Count the Time

Vidya Kamat -Birthmark Series (2007)

Labeled by the pattern of time and place. Vidya calls them "cultural memories" that become embedded in your flesh and mark your being in a context. This one, from Mumbai, is hidden on the tongue. It swims in saliva with the foods grown from the land of place, grown and stretched over years of spoken truths and untruths. On the roof, it sounds like a "d" or a "t".

Cat Power - Who Knows Where The Time Goes (mp3)