily overlooked. Rather than seeking to resolve or preserve these moments, I remain with them, allowing uncertainty to persist as part of the work. In doing so, the practice reflects on the complexity of interior life and the subtle ways emotion shapes perception.

 

My approach to making is intuitive and unmeasured. Imperfection and vulnerability are not corrected but retained, forming an integral part of the work’s language. Making becomes both a mode of thinking and a form of listening—an ongoing inquiry rather than a fixed outcome.

 

Over time, this practice has become a way of understanding my own interior world while opening a space for others to encounter theirs. The work does not aim to instruct or conclude, but to sustain attention—creating moments of recognition where something familiar, unresolved, or quietly human can be felt and reconsidered.

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© 2023 by Rajata Hakim. All rights reserved.

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