Keerat Kaur: Symbol Harvesting

This stop-motion animation animates Kaur's recurring motifs: the pomegranate, lotus, moon, and anatomical heart. The title marks a shift from Kaur's painting Symbol Harvester, where the term functions as a noun and an active verb, emphasizing movement and transformation. From a central, blue-hued figure, green vegetation grows from the character’s hands, unfurling into living vines that bear evolving symbols. These forms suggest an inner world—seeds of imagination producing symbolic fruit that functions as a visual language. Translating imagery from a three-foot-wide acrylic painting with…